Professor of Enterprise and Innovation, Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University
Joined June 2013
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23 Jul 2023
Good memories of David in CURDS, in Newcastle in the 1980s. Always a true gentleman and a supportive colleague. RIP.
22 Jul 2023
Saddened to hear the passing of Prof David J Storey. Pioneering scholar, mentor and good friend - RIP David
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24 Nov 2021
I have a slightly more of a mixed view on this. Brilliant that we are getting lots more people working in the city centre, but not clear if any are new jobs rather than relocations from suburbs. Also worried the building will be a bit too big, compared with the surroundings.
23 Nov 2021
More than 9,000 staff from HMRC are set to move into Newcastle city centre
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26 Aug 2021
A government 'communications playbook' has ordered NHS trusts to describe new-build wings and refurbishments as 'new hospitals'.
Please RT if you think everyone should be aware of this latest deceit.
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16 Aug 2021
RUNIN's book on Entrepreneurial Universities in Regional Innovation is now available as a free online copy. Enjoy the read: runinproject.eu/results/book… @MSCActions
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27 Jul 2021
Instead of making offenders wear high viz jackets in chain gangs, how about helping them get a real job instead? In my shops we employ lots of ex offenders and they wear a shirt and tie. Same people, different approach, a much better outcome.
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13 Jun 2021
This is the French President trying to keep his temper at what we in Britain know - Johnson betrayed May’s backstop solution and his pretence now that the result of the deal he signed was unexpected is a straight lie. It was his cynical route to power. A breathtaking video clip.
13 Jun 2021
So I just subtitled exactly, word for word, what Macron said about sovereignty and Johnson - and not the mangled version you might get in the UK media (or from certain UK politicians) 😀
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13 May 2021
There are some interesting charts in the HEPI report which show how to use data badly to obscure the reality of uneven distribution of R&D. Figure 1 is the headline, supposedly showing how the UK is less uneven than the US, Germany and the EU.
13 May 2021
Just retweeting my thread on today’s @HEPI_news report on regional R&D rebalancing for the evening crowd. If you don’t like reading long threads but are interested, there’s a linear version of this posted here:
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13 May 2021
So we need to focus on R&D as a proportion of GDP not share of total national R&D. Even then there is a hidden bias in that the regions in the UK with low R&D also have low GDP, making the synthetic indicator more equal than it really is.
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13 May 2021
There are similar problems with other tables, all making the point that things are less unequal in the UK than is usually claimed. It seems there isn't a geographer in the team so the most elementary mistakes have been made.
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2 May 2021
We don’t need a Royal Yacht.
We need to care for people living in poverty, and fund the NHS properly.
RT if you agree🌟
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1 May 2021
Yet another appalling and ignorant proposal from government. Let's cut the performing arts in universities!
30 Apr 2021
The Government has announced plans to impose a catastrophic 50% funding cut to arts subjects at higher education (HE) level in England, including music.
Have your say in the consultation before 6 May 👇
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23 Apr 2021
The gaslighting from this government is unbelievable
We think anyone who was happy to overlook *actual* suppliers of ventilators in order to favour an unqualified billionaire mate during a pandemic is “out of their mind”
Please RT if you if you do too
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31 Mar 2021
This shocking compilation of Boris Johnson misleading Parliament is now on 6.3 million views yet UK media continues to turn a blind eye
Help me send it to 7 million
@BBCNews @itvnews @Channel4News @SkyNews can’t ignore PM’s shameless conduct forever!
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22 Mar 2021
This is the stupidest line of questioning I have ever witnessed from any MP in my lifetime.
Ladies & Gents, I present to you James Wild MP:
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3 Mar 2021
Chancellor Rishi Sunak under fire for pouring money into Teesside but ignoring rest of North East
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