January 2020
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The Office for Students passes the buck
2020 in the HE sector has got off to an hilarious start, but not in a good way. I understand that the ludicrously mis-named, and über useless, Office for Students is expecting the Climate Commission for UK Higher and Further...
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Greta Thunberg gives the BBC permission to pollute
I see that Greta Thunberg edited the BBC's fading flagship radio news programme, Today, on December 30th. I didn't tune in as I abandoned listening to Today long before it became fashionable to do so, preferring my own prejudices in...
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A platform for the SDGs
Many of the big London Railway termini have at least 17 platforms. For example, Waterloo and Victoria each have 19, Liverpool Street has 18 as does Euston, notionally, though 2 are being re-developed for HS2. Other cities have a large...
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New Year Resolutions
Happy New Year. I've made my new year resolutions. It wasn't difficult as most are quite similar to last years. One new one is to take less note of London-centric chatter. Another is to continue to diversity my news sources....
