@cpduncanson.bsky.social
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One should be in no doubt that most of Britain's elites will simply make their peace with Farage and do a deal, so long as they get left alone or benefit. Tho there is resistance to Trump in the US, it's v much the exception.(1/2) www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Cambridge University cosies up to Reform
The vice-chancellor expects Nigel Farage to model his policies on Trump and says other Russell Group members are meeting his allies
www.thetimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:59 AM
One should be in no doubt that most of Britain's elites will simply make their peace with Farage and do a deal, so long as they get left alone or benefit. Tho there is resistance to Trump in the US, it's v much the exception.(1/2) www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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The consultancy Nous takes hundreds of thousands of pounds from universities, leaves the exact same path of destruction everywhere, and keeps trying to avoid transparent contracts.
We’re urgently need control over consultancy spent in #UKHE, @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social
We’re urgently need control over consultancy spent in #UKHE, @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social
‘Nousferatu’: the notorious consultancy advising Edinburgh uni amid 'huge' cuts
Scotland’s largest university has turned to Nous Group at the same time as it is making savings that could lead to nearly 2,000 job losses. Staff say they were misled about the extent of its work.
www.theferret.scot
November 30, 2025 at 10:02 AM
The consultancy Nous takes hundreds of thousands of pounds from universities, leaves the exact same path of destruction everywhere, and keeps trying to avoid transparent contracts.
We’re urgently need control over consultancy spent in #UKHE, @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social
We’re urgently need control over consultancy spent in #UKHE, @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social
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No matter how tough you say times are, there’s always enough money in the banana stand to pay an external consultant to scope ‘academic efficiency opportunities’ www.theferret.scot/consultancy-...
‘Nousferatu’: the notorious consultancy advising Edinburgh uni amid 'huge' cuts
Scotland’s largest university has turned to Nous Group at the same time as it is making savings that could lead to nearly 2,000 job losses. Staff say they were misled about the extent of its work.
www.theferret.scot
November 30, 2025 at 9:44 AM
No matter how tough you say times are, there’s always enough money in the banana stand to pay an external consultant to scope ‘academic efficiency opportunities’ www.theferret.scot/consultancy-...
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🔴 NEW: The University of Edinburgh has quietly paid more than £750,000 to a controversial consulting firm amid job cuts - staff say bosses ignored "repeated" questions about its role.
Read more about 'Nousferatu' 👉 www.theferret.scot/p...
Read more about 'Nousferatu' 👉 www.theferret.scot/p...
November 30, 2025 at 8:30 AM
🔴 NEW: The University of Edinburgh has quietly paid more than £750,000 to a controversial consulting firm amid job cuts - staff say bosses ignored "repeated" questions about its role.
Read more about 'Nousferatu' 👉 www.theferret.scot/p...
Read more about 'Nousferatu' 👉 www.theferret.scot/p...
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At last, some properly rigorous reporting on the vampiric management consulting behind proposed cuts at Edinburgh Uni.
Grab some garlic, read and weep.
Grab some garlic, read and weep.
🔴 NEW: The University of Edinburgh has quietly paid more than £750,000 to a controversial consulting firm amid job cuts - staff say bosses ignored "repeated" questions about its role.
Read more about 'Nousferatu' 👉 www.theferret.scot/p...
Read more about 'Nousferatu' 👉 www.theferret.scot/p...
November 30, 2025 at 8:59 AM
At last, some properly rigorous reporting on the vampiric management consulting behind proposed cuts at Edinburgh Uni.
Grab some garlic, read and weep.
Grab some garlic, read and weep.
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Some of our most precarious members, tutors and demonstrators on 'guaranteed hours' contracts, have had their work hours cut or disappeared entirely in management's cost cutting spree. All the money paid to Nous could have gone to them.
#StopStaffCutsatUoE
www.theferret.scot/consultancy-...
#StopStaffCutsatUoE
www.theferret.scot/consultancy-...
‘Nousferatu’: the notorious consultancy advising Edinburgh uni amid 'huge' cuts
Scotland’s largest university has turned to Nous Group at the same time as it is making savings that could lead to nearly 2,000 job losses. Staff say they were misled about the extent of its work.
www.theferret.scot
November 30, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Some of our most precarious members, tutors and demonstrators on 'guaranteed hours' contracts, have had their work hours cut or disappeared entirely in management's cost cutting spree. All the money paid to Nous could have gone to them.
#StopStaffCutsatUoE
www.theferret.scot/consultancy-...
#StopStaffCutsatUoE
www.theferret.scot/consultancy-...
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£750k?!?! 😡😡😡
Nothing like waking up at the weekend after another exhausting week to find out your employer is paying a consultancy firm £750k to set out ways staff are not efficient.
www.theferret.scot/consultancy-...
Nothing like waking up at the weekend after another exhausting week to find out your employer is paying a consultancy firm £750k to set out ways staff are not efficient.
www.theferret.scot/consultancy-...
‘Nousferatu’: the notorious consultancy advising Edinburgh uni amid 'huge' cuts
Scotland’s largest university has turned to Nous Group at the same time as it is making savings that could lead to nearly 2,000 job losses. Staff say they were misled about the extent of its work.
www.theferret.scot
November 30, 2025 at 8:22 AM
£750k?!?! 😡😡😡
Nothing like waking up at the weekend after another exhausting week to find out your employer is paying a consultancy firm £750k to set out ways staff are not efficient.
www.theferret.scot/consultancy-...
Nothing like waking up at the weekend after another exhausting week to find out your employer is paying a consultancy firm £750k to set out ways staff are not efficient.
www.theferret.scot/consultancy-...
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I've said it before and I will say it again many times, people using "AI" to design and deliver 'teaching' to students, to mark their work, and in this case to (!) generate literal voice overs are risking their jobs, and frankly they *should* be at risk if they do this sort of thing:
‘We could have asked ChatGPT’: students fight back over course taught by AI
Staffordshire students say signs material was AI-generated included suspicious file names and rogue voiceover accent
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:11 PM
I've said it before and I will say it again many times, people using "AI" to design and deliver 'teaching' to students, to mark their work, and in this case to (!) generate literal voice overs are risking their jobs, and frankly they *should* be at risk if they do this sort of thing:
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VERY funny that Labour are being pointlessly cruel and haemorrhaging support from their base and yet none of what they're offering is ever going to be enough for the people whose approval they're seeking, WHO could have predicted it
November 20, 2025 at 3:20 PM
VERY funny that Labour are being pointlessly cruel and haemorrhaging support from their base and yet none of what they're offering is ever going to be enough for the people whose approval they're seeking, WHO could have predicted it
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Cross-party support for the UCU Edinburgh rally this lunchtime @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social #WeAreTheUniversity #Solidarity
November 19, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Cross-party support for the UCU Edinburgh rally this lunchtime @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social #WeAreTheUniversity #Solidarity
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Great placards from the rally at the parliament #StopaStaffCutsatEoE
November 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Great placards from the rally at the parliament #StopaStaffCutsatEoE
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An amazing turnout at our UCU Edinburgh strike rally at the Scottish Parliament @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social #StopTheCuts #WeAreTheUniversity
November 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
An amazing turnout at our UCU Edinburgh strike rally at the Scottish Parliament @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social #StopTheCuts #WeAreTheUniversity
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Great turnout at the Edinburgh UCU rally at parliament to demand an end to the University of Edinburgh management reckless budget cuts and redundancies!
#StopStaffCutsatUoE @ucu.org.uk
#StopStaffCutsatUoE @ucu.org.uk
November 19, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Great turnout at the Edinburgh UCU rally at parliament to demand an end to the University of Edinburgh management reckless budget cuts and redundancies!
#StopStaffCutsatUoE @ucu.org.uk
#StopStaffCutsatUoE @ucu.org.uk
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Amazing turn out of Edinburgh University staff outside the parliament building right now to defend education against needless cuts
@ucuedinburgh.bsky.social
@ucuedinburgh.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Amazing turn out of Edinburgh University staff outside the parliament building right now to defend education against needless cuts
@ucuedinburgh.bsky.social
@ucuedinburgh.bsky.social
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Great turn out at @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social rally at the Scottish Parliament!
November 19, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Great turn out at @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social rally at the Scottish Parliament!
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November 19, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Lively picket with great music outside Old College
November 19, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Lively picket with great music outside Old College
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Morning! Here is our schedule today⬇️
Join us at the rally in front of the Scottish parliament at 1pm today!
Join us at the rally in front of the Scottish parliament at 1pm today!
November 19, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Morning! Here is our schedule today⬇️
Join us at the rally in front of the Scottish parliament at 1pm today!
Join us at the rally in front of the Scottish parliament at 1pm today!
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SNP minister 'could force' Edinburgh University bosses to negotiate with unions over job threats
www.scotsman.com/education/sn...
www.scotsman.com/education/sn...
SNP minister 'could force' Edinburgh University bosses to negotiate with unions on job threats
Minister Ben Macpherson said he is considering whether to use special powers to force Edinburgh University chiefs into union negotiations
www.scotsman.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:43 PM
SNP minister 'could force' Edinburgh University bosses to negotiate with unions over job threats
www.scotsman.com/education/sn...
www.scotsman.com/education/sn...
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'Nottingham will be the only Russell Group university not to teach modern foreign languages degrees if it approves plans to close a swath of courses including Spanish and French as well as music and dozens of others.' 1/3
University of Nottingham considers axing language and music degrees
Total of 48 degrees could disappear from Russell Group institution, with falling revenues and rising costs blamed
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
'Nottingham will be the only Russell Group university not to teach modern foreign languages degrees if it approves plans to close a swath of courses including Spanish and French as well as music and dozens of others.' 1/3
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Solidarity to all at @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social! I studied there in 2010-11 and staff were on strike then - I remember one of my tutors explaining that she felt it was part of her responsibility to us as her students to protect the future of academic pay and conditions.
Pickets all over Edinburgh this morning! From Old College to King's Building, Edinburgh UCU staff are saying NO to job cuts!
November 18, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Solidarity to all at @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social! I studied there in 2010-11 and staff were on strike then - I remember one of my tutors explaining that she felt it was part of her responsibility to us as her students to protect the future of academic pay and conditions.
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RALLY TOMORROW!
Join the fightback against job cuts!
Wednesday 19th November at 1pm at the
Scottish parliament.
Join the fightback against job cuts!
Wednesday 19th November at 1pm at the
Scottish parliament.
November 18, 2025 at 4:39 PM
RALLY TOMORROW!
Join the fightback against job cuts!
Wednesday 19th November at 1pm at the
Scottish parliament.
Join the fightback against job cuts!
Wednesday 19th November at 1pm at the
Scottish parliament.