Andrew Fisher
@dexterclaw.bsky.social
Interested in higher education data and student services, as well as a few other things. Mostly here to lurk.
The way to a better place is just to keep plodding forward. You will pass through it.
November 13, 2025 at 4:08 PM
The way to a better place is just to keep plodding forward. You will pass through it.
The 'middle class' is the class of people in the middle. They sit between the owners and the workers. It isn't any more complex than that really.
November 10, 2025 at 10:04 PM
The 'middle class' is the class of people in the middle. They sit between the owners and the workers. It isn't any more complex than that really.
You could also use colour-coding for different regiments or what have you. Helps to keep the toys tidy.
November 1, 2025 at 11:19 AM
You could also use colour-coding for different regiments or what have you. Helps to keep the toys tidy.
Definitely not the green
November 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Definitely not the green
Sorry, for clarity I meant the only policy lever they've identified in the White Paper itself. Obviously it would be possible to get to those goals with a different approach to the one that they're taking.
October 29, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Sorry, for clarity I meant the only policy lever they've identified in the White Paper itself. Obviously it would be possible to get to those goals with a different approach to the one that they're taking.
They have no actual policy lever to pull though, other than research funding. Only a few universities receive enough research funding to be responsive to that lever, and those are the ones they don't wish to change.
October 29, 2025 at 11:38 AM
They have no actual policy lever to pull though, other than research funding. Only a few universities receive enough research funding to be responsive to that lever, and those are the ones they don't wish to change.
I thought the posh men joined the Guards not the RAF?
October 27, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I thought the posh men joined the Guards not the RAF?
The Russell Group has a tool that might be helpful www.informedchoices.ac.uk. It can show you what kinds of A-level choices will keep your options open at a later stage.
Informed Choices | Informed Choices
www.informedchoices.ac.uk
October 27, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The Russell Group has a tool that might be helpful www.informedchoices.ac.uk. It can show you what kinds of A-level choices will keep your options open at a later stage.
What are your kids trying to achieve for their next steps?
October 27, 2025 at 1:44 PM
What are your kids trying to achieve for their next steps?
Thanks for responding
October 21, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Thanks for responding
I think @garius.bsky.social's take on Collingwood as in some way forgotten is pretty clear evidence that he's a Londoner. Those of us who grew up in the North East know different.
October 21, 2025 at 10:52 AM
I think @garius.bsky.social's take on Collingwood as in some way forgotten is pretty clear evidence that he's a Londoner. Those of us who grew up in the North East know different.
Or the Thatcher government and Rhodesian UDI. It isn't like empire just vanished.
October 21, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Or the Thatcher government and Rhodesian UDI. It isn't like empire just vanished.
There were still quite a lot of colonies in the 1960s! How quickly we forget.
October 21, 2025 at 7:57 AM
There were still quite a lot of colonies in the 1960s! How quickly we forget.
I enjoyed. Will see if I can persuade the kids to play sometime.
October 20, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I enjoyed. Will see if I can persuade the kids to play sometime.
Not sure they were all wrong, even with hindsight. The Tlaxcalan nobility didn't really need to regret the deal they did with the Spanish.
October 14, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Not sure they were all wrong, even with hindsight. The Tlaxcalan nobility didn't really need to regret the deal they did with the Spanish.
I guess it's what they learned from Niemoeller. First she came for The Da Vinci Code but I did nothing because I was not a Dan Brown fan...
October 14, 2025 at 9:41 AM
I guess it's what they learned from Niemoeller. First she came for The Da Vinci Code but I did nothing because I was not a Dan Brown fan...
People who have this attitude to books probably don't own Da Vinci Code though? Like a vinyl record collection back in the day, the physical books are a statement about identity and values.
October 14, 2025 at 9:05 AM
People who have this attitude to books probably don't own Da Vinci Code though? Like a vinyl record collection back in the day, the physical books are a statement about identity and values.
No way you can count the A3 as a ring road!
October 13, 2025 at 1:59 PM
No way you can count the A3 as a ring road!
I enjoyed reading the supplements, but as actual *adventure* material I found them poor.
October 13, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I enjoyed reading the supplements, but as actual *adventure* material I found them poor.
I remember the critical hit table in MERP. Best bit about that game, frankly.
October 13, 2025 at 12:32 PM
I remember the critical hit table in MERP. Best bit about that game, frankly.
That's just a more honest name for senior management isn't it?
October 13, 2025 at 8:17 AM
That's just a more honest name for senior management isn't it?
To be fair the knocker-up gets up even earlier than the other workers for no more pay, and the market for invisible hairnets isn't what it used to be either. I'm not sure these are better jobs than the one you've got now.
October 13, 2025 at 8:15 AM
To be fair the knocker-up gets up even earlier than the other workers for no more pay, and the market for invisible hairnets isn't what it used to be either. I'm not sure these are better jobs than the one you've got now.