‘linking much-needed support for students to international recruitment – an unstable and overworked income stream - is risky and unsustainable. This measure could further weaken universities’
Read our Budget response here www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/british...

‘More than ever before, we need British diplomats, spies and soldiers to speak the language of our adversaries.’

Stark piece from a former diplomat on how loss of language learning hits our defence & geopolitical capabilities
www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/proc... @timeshighered.bsky.social

Baroness Nicola Blackwood has been appointed as Chair of the Health Data Research Service
www.gov.uk/government/n...

Interesting suggestion from EBRD chief economist that countries will suffer policy lock in once the electorate ages, and so there is an urgency to acting early

HSBC - which is very bullish on AI - says OpenAI’s revenue should rise quickly to 2030, but will have a parallel/ consequent rise in costs leaving a $200bn hole…
on.ft.com/48f8hbw

Plus a full academic paper on the same topic
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

There’s a whole radio show
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/serie...

Egad no. Don’t do stuff that will demotivate you from writing the new stuff!

Thanks - I’ve never read it but that’s a good model

I’ve been quoted in @thespectator1828.bsky.social about the importance of taking a strategic approach nationally to language provision as universities are making individual decisions to slash provision which may collectively be very bad for the national interest
www.spectator.co.uk/article/in-p...