Stuart Green
@stuartgreen.bsky.social
Emeritus Professor @ UniofReading. Construction sector policy. Book: ‘Making Sense of Construction Improvement’ (Routledge, 2024). Website: stuartdavidgreen.com Northerner, hillwalker, history buff, European 🇪🇺 UTC
It would be nice if this initiative formed part of a coherent strategy which included quality of training provision and productivity improvement. Systemic problems need systemic solutions. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Young people on benefits to be offered construction and hospitality work
The government says it will fund training and work experience for 350,000 not in work or education.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 9:01 AM
It would be nice if this initiative formed part of a coherent strategy which included quality of training provision and productivity improvement. Systemic problems need systemic solutions. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Actions and words have consequences. How bad do things have to get before the ‘Little Englanders’’ are happy? www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Rising racism blamed for collapse in number of foreign nurses coming to UK
Number of overseas nurses and midwives registered between April and September was half that of a year ago
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Actions and words have consequences. How bad do things have to get before the ‘Little Englanders’’ are happy? www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Actions and words have consequences. How bad do things have to get before the ‘Little Englanders’’ are happy? www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Rising racism blamed for collapse in number of foreign nurses coming to UK
Number of overseas nurses and midwives registered between April and September was half that of a year ago
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Actions and words have consequences. How bad do things have to get before the ‘Little Englanders’’ are happy? www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
There are no winners here. The 39% partication rate speaks to the desperate sense of disillusionment among HE staff. This is unlikely to improve given the brutal context of ongoing cuts and redundancies. I fear for the future. www.timeshighereducation.com/news/ucu-str...
UCU strike ballot fails after 60 per cent of members don’t vote
UK’s biggest academic union unable to pursue national industrial action over pay and job cuts after it fails to meet minimum turnout threshold
www.timeshighereducation.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:14 PM
There are no winners here. The 39% partication rate speaks to the desperate sense of disillusionment among HE staff. This is unlikely to improve given the brutal context of ongoing cuts and redundancies. I fear for the future. www.timeshighereducation.com/news/ucu-str...
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It's official: 400 redundancies and a campus closure. At-risk staff will get a letter next week. Absolutely no serious consideration of any of the union's counterproposals.
Please share widely.
Please share widely.
December 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
It's official: 400 redundancies and a campus closure. At-risk staff will get a letter next week. Absolutely no serious consideration of any of the union's counterproposals.
Please share widely.
Please share widely.
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Frozen tax brackets upsetting you? Going to have the same salary for years on end? Congratulations, you're just feeling what academia has been like since 2018
November 28, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Frozen tax brackets upsetting you? Going to have the same salary for years on end? Congratulations, you're just feeling what academia has been like since 2018
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Another reminder of what we already know yet consistently choose to ignore….
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
UK construction workers at risk from modern slavery, charity warns
Helpline run by Unseen receives hundreds of calls a year from potential victims of exploitation
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Another reminder of what we already know yet consistently choose to ignore….
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
No news here - just another day for the cities which host universities www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Fears Lancaster University job cuts would hit city's businesses
Lancaster University is seeking to cut 400 full-time posts as part of efforts to save £30m.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 4:50 AM
No news here - just another day for the cities which host universities www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Short thread of songs which helps me make sense of Armistice Day. We can remember them without the trappings of institutionalised remembrance. Please free to add to the list.
open.spotify.com/track/3WFcgb...
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No Man's Land / Flowers of the Forest
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November 11, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Short thread of songs which helps me make sense of Armistice Day. We can remember them without the trappings of institutionalised remembrance. Please free to add to the list.
open.spotify.com/track/3WFcgb...
open.spotify.com/track/3WFcgb...
“The island became part of the empire after Britain helped liberate it from Napoleon.”
Only in the Daily Express….
www.express.co.uk/travel/europ...
Only in the Daily Express….
www.express.co.uk/travel/europ...
'We've quit Britain for amazing island three hours from UK with barely any tax'
Brits are moving to a sun-kissed island that is just a three-hour flight from the UK, enticed by glorious weather, tax breaks and a common language
www.express.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 4:46 AM
“The island became part of the empire after Britain helped liberate it from Napoleon.”
Only in the Daily Express….
www.express.co.uk/travel/europ...
Only in the Daily Express….
www.express.co.uk/travel/europ...
Just another week in the UK’s university sector. Expect similar headlines next week. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
University of Nottingham students fight 'insane' cull of courses
Traitors composer Sam Watts is among those against plans to cut University of Nottingham courses.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Just another week in the UK’s university sector. Expect similar headlines next week. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
For whatever it may be worth, I have no intentions of attending any conferences in the U.S. for the foreseeable future.
Cautious or Protesting, Foreign Scholars Skip U.S. Conferences
As President Donald Trump deploys National Guard troops to American cities and ICE arrests pick up, some international scholars are opting out of U.S. travel.
www.insidehighered.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:08 PM
For whatever it may be worth, I have no intentions of attending any conferences in the U.S. for the foreseeable future.
Will those with tangible examples of Brexit benefits please come forward asap www.theguardian.com/business/202...
‘The money machine is misfiring’: City blames Brexit for UK’s £20bn productivity headache
Poor output since the leave vote has landed Rachel Reeves with a bigger-than-forecast budget spending gap
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Will those with tangible examples of Brexit benefits please come forward asap www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Sadly this lies behind a paywall. But the headline says it all. www.ft.com/content/9080...
New homes: even if you build them, there’s no one to buy them
We’re often told housing demand exceeds supply — so why are new homes struggling to be built and bought?
www.ft.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Sadly this lies behind a paywall. But the headline says it all. www.ft.com/content/9080...
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Literally one of the greatest soft power brands on planet earth driven into the ground by successive British governments that embrace failure, decline and irrelevance.
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British Council ‘selling everything it can’ to survive
Cultural body plans more job cuts, sale of assets and closure in 35 countries to stave off ‘financial peril’
on.ft.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Literally one of the greatest soft power brands on planet earth driven into the ground by successive British governments that embrace failure, decline and irrelevance.
on.ft.com/3Wq1XIT
on.ft.com/3Wq1XIT
Visited Dyrham Park @Nationaltrust.org.uk Created by William Blathwayt who was a functionary of the British State following the Glorious Revolution. No punches pulled on the centrality of slavery to the emerging colonial system of the 1690s. The rest as they say is history.
Dyrham Park | South Gloucestershire
Visit Dyrham Park to explore the ancient parkland, 17th-century house and garden.
www.nationaltrust.org.uk
October 28, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Visited Dyrham Park @Nationaltrust.org.uk Created by William Blathwayt who was a functionary of the British State following the Glorious Revolution. No punches pulled on the centrality of slavery to the emerging colonial system of the 1690s. The rest as they say is history.
Coming soon to a university near you. Every week brings another example. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
University of Derby facing 'perfect storm' of challenges
The BBC understands the redundancy plans could result in the loss of 265 full-time equivalent jobs.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Coming soon to a university near you. Every week brings another example. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Important story here. It’s ironic that the client involved is the UK Ministry of Justice (MoJ). What happened to all those nice words in the Construction Playbook? www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....
MoJ owes us £20m after contractor ISG's collapse, say suppliers - BBC News
Suppliers say millions are owed despite the government promising to use protected accounts.
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October 27, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Important story here. It’s ironic that the client involved is the UK Ministry of Justice (MoJ). What happened to all those nice words in the Construction Playbook? www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....
Please add my name to those complaining about ‘wicked’ AI scraping. Check if your publications appear in the sesrchable database in the replies below www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Author Philip Pullman calls on government to act over 'wicked' AI scraping
The writer of the trilogies His Dark Materials and The Book of Dust wants copyright laws changed.
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October 22, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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