Sylvia de Mars
@sylviademars.me
She/her, trans rights are human rights. Legal academic, D&D fanatic. Things I coherently honk about: Brexit & NI, Title IX, sovereignty. President of the Judge Ana Reyes Fanclub. See http://sylviademars.me
Alas - true for those of us over there in RG land but far from universal. As ever, some of us are definitely valued more by the government than others and/or the lobbying machine did its thing....
Flat fee or percentage levy divides universities ahead of budget
Last-ditch attempts to minimise harm of incoming tax on international student fees splits sector, as research intensive universities set to save millions but post-92s would pay more
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Alas - true for those of us over there in RG land but far from universal. As ever, some of us are definitely valued more by the government than others and/or the lobbying machine did its thing....
I feel like as EU people in the UK, we were doing "no really it easily could have been even worse, even though it's already awful, so let's do a relieved sigh" well before it was cool and universal. 😉
November 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I feel like as EU people in the UK, we were doing "no really it easily could have been even worse, even though it's already awful, so let's do a relieved sigh" well before it was cool and universal. 😉
Are you new to this existence, Simon?! That's where we are with everything these days, at best! 🫠
November 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Are you new to this existence, Simon?! That's where we are with everything these days, at best! 🫠
I didn't look at this website for 3 weeks and was less outraged at everything during that time! Lessons to be learned, I think. Hmmmm.
November 18, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I didn't look at this website for 3 weeks and was less outraged at everything during that time! Lessons to be learned, I think. Hmmmm.
I should clarify the first lectureship isn't ONLY open to EU law people but I would also be lying if I acted like I am not secretly hoping for EU law people to create more critical mass in Brexit adjacent stuff!
But yeah sure, we also welcome family, contract, employment, evidence etc!!!
But yeah sure, we also welcome family, contract, employment, evidence etc!!!
November 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I should clarify the first lectureship isn't ONLY open to EU law people but I would also be lying if I acted like I am not secretly hoping for EU law people to create more critical mass in Brexit adjacent stuff!
But yeah sure, we also welcome family, contract, employment, evidence etc!!!
But yeah sure, we also welcome family, contract, employment, evidence etc!!!
You can of course join us. (In the toilet. Or perhaps not... Not legally, anyway. It's so hard to tell these days.)
November 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
You can of course join us. (In the toilet. Or perhaps not... Not legally, anyway. It's so hard to tell these days.)
Haha. Have at it, you nerds. ❤️
November 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Haha. Have at it, you nerds. ❤️
Senior Lecturer/Reader in Public Law (see above re research community if you're into Brexit stuff & constitutionalism and governance more generally!)
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Senior Lecturer/Reader in Public Law at Newcastle University
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November 18, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Senior Lecturer/Reader in Public Law (see above re research community if you're into Brexit stuff & constitutionalism and governance more generally!)
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPM199/s...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPM199/s...
My experience of being in a trade union is that well over 80% of its membership don't even care to vote on union stuff, let alone something even more distantly removed. Thinking of them as members of the Labour party because they disinterestedly signed up for vague workplace "insurance" is insane.
October 25, 2025 at 10:40 AM
My experience of being in a trade union is that well over 80% of its membership don't even care to vote on union stuff, let alone something even more distantly removed. Thinking of them as members of the Labour party because they disinterestedly signed up for vague workplace "insurance" is insane.
Thanks - was just making a joke about how everything he touches just sort of melts into sludge but good to see the actual poll!
October 24, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Thanks - was just making a joke about how everything he touches just sort of melts into sludge but good to see the actual poll!
Was it a Goodwin poll? Sounds like a Goodwin poll.
October 24, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Was it a Goodwin poll? Sounds like a Goodwin poll.