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It's been a pretty busy week at @USSbriefs HQ.
We published @BenPatrickWill's fantastic brief on what's coming down the chute in terms of transformation of HE into performance data. An essential read – & glorious @acupunctureUSS design #USSbriefs40 medium.com/ussbriefs/numb… 1/
We published @BenPatrickWill's fantastic brief on what's coming down the chute in terms of transformation of HE into performance data. An essential read – & glorious @acupunctureUSS design #USSbriefs40 medium.com/ussbriefs/numb… 1/
We published Richard Farndale's (in consultation with @CambridgeUCU Exec) excellent set of questions for the #JEP in our @OpenUPP2018 series #USSbriefs41 medium.com/ussbriefs/cruc… 2/
We published @carlomorelliUCU's excellent submission to #JEP (in our @OpenUPP2018 series) on the wider context & political economyof EU legislation – & discount rates – around pensions #USSbriefs42 medium.com/ussbriefs/euro… 3/
I need help from those in PR.
In my ongoing efforts to track the very recent history of UUK/EPF I'm wondering if 'myths & misunderstandings' is a standard PR trope used to reframe a debate, or a particular discursive tic of Alistair Jarvis #USSstrike universitiesuk.ac.uk/blog/Pages/Hav… 1/
In my ongoing efforts to track the very recent history of UUK/EPF I'm wondering if 'myths & misunderstandings' is a standard PR trope used to reframe a debate, or a particular discursive tic of Alistair Jarvis #USSstrike universitiesuk.ac.uk/blog/Pages/Hav… 1/
In Jarvis's recent blog ('Have we "miseducated a generation" about student finance?') he argues that 'myths & misunderstandings' have allegedly led to students having – wait for it – *MISGUIDED* concerns about 'high costs & debt' 💰💰💰 universitiesuk.ac.uk/blog/Pages/Hav… #YesUniCan 2/ 
'Myths, Misunderstandings & Misconceptions" (EPF, Oct 14, doc author=Alistair Jarvis) argues: 'Many of the comments & claims that have been made against the case for necessary [USS] reform are based on misunderstanding or misinterpretation of the facts' warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/statis… 3/
Your regular UUK update (or: Keeping an 👀 on the rolling out of the marketised vision of UK HE)
So, yesterday, UUK held an event on "Improving Student Retention" universitiesuk.ac.uk/events/Pages/s… #UUKSR #YesUniCan
So, yesterday, UUK held an event on "Improving Student Retention" universitiesuk.ac.uk/events/Pages/s… #UUKSR #YesUniCan
The proud sponsor of "Improving Student Retention" was Civica, 'the leading provider of business-critical software, digital solutions & managed services for our public sector and regulated markets'
Civica also contributed to the workshop with a session on "Your data, valuable insights: Using data to drive improved student retention" universitiesuk.ac.uk/events/Pages/s… #UUKSR
This is utterly fucking obscene, people. Go away and think about what you just did.
[and now a THREAD, because I haven’t done one for a while and I’ve had one brewing for ages on the value of education...]
[and now a THREAD, because I haven’t done one for a while and I’ve had one brewing for ages on the value of education...]
I’m going to leave aside the excellent point made here – that the kids going to RG universities are BLOODY WELL ALREADY RICHER – and that they benefit from old boys' networks (blech), because I want to tell you a story.
When I was 12 I found my mum in the living room crying over the gas bill. Because she could pay it, OR she could feed me and my sibs.
