dlaurence.bsky.social @dlaurence.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Wondering what might have caused a bond market spike 010
dlaurence.bsky.social @dlaurence.bsky.social · 14/08/2026That trade off still applies with real time embedded systems of course. One of the current limiting factors when AI interacts with the outside world. 000
dlaurence.bsky.social @dlaurence.bsky.social · 14/08/2026He'd probably have taken the chippy order for the captured U boat crew. "Don't tell him Pike !" 020
dlaurence.bsky.social @dlaurence.bsky.social · 13/08/2026A level economics applications up 10% in last 12 months I read. But not enough teachers to satisfy demand. Not sure if market failure is on the syllabus. 010
dlaurence.bsky.social @dlaurence.bsky.social · 13/08/2026I suppose the wording acknowledges there are uneducated centre right people. 000
dlaurence.bsky.social @dlaurence.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Presume the classical liberal response to this market failure will be to expect a cadre of economics teachers to emerge spontaneously ? 010
dlaurence.bsky.social @dlaurence.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Think its Nige who needs the dental treatment. 110
dlaurence.bsky.social @dlaurence.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Perhaps we are at a "concatenation of circumstances" moment ? 100
dlaurence.bsky.social @dlaurence.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Don't OBR forecasts qualify as "speculative fiction" ? 100
dlaurence.bsky.social @dlaurence.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Perhaps further education should feature in your new publication ? Part of the Burnham Manchester project has been about building HE/FE links. If "reindustrialisation" is to happen this sector will be key. 100
dlaurence.bsky.social @dlaurence.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Agreed. Just checked a former contact's LinkedIn profile. "Dave has no recent posts" it states. Nope because he passed away in 2019. 010
dlaurence.bsky.social @dlaurence.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Right wingers falling out amongst themselves seems to be trending. 010
dlaurence.bsky.social @dlaurence.bsky.social · 09/08/2026PG Wodehouse might provide some inspiration ? 010
dlaurence.bsky.social @dlaurence.bsky.social · 05/08/2026This post was flagged by @carlotaperez.bsky.social vijaypande.substack.com/p/let-it-cra...vijaypande.substack.comLet It Crash: How to Steer What Comes After“The Fourth Pillar” has to be built before the crash, not after. 000
dlaurence.bsky.social @dlaurence.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Original series theme tune Eye Level by the Simon Park Orchestra made it to No 1 - not 'alf 010
dlaurence.bsky.social @dlaurence.bsky.social · 04/08/2026I just want a platform where I see comments/posts from people I follow. Twitter used to be like that. Random shit now. 020
dlaurence.bsky.social @dlaurence.bsky.social · 04/08/2026The whole nomenclature surrounding this issue probably reflects the inherent snobbery which bedevils our education system to this day. 010
dlaurence.bsky.social @dlaurence.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Recent announcements from the new PM add to a long record of "policy churn" neatly summarised here : www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/...instituteforgovernment.org.ukAll Change | Institute for GovernmentWhy policy reinvention leads to huge waste and little progress. 000
dlaurence.bsky.social @dlaurence.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Maths skills vary wildly amongst students at levels 3/4/5 studying engineering. Not really a problem for most in the workplace. Seeing how a differential equation relates to a physical problem more important than a mastery of solution methods. 000
dlaurence.bsky.social @dlaurence.bsky.social · 04/08/2026 I know someone who currently sits in the 1% club on earnings partly because of all those other skills. Don't think he ever felt "forgotten". Didn't want HE or FE just wanted to work. 010
dlaurence.bsky.social @dlaurence.bsky.social · 03/08/2026No sign of further education sector representation in the report ? Odd perhaps as that's where much technician level training occurs. 000
dlaurence.bsky.social @dlaurence.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Lessons to be learned from the FE sector perhaps. Starved of funds since 2010 but now of course central to Burnham's plans for local democracy. "Second chance" often used by the likes of Gove et al to describe the sector says it all really. 031
dlaurence.bsky.social @dlaurence.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Very strong parallels with the fate many in further education have suffered in recent years. Set up a straw man process and then judge the institution not fit for purpose. Redundancies,"mergers" and whole college closures then follow. 010
dlaurence.bsky.social @dlaurence.bsky.social · 03/08/2026This debate reminds me of my O level options dilemma back in 1972 ! 000
dlaurence.bsky.social @dlaurence.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Wasn't that about school league tables rather than anything to do with pupil strengths and interests ? 000
dlaurence.bsky.social @dlaurence.bsky.social · 03/08/2026An education system that produced Gove and many other recent "leaders" clearly needs careful scrutiny. 010
dlaurence.bsky.social @dlaurence.bsky.social · 03/08/2026"the route" suggests a single path. The are multiple routes to well paid jobs. Might be worth teachers and parents questioning their beliefs before being too prescriptive. 000
Reposted by @dlaurence.bsky.socialCarlota Perez @carlotaperez.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Fantastic long article by Vijay Pande (a VC!) It's crucial reading if you wonder whether @AI is really a #bubble that might crash. The important thing it clarifies is what to do, politically and economically, "to steer what comes after" the crash. vijaypande.substack.com/p/let-it-cra...vijaypande.substack.comLet It Crash: How to Steer What Comes After“The Fourth Pillar” has to be built before the crash, not after. 072
dlaurence.bsky.social @dlaurence.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Back in the mid 70s Keele University had a foundation year which all students took covering essentially an introduction to the full range of HE subjects. 230
dlaurence.bsky.social @dlaurence.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Part of the issue with academic/vocational is simply the terms we use to define things. Much of HE study is indistinguishable from so called "vocational" study e.g. hard to get a cigarette paper between many engineering topics at FE and HE ...... including Oxbridge. 001
dlaurence.bsky.social @dlaurence.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Early feedback from people on LinkedIn, who make important comments e.g. skills and FE staffing crisis, suggests the scope of Burnham's proposals hasn't sunk in yet. 010
dlaurence.bsky.social @dlaurence.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Perhaps if the response to our "critical juncture" is to do "...what you told us to do, Diane." we might make headway. We seem to be world class at analysing our predicament as a country not so good as acting on the recommendations ? 110
dlaurence.bsky.social @dlaurence.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Doesn't this yield a multitude of "small states" - a right wingers fever dream ? 000
dlaurence.bsky.social @dlaurence.bsky.social · 31/07/2026I think Steve Baker has previously indicated his offer to take up the cause. Sure I spotted him in B&Q eyeing up chain saws. 000
dlaurence.bsky.social @dlaurence.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Not sure what right wing small state fiscal doom loopers will make of this. Several already confidently predicting failure of course. 000
dlaurence.bsky.social @dlaurence.bsky.social · 31/07/2026I believe the RHS are looking to relocate their hydrangea collection to Manchester from Wisley. They do mention climate change. 000
dlaurence.bsky.social @dlaurence.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Recall c2010 senior civil servants going on coach trips to visit an FE college to see for the first time in their lives where skills training actually happens. Are we any further forward in 2026 ? 100
dlaurence.bsky.social @dlaurence.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Turn it through ninety degrees and "Cello,you got a bass" to quote Jack Black in School of Rock. 000
dlaurence.bsky.social @dlaurence.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Good description of the staff recruitment challenge in further education. 010
dlaurence.bsky.social @dlaurence.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Which is an interesting parallel with further education where teacher pay lags primary & secondary levels. Staff recruitment and remuneration will need solving in both if Burnham's plans are to progress. 000
dlaurence.bsky.social @dlaurence.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Let's hope we finally make some headway. 010
dlaurence.bsky.social @dlaurence.bsky.social · 28/07/2026"the medium is the message". Or something 000
dlaurence.bsky.social @dlaurence.bsky.social · 28/07/2026So "40 years on the wrong path" as the new PM said ? Just wondering how AI might fit into this discussion. Perhaps thinking about novel cross fertilisation which often produces surprising results. 000
