Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Britain's ultra-Far Left have always been, and will always be, only that which they are: 812220
Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Just re-upping this, for no particular reason at all. The Greens have got an essential role to play in the battle for the climate and equality. If they carry on like this they are going to get eaten alive from within. Snap out of it now, Greens! For everyone's sake. 2304
Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I'm quoted in (and provide the headline for) this @timeshighered.bsky.social university story today. To be honest the news and messages coming from across UK Higher Ed are now so desperate, pressing and upsetting that I've stepped away a bit. www.timeshighereducation.com/news/tiered-...timeshighereducation.comTiered English tuition fee system ‘would denude rest of sector’Fallout over differential university fees suggestion continues, amid suggestions that the Russell Group head is saying the quiet part out loud 2202
Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Cos they left the question mark off the first proofs of the cover. 010
Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Are you at #LabourConference #LabourPartyConference? If you get my book you can read all about the last time Labour were in office. A bargain! 👇 051
Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 28/09/2026And for those of you who prefer to buy direct from the publisher, here it is on the @manchesterup.bsky.social website. It's got lots to say about today's troubles I hope. Enjoy! (2/2) manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526146328/manchesteruniversitypress.co.ukManchester University Press - New Labour, New Britain?New Labour, New Britain? - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of New Labour, New Britain? by Glen O'Hara 120
Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 28/09/2026As Labour Conference is in full swing, just a reminder that you can buy my book about the last time the party was in office! Now just £13.60 in hardback on Amazon... (1/2) www.amazon.co.uk/New-Labour-B... 140
Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 28/09/2026On Friday I gave a @royalhistsoc.org lecture about the battle for rights of way in England and Wales: you can watch and listen here! Many thanks to the @ihr.bsky.social for hosting, and to @ukri.org for funding the project. Much more to come on this front. royalhistsoc.org/glen-ohara-g...royalhistsoc.orgGlen O'Hara gives latest RHS lecture on 'Rights of Way and the Battle for the Land' - RHSOn Friday 25 September the Society hosted the latest lecture in its 2026 programme. Our great thanks to Professor Glen O'Hara (Oxford Brookes University) who spoke on: ‘In All Our Footsteps? Rights of... 1245
Reposted by Glen O'HaraManchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 27/09/2026'New Labour, New Britain? How the Blair governments reshaped the country' is a bold and balanced re-appraisal of New Labour in power by Prof. @gsoh31.bsky.social (Oxford Brookes). Out now and just £20 in hardback, available from all good bookshops & online. #LabourConference #booksky 052
Reposted by Glen O'HaraCaitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Fascinating lecture by @gsoh31.bsky.social hosted by @royalhistsoc.org at @ihr.bsky.social. Loved that Glen highlighted importance of voluntarism re work of the Central Rights of Way Ctte (CROW) & acknowledged participation of @womensinstitute.bsky.social in this work. #EnvironmentalHistory 1105
Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Last night I gave a public lecture about rights of way and the battle over land access for the @royalhistsoc.org... You can watch or listen here! Many thanks for the invite, to the @ihr.bsky.social for hosting and @ukri.org for backing the project. royalhistsoc.org/glen-ohara-g...royalhistsoc.orgGlen O'Hara gives latest RHS lecture on 'Rights of Way and the Battle for the Land' - RHSOn Friday 25 September the Society hosted the latest lecture in its 2026 programme. Our great thanks to Professor Glen O'Hara (Oxford Brookes University) who spoke on: ‘In All Our Footsteps? Rights of... 0446
Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This was great! I enormously enjoyed it and hope everyone else did too. With great appreciation and thanks to the RHS, the @ihr.bsky.social and @ukri.org for making it all happen. Much more to come on this front... Stay tuned! 1334
Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Hopefully up on video then at some point out as an article. 👍 010
Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Here's me arriving for my first day of teaching in 2026/27! My 28th year in Higher Education. Career 73% complete, 27% remaining. 1470
Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 23/09/2026THIS FRIDAY: You can come to my @royalhistsoc.org public lecture on rights of way and the struggle for land access in England and Wales... It's at London's Senate House at 6pm. Still a few tickets left! And an online version. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rhs-lectur...eventbrite.co.ukRHS Lecture: 'In All Our Footsteps?' with Professor Glen O'Hara IN PERSON'In All Our Footsteps? Rights of Way and the Battle for the Land after the 1949 National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act' at the IHR 13220
Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 21/09/2026THIS FRIDAY: I'll be giving a public lecture for the @royalhistsoc.org on rights of way and the struggle for the land in post-war England and Wales... It's at Senate House in London at 6pm, and there are still a few tickets left! Also an online option: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rhs-lectur...eventbrite.co.ukRHS Lecture: 'In All Our Footsteps?' with Professor Glen O'Hara IN PERSON'In All Our Footsteps? Rights of Way and the Battle for the Land after the 1949 National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act' at the IHR 02519
Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 18/09/2026NEXT FRIDAY: I'll be talking about rights of way and the fight for land access at the IHR, Senate House in London! There's still a few tickets left, or an online option: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rhs-lectur...eventbrite.co.ukRHS Lecture: 'In All Our Footsteps?' with Professor Glen O'Hara IN PERSON'In All Our Footsteps? Rights of Way and the Battle for the Land after the 1949 National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act' at the IHR 092
Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 28/08/2026By God, the things I'm hearing and the stuff people are telling me about universities, hard to take it really. I'm out for now. 2392
Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 28/08/2026It's the Welsh universities that are by far the deepest in the mire. As presently constituted they simply have no chance. I wouldn't even know where to start now. Very sad and very stupid. www.timeshighereducation.com/news/wales-n...timeshighereducation.comWales needs ‘systemic reform’ as universities lose £100 millionCalls for regulator to act on subject review findings and better align education provision with nation’s needs, as six of its eight universities face deficits 12414
Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 28/08/2026It is genuinely fascinating working in the midst of a true Public Policy Disaster and seeing it from the inside, but y'know... I'd rather not? www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...researchprofessionalnews.comStudent visa slump ‘raises serious questions’ on university funding - Research Professional NewsNumber of student visas granted falls by more than 40 per cent in three years 17527
Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 28/08/2026It's the Scottish (and even more so the Welsh) universities that one fears for most. As the system is configured now, they have no chance of continuing to provide good teaching and research. Many will not survive at all. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukScotland's universities face 'bleak' future as £200m funding gap revealedA new report paints a 'bleak' picture of falling income from Scottish students and an over-reliance on international tuition fees. 21313
Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Carney just dropped a long and obscure word just to poke this dumbo US admin in the eye. Is this reality? Hard to tell any more. 2315
Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Say what you like about Mark Carney, and no doubt many Canadians will, at length. But the Donkey Kong of all Centrist Dads, or... Donald Trump? No contest. 172
Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 27/08/2026LOL, Carney's government in Canada with just the +20 to +30 approval. Let's see that rise a bit more now. 🇨🇦 0110
Reposted by Glen O'HaraMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Now write the tandem piece about what is happening to public university funding & immigration policy in Canada, the UK, Germany, etc. These high-profile hirings are good headlines. The real story is no other country is coming to save higher ed & scientific research right now, including Canada.ft.comCanada poaches 48 US-based top academicsTrump administration’s assault on universities boosts Ottawa’s efforts to attract top research talent 924861
Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Well I think I'd reverse a lot of that to help with the poaching, even apart from everything else. 120
Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 27/08/2026NEW FROM ME: I'll be speaking about rights of way, access to the land and visions of a future Britain at Senate House in London on Friday 25 Sept... Come along! Booking link below, and there's an online option there too. It'd be great to see you all there. 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rhs-lectur...eventbrite.co.ukRHS Lecture: 'In All Our Footsteps?' with Professor Glen O'Hara IN PERSON'In All Our Footsteps? Rights of Way and the Battle for the Land after the 1949 National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act' at the IHR 0156
Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Imagine you're American, watching this and cringing yourself inside out like a pretzel. Everyone is just laughing at them. Then looking at their wallets. 2309
Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 27/08/2026static.klipy.comSylvester The Cat Headbangs Against A PoleALT: Sylvester The Cat Headbangs Against A Pole 050
Reposted by Glen O'HaraMicah @rincewind.run · 27/08/2026everything is so stupid and embarrassing all the time 403075450
Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 27/08/2026The United States has completely lost its mind. Eurobomb and Euro-Army now, including Canada if they want to join. 4449
Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Great University Disaster (cont.): Kent lost 11.6% of its staff and even then was £5.6m in the red. It has lost c.£10m in fee income and could only just break even when excluding property and redundancy pay. No wonder it had to 'merge' with Greenwich. www.timeshighereducation.com/news/kent-fi...timeshighereducation.comKent finances improve despite near £10 million drop in fee incomeLong-delayed financial statement shows institution cut staff expenditure and brought in more grants to offset recruitment woes 1125
Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 27/08/2026The UK should be doing this! We could attract loads of top talent! Maddening. 910924
Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 27/08/2026US foreign policy is so bad and so stupid that it's created the perfect temptation for the Kremlin to act in Europe. These people are basically just idiots. apnews.com/article/patr...apnews.comExclusive: US Patriot missile stocks in Europe are 'beyond critical' due to Iran war, officials sayThe U.S. military faces a “beyond critical” shortage of advanced missile interceptors in Europe largely driven by President Donald Trump's war with Iran. 84511
Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Russia has a big problem. Its nuclear threats have declined in efficacy with use, and no-one in the West watches boring and scary mainstream news anyway. All the more reason to stage some sort of conventional provocation, which okay might be tolerable but might go wrong in a serious miscalculation. 0120
Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Meanwhile demographic change, globalisation, immigration, increasing Europeanisation, the march of social liberalism and the rising tide of education left Tories stranded. But we're told we have to listen to their most hated ideas all the time! When we've heard nothing but for years! Er, no. (2/2) 1272
Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 27/08/2026The Conservatives have managed just three overall majorities in the nearly 40 years since 1987. Two of those were tiny. Their divorce from the cities, civic and intellectual life as well as moderate, 'sensible' Middle Britain has crippled them. (1/2) 3354
Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Lincoln Bishop University taken into the private sector by its lender, Global University Systems. As trailed here, there'll be much more of this coming up as creditors seek to secure their assets by taking them in-house. www.timeshighereducation.com/news/gus-com...timeshighereducation.comGUS completes takeover of Lincoln Bishop UniversityPublic institution to become autonomous company within wider private education group 11312
Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Today's university with the upcoming cuts and redundancies is Glasgow. Looks like they've reached Stage 2 or Stage 3 of the 8-9 Stage regimen each university in the UK is being subjected to: voluntary first, compulsories later. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2650036...heraldscotland.comLeaked email states university jobs 'may be affected by restructuring programme'The University of Glasgow has stressed that any redundancies will be exclusively voluntary after details of the severance scheme were seen by The… 12113
Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Absolutely, tho those are the macro distortions. At the micro level absurd internal markets and terrible data that is often completely wrong massively compounds the decline given (1) blowing up stuff everyone can see is the best there - even within an HEI - and (2) destroying morale. 100
Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Of sur, those guys are just rubbish and a proper consultancy would make them look silly *at best*. But lack of any planning structures or ability to steer, and as Peter says sheer lack of cash, are the macro base. 010
Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Sure, and the economics no longer make sense for even a moderately sized A&H dept if the central topslice is 40% to 50%. Really on that basis they should all shut. But also putting money while all English students increasingly go to just 10 unis would be a waste of cash also. 100
Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Universities will continue their unplanned collapse unless and until Mnisters grip the crisis and impose a planning system. But they don't have the imagination, admin powers or staffing to even make a start. They've locked themselves in a box. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...researchprofessionalnews.comArts and humanities research at Nottingham ‘under threat’ - Research Professional NewsUCU branch's strike action aims to fight “likely” redundancies across several research areas 22614
Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Isn't it just chaos with broken systems that were all v well on the rising tide but now one comes to grab the steering wheel in a storm it just breaks off? 210
Reposted by Glen O'HaraAlex Prichard @profalexp.bsky.social · 26/08/2026This is absolutely true. What’s more concerning is that Uni finance heads continue regardless. No one, and I repeat NO ONE, knows how much it costs to deliver a module or a programme at Exeter. We have shown them their errors, offered more realistic data, but agreeing with UCU would ruin accounting. 02813
Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Nor is cost control better. Basic accounting principles slurred, massive strategic decisions based on fundamental errors, swings in internal accounting that change who gets sacked for no reason but column % and addition. I cd make it say basically anything - Cardiff and Exeter just 2 examples. (2/2) 3142
Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Universities, cont.: any high level data in most faculties will bear no resemblance to the school and field level data it summarises, and the university stats based on the faculty numbers will scramble and garble them again. Then the report to regulators will distort everything once more. (1/2) 2184
