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Tim Causer

@timcauser.bsky.social
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Principal Research Fellow, Bentham Project, @ucllaws.bsky.social Editing Bentham's works and correspondence. Historian of convict transportation and the Norfolk Island penal station.

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Nome @nome.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"Don't bring your union rep" means, incidentally, you should DEFINITELY bring your union rep. It's one of those sentences like "Don't discuss your salary with your coworkers" that means you absolutely need to do the opposite, immediately.
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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
So it's farewell to the History subject area at the University of Hertfordshire, not the first nor the last to go. One of the best departments in the country, just extinguished like a snap of the fingers. Think of the waste. (1/2)
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Eli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Dystopia www.news.com.au/technology/o...
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AI labs buy, scan, shred millions of rare books
If you have retreated to physical books because the internet is too full of AI slop, bad news — now they’re shredding the books to feed their AI slop machines.
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Tim Causer @timcauser.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
After nearly six wonderful years together, last week Samson fell asleep in my arms. He was the greatest, most handsome little mate I could have wished for. I was so lucky I got to rescue him.
A one-eyed black and white cat caught mid yawn with his paw outstretched, making it look like he is in shockA one eyed blak and white cat sat in his bed with his white paws curled underneath himA one eyed black and white cat standing and looking to camera while licking his nose
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UCL @ucl.ac.uk · 24/06/2026
We are really sorry to let you know that UCL Open Days on Friday 26 and Saturday 27 June 2026 have been cancelled. Please do not travel to campus for these events. For the latest updates, please visit: www.ucl.ac.uk/study/prospective-stu…
We are really sorry to let you know that UCL Open Days on Friday 26 and Saturday 27 June 2026 have been cancelled.
 
Following updated forecasts and extreme heat guidance for London, we’ve made the difficult decision not to proceed with the events as planned. The safety and wellbeing of our visitors, students and staff is our top priority, and we’re very sorry for the disappointment.
 
Please do not travel to campus for these events.
 
We will share further information on alternative opportunities to explore UCL with registered attendees soon.
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Alice Marples @alicemarples.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
We have two new 12-month postdoctoral fellowship opportunities at the British Library! Applications open soon to co-design projects in the following areas: - Colonial Deposit and our Newspaper Collection - Local Large Language Models and Personal Born-Digital Archives www.bl.uk/services/res...
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The Joanna and Graham Barker Fellowship Scheme
Two funded-fellowship opportunities for early career, postdoctoral researchers.
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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 16/07/2025
you say "i asked chatgpt" i hear "i asked [an improv comedy group]" an improv group wrote this report instead of a therapist i use an improv comedy group
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
'Transcribe Bentham began in 2010, and another 20,000 or so manuscript pages require transcription. We’d like to invite your readers to help us complete the project and to explore the writings and correspondence of a figure of enormous historical importance.' #Skystorians
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Join the crowd digitising Jeremy Bentham | Letter
Letter: Dr Tim Causer invites readers to help complete a transcription project and to explore the writings and correspondence of the philosopher and reformer Jeremy Bentham
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Tim Causer @timcauser.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Help us turn Transcribe Bentham into Transcribed Bentham www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
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Join the crowd digitising Jeremy Bentham | Letter
Letter: Dr Tim Causer invites readers to help complete a transcription project and to explore the writings and correspondence of the philosopher and reformer Jeremy Bentham
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Tim Causer @timcauser.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
A screenshot from the Simpsons, with a man in glasses with a Brazil flag over him asking 'You won your World Cup opening match? YOU?' to Homer Simpson, who has a Scotland flag on him and replies 'Sure! You haven't?'
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Liesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
MARC BLOCH COMIC BOOK. This is not a drill. MARC BLOCH COMIC BOOK!!! www.tallandier.com/livre/marc-b... #MedievalSky #Skystorians
the cover a comic book with the title Marc Bloch l'historien combattant
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michael veale @michae.lv · 01/06/2026
Peter Mandelson was asked for his Whatsapp messages on his phone but refused to hand them over. A legal minefield: @vmantouvalou.bsky.social and I have written about it here in 'Bring Your Own Device — Now Hand It Over!' digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca/cllpj/vol45/...
The explanatory notes at the start of the document dump explains that "on 31 March the [Cabinet Office] wrote to Peter Mandelson - via his solicitors - to request any information held on his personal phone.

"Peter Mandelson declined to comply with this request. The government has no further recourse to search the personal devices of Peter Mandelson."
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
In light of closures of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences courses and departments across the UK in the past 2 years, what does that commitment mean? The University of Hertfordshire's announced closures of Humanities offer a case study for hard-edged reflection. 2/9 @victoria-collins.bsky.social
A brick building, Hatfield Technical College, in c. 1952, with several cars and uniformed chauffeurs parked in front of it. HTC was the progenitor of the University of Hertfordshire.
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Tim Causer @timcauser.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
And there it is
A copy of The Correspondence of Jeremy Bentham Volume 14, standing on a desk
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Transcribe Bentham @transcribe-bentham.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Publication Day 📖🍾🪩🎉: 'The Correspondence of Jeremy Bentham, Volume 14: Supplementary Letters', ed. P. Schofield, T. Causer, and C. Riley, is now available in open access from UCL Press (@uclpress.bsky.social). Available in hard/paperback, or free .pdf: uclpress.co.uk/book/the-cor...
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The Correspondence of Jeremy Bentham, Volume 14
This volume, which supplements the main chronological series of The Correspondence of Jeremy Bentham, contains 252 letters written to and from Jeremy Bentham, 19 letters written to and from individual...
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Tim Causer @timcauser.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Published today in open access: The Correspondence of Jeremy Bentham, Volume 14: Supplementary Letters, edited by. P. Schofield, T. Causer (who he?), and C. Riley Featuring tales of JB's uni days and dozens of letters from Samuel Bentham during his Russian sojourn uclpress.co.uk/book/the-cor...
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The Correspondence of Jeremy Bentham, Volume 14
This volume, which supplements the main chronological series of The Correspondence of Jeremy Bentham, contains 252 letters written to and from Jeremy Bentham, 19 letters written to and from individual...
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
'It was a glittering event and an impressive achievement – but unfortunately, detectives claim, the award itself was entirely fake and part of a complex international hoax worthy of a film script.' 1/3
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French professor accused of ‘gigantic hoax’ after inventing Nobel-style prize
Authorities investigate Florent Montaclair over award given to himself and others including Noam Chomsky
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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 05/05/2026
One aim of the Society on BlueSky is to highlight organisations and opportunities that support historians and the humanities. One to promote is @britishacademy.bsky.social's UK-wide Early Career Researcher Network bit.ly/4f2H3tF which offers training, funding, peer support and events #Skystorians
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Early Career Researcher Network
An inclusive, researcher-led network for UK-based early career researchers working in the humanities and social sciences
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
University of Hertfordshire closes a swathe of Humanities courses, accelerating the sweeping tide against Human-centred disciples in the UK. Because understanding humans is so yesterday today. With such happy consequences, as we see when we look around us.
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
'Universities across the UK have reported more than 1,000 job losses in the first four months of this year, with the actual number likely to be far higher as institutions continue to roll out cost-saving initiatives.' 1/4
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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
no one is doing it like jd vance, a loser across three continents in a single weekend
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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
I can't stop laughing at this post. It's perfect.
A guy asking ChatGPT to review a series of fart sound effects and getting a serious kiss ass response that calls it atmospheric
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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
It's me in the Financial Times, detailing the deep and pernicious influence of one-size-fits-all management consultancy in our universities... Take a look! 👇 www.ft.com/content/5032...
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Management consultants are ruining UK universities
Relentless off-the-peg commercial rewiring has undermined British higher education
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Plashing Vole @plashingvole.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
This week’s horror is our introductory module, which examines the literature, art, music, dialect, film and TV from the region 1500-2025 being forcibly replaced by an entire ‘success in HE’ module featuring two weeks on how to use AI. I designed my module to incorporate proper study skills…
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Tim Causer @timcauser.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
It's the most wonderful time of the year
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Daphne Jackson Trust @daphnejacksontr.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
The Government will more than double support for the Daphne Jackson Trust from £1.7m to £4m per year, which will help to unlock the talent of many more researchers whose careers have been paused. Find out more in our joint-statement with @ukri.org daphnejackson.org/2026/03/ukri... #ResearchReturners
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Joint Statement : UKRI & The Daphne Jackson Trust - Daphne Jackson Trust
The UKRI more than doubles funding to Daphne Jackson Trust to support a more inclusive and representative research community.
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UCL Faculty of Laws @laws.ucl.ac.uk · 12/03/2026
Congratulations to Professor Ioannis Lianos (UCL Laws), elected Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences for his contributions at the intersection of law, economics and the social sciences.👏 Find out more: www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2026/ma... #UCLLaws @acadsocsciences.bsky.social
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UCL academics made Fellows at The Academy of Social Sciences
Research into sociology, global competition law, education and urban planning has earned UCL academics election to The Academy of Social Sciences.
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UCL Faculty of Laws @laws.ucl.ac.uk · 27/02/2026
Our #UCL200 celebrations began in spectacular style last week with the 75th Bentham Association Presidential Address and Dinner. 🎤 🥳 Prof Sir John Baker KC delivered an inspiring Address on ‘Sovereignty of Parliament and Legal History’. 🔗 Read more: www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/news/20...
Professor Sir John Baker KC is standing at a lectern delivering an address to a packed lecture theatre.
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Caroline Dodds Pennock @carolinepennock.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
In which people CHOOSE TO VOTE for a female plumber representing a party with broadly liberal values and an unelected life peer declares it to be the end of liberal democracy.
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Jeremy Noel-Tod @jntod.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Well, the plumber fixed the drip
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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Turns out (says @jburnmurdoch.ft.com) it's not so much an oversupply of graduates in the UK (the same would be true of other similar countries but it's not) as an undersupply of the kind of jobs that a better-performing, more productive economy would supply.
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‘Is university still worth it?’ is the wrong question
The graduate earnings premium isn’t really measuring what most people think
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Malcolm Quinn @malrog.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
‘Although I am no longer in a position to carry out much work myself, my legacy is still very much alive and well. UCL's Faculty of Laws is home to the Bentham Project … in existence since 1959, with the aim of publishing a definitive scholarly edition of my writings and correspondence.’
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Spotlight on... Jeremy Bentham
On UCL's 200th birthday, and ahead of Jeremy Bentham's 278th birthday on 15 February, we chat to legendary philosopher Jeremy Bentham himself * about UCL's Bicentenary, a trip to New York, and a remar...
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Virginia Mantouvalou @vmantouvalou.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Just found out about Tap Social and placed an order. An unexpected benefit of presenting a paper to colleagues on work in prison and post-release. Thanks @timcauser.bsky.social! Great initiative to support prisoners and prison leavers. tapsocialmovement.com
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(Dr) Debbie Challis @poisonchallis.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
There is now author access to my co-written article on curating programmes around historic eugenics @royalsociety.org I did this work 10+ years ago. It is tragic that eugenic ideas moved to the mainstream, in part due to a fellow of my publisher - the RS 🤷🏻‍♀️ royalsocietypublishing.org/rsnr/article...
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Public Engagement with Eugenics in the Academy Exhibitions and Events across Higher Education Institutions
Abstract. This collective report details the authors’ engagement with the legacies of eugenics through curating exhibitions and events at higher education
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UCL @ucl.ac.uk · 11/02/2026
Today, UCL turns 200. 🎉 For two centuries, our community has opened doors, challenged convention and pushed the boundaries of knowledge across every discipline. Thank you to everyone who’s been part of the UCL story, here’s to the next century. ✨ #UCL200 #LoveUCL
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Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Scrapping REF should be “serious’ option”, says Manchester VC. Duncan Ivison questions “usefulness” of “massive, bureaucratic” research assessment exercise. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
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Scrapping REF should be ‘serious’ option, says Manchester VC - Research Professional News
Duncan Ivison questions “usefulness” of “massive, bureaucratic” research assessment exercise
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C20 Society @c20society.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
BREAKING NEWS: We’re absolutely thrilled to announce that the Southbank Centre - the Hayward Gallery, Purcell Room, Queen Elizabeth Hall and skaters undercroft - has finally been Grade II listed by DCMS after a 35 year long campaign. ➡️ c20society.org.uk/news/southba...
The Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre, Lambeth – London County Council (LCC) and Greater London Council (GLC) Architect’s Department, 1963-68
Image © Morley von Sternberg
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Transcribe Bentham @transcribe-bentham.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Coming soon from UCL Press (@uclpress.bsky.social), 'The Correspondence of Jeremy Bentham, Volume 14: Supplementary Letters', edited by P. Schofield, T. Causer, and C. Riley. ✉️📖 ft. 252 letters written to/from Bentham, and 19 others of biographical interest: uclpress.co.uk/book/the-cor...
A screengrab of the new listing for the fourteenth volume of Jeremy Bentham's Correspondence on the UCL Press website.
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UCL Press Journals @uclpressjournals.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
On the journal blog, author Steven Sverdlik discusses his two articles: Bentham’s Utilitarian Penal Code journals.uclpress.co.uk/jbs/news/146/
The Journal of Bentham Studies cover is shown on the right side of this image. On the left side the blog title and a quote is written in white text. It reads, '"It’s fascinating to see how this intellectual pioneer used his new principle to rethink the ancient practice of criminal punishment". Bentham’s Utilitarian Penal Code by Steven Sverdlik on the Journal of Bentham Studies blog'. The UCL Press logo appears at the bottom of the image and the open access logo is displayed between the journal cover and text.
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Tim Causer @timcauser.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
First in a series, I fear www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘If I think about what this means, I want to cry’: what happens when a city loses its university?
When Essex University’s Southend campus opened, it was a message of hope for a ‘left behind’ UK seaside town. Its closure will be felt far beyond its 800 students, some of whom will not get their degr...
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Tim Causer @timcauser.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
(soon to be) not even a real fish
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Not just a national asset but an international asset. Trashed, ignored, diminished.
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The worst of times: Trouble at the British Library
Cyber chaos, striking staff and a crisis of leadership. Claudia Cockerell investigates a national treasure’s year of reckoning
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
The death of Dr Paul Ayris is huge loss to UCL, to @uclpress.bsky.social and to the open access/scholarly communications community more broadly. His open access Thomas Cranmer’s Register A record of archiepiscopal administration in diocese and province is published by the Press in January. 1/2
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Thomas Cranmer’s Register
Discover Thomas Cranmer’s Register (1533–1553), a pivotal Reformation document revealing England’s break from Rome and the rise of Protestantism. This open access book offers unprecedented access with...
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
'An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found that the Russell Group university “does not have appropriate arrangements in place” for managing workplace stress and was unable to demonstrate that it is managing the risks associated with excessive workloads.' 1/2
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Birmingham reprimanded over its management of work-related stress
Investigation by Health and Safety Executive found institution ‘does not have appropriate arrangements in place’ to manage burnout among staff
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Dr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Oh hey it finally made the media, only a week after the letter was actually sent. FWIW despite being legally obliged to share with all staff, he so far hasn't. www.timeshighereducation.com/news/birming...
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Birmingham reprimanded over its management of work-related stress
Investigation by Health and Safety Executive found institution ‘does not have appropriate arrangements in place’ to manage burnout among staff
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Tim Causer @timcauser.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
25 years gone and still no justice youtu.be/FD-CJnDMcv4?...
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YouTube video by Kirsty MacColl - Topic
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Tim Causer @timcauser.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Had reason to look up info about early submarining, and discovered that the newsletter of the Submariners' Association is called 'In Depth'. Excellent work, everyone
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Tim Causer @timcauser.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Excellent news www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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UK to rejoin EU’s Erasmus student exchange programme
Exclusive: British students will be able to participate in EU-wide scheme from January 2027, sources say
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
British Academy's pioneering 'cold spots' work now replicated by HESA. 'University "cold spots" are developing in some parts of the country, new data analysis suggests, with courses in some subjects no longer available to students in certain regions.' 1/2
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University students facing course 'cold spots' as enrolments fall
New data analysis suggests courses like artificial intelligence are surging in popularity as languages fall.
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