Less of an eye-opener, and more of a grim confirmation, Richard Bilton's Who Gets the Best Jobs? documentary, which has just finished on BBC2 (iPlayer link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00yb5kv), may have non-Russell Group uni staff shaking their heads sadly at ( Read more... )

Dear future disembodied heads,

I've been sent back in time to deliver some bad news, and some good news. The bad news is that the majority of your students now live between 80 and 6,000 miles away from your lecture theatre.

The good news is that you can now teach sans trousers. Oh my goodness, the freedom! The freedom!

sensaesxoxo ( Read more... )

"Making Things Whole Again: The Take That Reunion
An interdisciplinary conference examining the theme of break-up and reunion in popular music acts, focusing on Take That."

http://conference.fan-networks-exhibition.org

Cheers to everyone who sent me the link.

...what with Vincent Cable suffering delusions about having his finger on a nuclear trigger (or some such balderdash*), here's that letter on grant funding for Higher Education, 2011-2012 (and beyond) from the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills ( Read more... )

http://educationactivistnetwork.wordpress.com/28-nov-student-coordination/

More to the point, is anyone making a killing by flogging commemorative T-shirts?

I'm not even going to try to be ironic about the source:

'Students across the country are preparing for a day of protests, walkouts and occupations next Wednesday 24 November-“Day X”. The students’ march of 50,000 and occupation of the Tories’ Millbank Tower last week has inspired millions to see that a militant fightback against cuts is possible ( Read more... )

Sally Hunt, General Secretary of the UCU:

"The actions of a mindless and totally unrepresentative minority should not distract from today's message. The overwhelming majority of staff and students on the march came here to send a clear and peaceful message to the politicians."More here: Read more... )

 Researchers from The University of Texas at Austin are conducting an online survey to understand why people differ in their levels of disgust sensitivity. This survey takes about 15 minutes in total, and the study would benefit from your participation ( Read more... )

'Addressing vice-chancellors at a conference held by the Higher Education Funding Council for England, Hefce, Mr Willetts said there were some "very difficult issues" around the proposed fee cap and levy ( Read more... )

I'm not exactly sure where to begin with this post or what advice people might be able to offer, but, I live in hope....

So, here's the story.

( Grad school + Long distance relationship + Illness + Work = What now?! )