Dr Eva De Visscher

Trusts & Foundations Manager @aberuni - #grants #community #research #history #heritage #arts #science. All views my own.

[Dr Francis Young @DrFrancisYoung]

Never trust that anything that’s digitised or available online will be available forever. Digitisation is not preservation, and tech companies aren’t archivists or librarians. The presence of hard copy in a physical collection is the only guarantee of long-term survival

[Martin Lewis @MartinSLewis]

IMPORTANT PLS SHARE. It's rumoured the English £9,250 tuition fee cap may be raised this pm for the 1st time in 8yrs, as University's finances are strained. As student finance misunderstandings abound, I've bashed out a few notes to help...

1. Higher tuition fees WON'T change what most pay each year. For most, they're paid for you by the student loans company and you repay afterwards only if you earn over the threshold. The amount you repay each year (9% over the threshold) solely depends on what you earn not on what you borrow.

2. Increasing tuition fees will only see those who clear the loan in full over the 40yrs pay more. That is generally mid-high to higher earning university leavers only, so the cost of increasing them will generally be born by the more affluent. Most lower and middle earning university leavers will simply pay 9% extra tax above the threshold for 40yrs (and higher tuition fees won't change that)

3. The rise is tuition fees is likely to be trivial compared to the changes the last govt made for 2023 starters. 2023 starters had their repayment thresholds dropped to £25,000 (from £27,295/yr) and had the time they had to keep repaying for (unless cleared) extended to 40years from 30years.

So these higher annual repayments for longer, increased by over 50% the amount many graduates will eventually have to pay back for going to university. Yet they were almost stealth changes because people can't intuitively feel the seismic impact.

Changing tuition fees is a more obvious rise, but in reality has far less of an impact on the amount most will repay (though combined with the 2023 changes it does certainly up the cost).

4. The biggest practical problem for students isnt tution fees (even if raised) its the fact maintenace loans aren't big enough. English maintenance loans have not kept pace with inflation. I'd urge the govt to couple the tuition fee loans with bigger living loans - if not it is a real risk to social mobility, with those from the poorest backgrounds likely to be worse affected.

I could write more, but will stop here, hopefully this gives an idea the issues are less straightforward than many feel.

[Aberystwyth University @AberUni]

🧍 Want to be part of a digital infrastructure focus group?

🛜 Participants are needed to explore internet provision and digital proficiency in Ceredigion.

📅 Focus groups will take part in September at the University.

🖱️ More: https://t.co/wP2TDaDTC9

[National Gallery of Ireland @NGIreland]

We’re remembering Sinéad O’Connor today, on the first anniversary of her death.

We acquired this photograph by Hugh O’Conor last year, taken in Bray in 2014 while he was shooting the music video for ‘8 Good Reasons’.

[Dr Eva De Visscher @EvaEvd]

@ElliottBlackwe3 Ronia the Robber's Daughter by Astrid Lindgren

[Dr Toby Driver @Toby_Driver1]

The Pendinas Hillfort festival is off to a flying start, officially opened by @BenMLake with the unveiling of the incredible new #hillfort mural by Megan Elinor on the wall of Ysgol Llwyn yr Eos school in Penparcau 🎉

[Dr Eva De Visscher @EvaEvd]

@HannahVallin Congrats, Hannah! 🥳👏

[DebraEECK @DebraEeck]

Children and young people priorities > ask YOUR candidates before 4th July

[Dr Eva De Visscher @EvaEvd]

@Northern_Soul_ @tanita_tikaram A brilliant documentary of a brilliant person. I saw her work at the 'No such thing as society' exhibition at @aberystwytharts in 2008 - it made such an impression on me

[Dr Eva De Visscher @EvaEvd]

@IBERSBioHealth @AberDLSAGB Congratulations, Tracy, very well deserved! Hope you've been celebrating in style 🥳👏👏👏

[Also @aberuniarchives.bsky.social @AberUniArchives]

Despite not being permitted to practice law until 1919, women have been contributing to legal practice at @AberLawCrim Dept. since its formation as shown in this image which was of interest to @infostudiesaber students this week during #WomensHistoryMonth. #DISstudentproject

[Dr Eva De Visscher @EvaEvd]

@Tasha_Alden @jwolowic @AberUni @AberRBI We used to have Old College colouring sheets during our consultation stage in 2016-2018. Children (and not just children) loved them

[Also @aberuniarchives.bsky.social @AberUniArchives]

.@InfoStudiesAber students on the #DISstudentproject @AberUniArchives have found this judicial wig belonging to Professor T.A Levi (1874-1954), first chair of Law @AberUni and key in developing the @AberLawCrim department.

[Cian McCarthy @arealmofwonder]

Words to round off
the Weekend! 🙌

Pick your winner ⭐️

A B
C D

(Follow for more)

[Alan Chamberlain @Alan_yn_Aber]

"Map your favourite memories of #Pendinas #Hillfort"
#Penparcau at the Hub
@EvaEvd @GeertDeWilde74 @CeredigionArch @CeredigionMus @Dylan_Lewis @CambrianNews

[John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch]

NEW: an ideological divide is emerging between young men and women in many countries around the world.

I think this one of the most important social trends unfolding today, and provides the answer to several puzzles.

[National Library of Wales @NLWales]

Aberystwyth on Camera: Photographs by Pickfords 1880 – 1970

Like old photos ✔
Like local history ✔
So, join Wil Troughton (Photographic Collection Curator) for a special presentation on our ‘Aberystwyth on Camera’ exhibition.
Tickets: https://t.co/YrVabBePGz

[Boyan Slat @BoyanSlat]

Recently, I decided I wanted to read every page of one of my favorite websites, @OurWorldInData.

I’m about halfway now.

Here are the 30 most surprising things I’ve learned about the world so far! 🧵