David Clover

Personal account. Work in HE library and student support. Rugby dad, libraries, allotments, baking - he/him, queer (illegal gay) 🌈. @[email protected]

[David Clover @davidclover]

@speakoutsister Though merino...

[David Clover @davidclover]

@speakoutsister It's a slippery slope

[ALASTAIR CAMPBELL @campbellclaret]

Whatever the abilities (in some cases lack of) of the new peers, this never ending cycle of appointments to the House of Lords for each side to try to rebalance is beyond a joke. We are a 21st century country with 19th century politics inbuilt into the system. The only reason a progressive minded person should take a peerage is to do all they can to get rid of the Lords. We need a total overhaul of our constitution, and the way politics is done. Politics is not working and won’t work again until we admit that the systems we complacently take for granted are among the reasons so many people feel alienated from the whole bloody thing.

[David Clover @davidclover]

@IKEAUK purchased a rug on click and collect 3 days ago with time slot from 7-10 this morning it's disappointing the only communication was an email with credit note for the rug (not the underlay) after 10. No, sorry, not available, no other message. Really poor customer service.

[David Clover @davidclover]

@nicomuhly A hacky sack? That's very mid-1980s!

[HelenBendon @BendonHelen]

Thrilled to see ⁦@MiddlesexUni⁩ students work on way home tonight. It’s part of our collab with ⁦@BarnetCouncil⁩ for #16daysofactivism2024
#seetheunseen addressing #everydaysexism and #misogyny

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@drdeanknight It certainly looks good

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And open access

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@goldisacks The beaches are beautiful

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@aljhlester @DrDRLambert Oh, I shall look out for this!

[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.

[David Clover @davidclover]

Working half day at our other site today while Mr13 attends rugby training camp.

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@AndyChristie43 @Saracens Great to see you were there and wishing you a smooth recovery

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@EBNunn And the assumption that dads won't be doing play groups, parks etc and if they did, ugh smelly boys.

[David Clover @davidclover]

@lesleypitman I love cooking for people and accept the challenges of vegan, gluten free, etc, as part of that care and generosity. It sounds like both parties acted perfectly fine. I'd be more embarrassed and worried if someone accepted something, then said gf.

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@jamierosscgy @sacha_coward All three we hope

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@jim_dickinson What's hugely upsetting about this is thinking about the student experience, and that in London they could have had high quality education from a whole range of providers.

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@JackDunc1 Bring back the nasty party!

[David Clover @davidclover]

Submitted final MBA assessments in the weekend. Relieved to have finished and now need to revisit some of the ideas and thoughts that I hadn't been able to implement at the time. #MBA