David Edwards

molecular microbiologist & 50 something family man

[Times Higher Education @timeshighered]

Michael Still steps down amid investigation into university contracts, with union reps cautioning that governance issues are ‘sector-wide’
https://t.co/yvXteOGbWC

[Jonathan Taylor @crystalclearjt]

God, universities are a bloodbath at the moment. This is a massacre conducted on behalf of a plutocracy. @ucu @timeshighered #universities

[Times Higher Education @timeshighered]

A British Nobel laureate has branded plans by the University of Sheffield to cut jobs at his old chemistry school “completely insane”
https://t.co/lIFCyT3y6e

[𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝙲. 𝙼𝚊𝚗𝚗 @CharlesCMann]

Wish this weren't happening. A huge cut to the humanities at the University of Exeter will take out, if implemented in current form, most of its terrific archaeology department, which has done (among other stuff) first-rate Lidar work in Latin America https://t.co/zbTlnwf1we

[Fraser Nelson @FraserNelson]

NEW: The Times has established that Nigel Farage and his partner own at least five homes spanning Surrey, Essex and Kent.

All but one were bought with cash since 2000. Farage described himself as "skint" in 2017.

https://t.co/dwVOv9TQvs

[Campaign for Mathematical Sciences (CaMS) @campaignmathsci]

Dundee University's decision to cut standalone maths degrees “risks narrowing the supply of quantitative skills essential to regional economic need” – CaMS has written to university leadership to express concerns about proposed cuts.

Read more below:
https://t.co/TLwHhQhFK8

[Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla]

Here’s a funny thing.

I’ve just found a tweet from Jan 2020 asking what quid pro quo was for these peerages?

In Part 2 of our series #HarborneReceipts Rupert Lowe alleges Tories offered them to Farage as part of a deal.

Farage said he turned the deal down.

But did he?

[Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla]

Nigel Farage stood down all 317 Brexit Party candidates in Conservative seats ahead of the 2019 general election, without warning

But why? And did Christopher Harborne play a role?

Read @thenerve_news investigation in the election that delivered Brexit
https://t.co/v4TTboeyLa

[Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla]

Ben Habib claimed Christopher Harborne paid Nigel Farage & Boris Johnson £1m each to fix the 2019 general election.

Harborne is now suing Habib for defamation.

So what actually happened? Read part 2 of our @thenerve_news investigation #HarborneReceipts to find out.
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[UCU @ucu]

Aberdeen's Court has rubber-stamped a plan that cuts around 100 jobs and collapses 12 schools into 4 faculties.

Management calls it efficiency. Staff call it what it is.

When governance ignores the people who keep a university running, governance is broken.

[WHO/Europe @WHO_Europe]

Oral diseases affect billions of people worldwide, yet many are preventable.

At a WHO/Europe workshop in Athens, representatives from 10 countries are working together to accelerate the Global #OralHealth Strategy and Action Plan 2023–2030.

https://t.co/g48n7yKv0Q

[Richard Corbett @RichardGCorbett]

Which part of UK has outperformed the rest since Brexit?
Northern Ireland of course, as it has effectively stayed in the EU’s single market!

[Ben Judah @b_judah]

I want to see a progressive politician grab the mic and explain now as Brits are feeling the heat why this is happening and why Net Zero matters. I don’t understand why they don’t use these moments.

[Hans Kluge @hans_kluge]

The confirmation of an #Ebola case in France can understandably attract attention, but the risk to the wider public remains low.

Over the past 50 years, only a limited number of Ebola cases have been detected outside Africa. Well-developed and accessible health services, effective surveillance and public health measures are critical to identify, isolate and manage cases safely.

France has the capacity to test for and safely manage Ebola virus disease, including the Bundibugyo virus involved in the current outbreak. Specialised laboratories can quickly and accurately confirm cases and analyse the virus when needed, while specialised isolation units are safe places to provide quality care to people with Ebola virus disease.

This work takes place in high-security facilities designed to protect laboratory staff and the public.

Please read our latest public health advice below.

@WHO | @WHO_Europe | @IhorPerehinets | @Sante_Gouv | @stephanie_rist | @FranceONUGeneve | @franceonu | @JeromeBonnafont | @CelineJurgensen | @francedk | @AmbParisot

[The Courier @thecourieruk]

Former Dundee University finance chief accused principal of ‘suppressing’ information https://t.co/pxgPl9hmnN

[BBC Tayside Central @BBCTayCent]

Dundee council leaders urge ministers to prevent further university cuts https://t.co/txwkTI2kqX

[BBC News (UK) @BBCNews]

Brexit cost 6% of UK economy, Bank of England company data suggests https://t.co/lAazQrbGqw

[Pippa Crerar @PippaCrerar]

EXCL: Nigel Farage has been trying to block Bank of England cryptocurrency plan that could be costly for billionaire bankrolling his party.

Reform UK leader has said Christopher Harborne wants nothing in exchange for millions donated to party and undeclared £5m personal gift to Farage revealed by Guardian.

But Farage used private meeting at Bank to urge governor to drop plans for state-run alternative to digital currency that has made his Thailand-based benefactor one of richest people in world.

Cracking tale from @tomburgis

https://t.co/o4ljHGx8fZ

[BBC News (UK) @BBCNews]

Cervical cancer deaths fall to zero in young women given vaccine https://t.co/JM73OorKHT

[Colin Bingle @bingle_colin]

Another excellent piece. This time on the disaster at Dundee University but much of the text parallels what has happened/is happening at many other @UniversitiesUK institutions.
Staff are the University.
https://t.co/MWYLphktNh