Obama: Imagine if I had done any of this. Imagine if I had pulled Fox News’ credentials from the White House press corps. Imagine if I had said to law firms that were representing parties that were upset with policies my administration had initiated, that you will not be allowed into government buildings. We will punish you economically for dissenting from the Affordable Care Act or the Iran deal. We will ferret out students who protest against my policies.
It’s unimaginable that the same parties that are silent now would have tolerated behavior like that from me, or a whole bunch of my predecessors.
https://t.co/oWzIPh8FFp Blood supplies are in dangerously short supply - if you've never given blood before, think about it now - you never know when you may need a transfusion yourself!
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Another sad example of the destructive power of religious intolerance and control. The education of women is the most transformational, effective and positive factor in societal and economic development.
Not every university takes students with top grades, but those which recruit students with lower grades are not ‘poor quality’. Not every international student can afford the fees at top ranked unis- but that doesn’t make them suspect.
@cjrw I agree absolutely- we are utterly dependent on plant life and understanding its processes and the critical environmental interactions but it is taken for granted. It should be core to all academic programmes.
Never let the facts get in the way of a headline story - shoddy reporting by #thesundaytimes The Sunday Times on international foundation years https://t.co/vgEnEZNBkL via @wonkhe
My wish for 2024: that politicians and world leaders would care for their people and for the world we all inhabit and that they would give up on their greed for personal aggrandisement and power.
Had a notification from the Post Office that I needed to pay £1.50 to have a letter delivered because of insufficient postage. The letter - an unsolicited request for money from a charity!
Lord Hollick's summary statement re the OfS was trenchant 'However, it was evident throughout our inquiry that the OfS is failing to deliver and does not command the trust or respect of either providers, or students, the very people whose interests it is supposed to defend.'