Prof. Dave Richards

Professor @UoMPolitics, Principal Investigator for @HMTC project @Nuffieldfound Devonian in Derbyshire @ExeterChiefs @SomersetCCC fan, RTs not endorsements

[Prof. Dave Richards @profdrichards]

Quietly shifting over to https://t.co/0ghJf91ndQ while trying to spend much less time here - to quote a now a v old LP policy review 'Meet the Challenge, Make the Change'! @profdaverichards.bsky.social

[lemn sissay OBE FRSL @lemnsissay]

In 2015 I ran against Peter Mandelson for Chancellorship of The University of Manchester. The votes came from three areas: The Board, The Alumni and The lecturers. I am not afraid to say that when the registrar read out the voting numbers on the phone I shed a tear. Lord Peter Mandelson: 5,269 votes Lemn Sissay: 7,131 votes. I served my full tenure as Chancellor from 2015 to 2022.

Peter Mandelson pivoted and almost immediately aligned himself as chancellor at Manchester Metropolitan University which had no such system of voting.

One of the greatest honours of my life is to give service. I loved being chancellor. I haven't commented on this particular matter up until now. I just want to say thank you to the people who voted for me. You made the right decision.

@RussellGroup @alumniUoM @uomhums @ManchesterSU @ManMetUni

[Rugby on TNT Sports @rugbyontnt]

North London silenced!

Sensational work from @ExeterChiefs as Greg Fisilau steps to finish a beauty 🙌

📺 @TNTSports & @DiscoveryplusUK

[Prof. Dave Richards @profdrichards]

Budget 2025: Hyperactive Incrementalism and the Missing Long View - The Productivity Institute https://t.co/diGHYTEVub

[Prof. Dave Richards @profdrichards]

Is it time to break up the Treasury?
https://t.co/jBfsWjgRfH

[Prof. Dave Richards @profdrichards]

Works day out with ⁦@po1mjs⁩ and @swarner86

[Prof. Dave Richards @profdrichards]

Shame in itself is not an effective tool – the government’s standards regime shakeup should have gone further https://t.co/wWTfhtp5JF

[Prof. Dave Richards @profdrichards]

Ex-No.10 Policy Unit head Munira Mirza to play key role in think tank targeting 'Whitehall bureaucracy' https://t.co/RED6Vv2fHl - to add to the others that are already knocking round over last two decades! Problems well know - its willingness to reform that is the road block!

[Prof. Dave Richards @profdrichards]

The government should not ban public servants from speaking in public https://t.co/aosARJCby9 via @instituteforgov

[Prof. Dave Richards @profdrichards]

Industrial strategy: Civil service reforms aim to build 'enduring partnership' with business https://t.co/vzaliGi3hK

[Prof. Dave Richards @profdrichards]

Sir Edward Osmotherly obituary
https://t.co/5q61frLguK

[Prof. Dave Richards @profdrichards]

How to ruin a university https://t.co/qrYAJcbZi9

[Policy & Politics @policy_politics]

Want to know about the effect of political short-termism on the Prison Service in England and Wales? New to the blog!⚡️

@profdrichards @DianeCoyle1859 @SWarner86

https://t.co/UyQHHNngeN via @policy_politics

[Prof. Dave Richards @profdrichards]

New @RenewalJournal piece from our @TPIProductivity project @UomPols @uomsoss with @nathan_critch @PatrickDiamond1 @DarcyLuke1990 @SWarner86 and Andy Westwood
https://t.co/16xnoYk7xC

[Darcy Luke @DarcyLuke1990]

Pleased this piece written with my @TPIProductivity colleagues - @nathan_critch, @PatrickDiamond1, @profdrichards, @SWarner86, & Andy Westwood - has been published in @RenewalJournal

https://t.co/AVkKoBh72Q

[Prof. Dave Richards @profdrichards]

Government needs to give more clarity on 'missions', MPs told https://t.co/zoEKhmaDC7

[Prof. Dave Richards @profdrichards]

CMA told to prioritise economic growth in priority 'reset' https://t.co/1qDDEgcrD4

[Prof. Dave Richards @profdrichards]

Treasury seeks technical efficiencies of ‘at least 1% a year’ from departments https://t.co/NSCOvd2hfK

[Prof. Dave Richards @profdrichards]

PM acknowledges ‘risks’ with increased use of AI in government https://t.co/hHqeV8Rdj6

[Prof. Dave Richards @profdrichards]

At ⁦@SomersetCCC⁩ to see some records broken by Tom Banton

[Prof. Dave Richards @profdrichards]

https://t.co/mJurxI0jMT New @LSEpoliticsblog with @DarcyLuke1990 @nathan_critch @SWarner86 for our @TPIProductivity and @NuffieldFound projects