Ursula Kelly

Higher education analyst interested in the economic impact, social value and role of HE in society. I also like golf. And poetry.

[Ursula Kelly @ViewforthHE]

Our new Viewforth special report is out today...
What is the true economic value of UK higher education - and why does it matter? https://t.co/SwvvIB6hcJ via @wonkhe

[Ursula Kelly @ViewforthHE]

The latest @madridlitmag issue 8 launched today on World Oceans Day... very pleased my poem about a Selkie included in this special issue.

[The Madrid Review @madridlitmag]

Out today! Get it from our website, @SecretKingdoms or @lib_parenthesis if you're in Madrid or @peecho @WorldOceansDay @UNEP @foweyartist #worldoceanday #publicationday

[Ursula Kelly @ViewforthHE]

@FondOfBeetles @frankie2001mia @British_Airways Yes, a very thoughtful response on your part. Expressed much of how I would have felt... A very difficult situation for the airline and their staff to handle. One of those ' very difficult to see how an accommodation or compromise could be made' situations.

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I was very pleased to have a poem included in the latest issue of Irish @RagaireMagazine . Issue 5 launched last Friday.

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@michaelpforan I went through that type of tutorial system ( York, 1980s.)Usually 2 students in a weekly tutorial. If there was an odd number involved, volunteers for 1:1 were sought...(I volunteered as a way of making myself do the required work ha ha.) Assumed it had long gone everywhere.

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And more of the story here https://t.co/3cT866vtHy

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1/Talking Poetry and Publishing World: The 2025 Plaza Prizes seem to have completely imploded. Allegedly run out of money. Award Ceremony? “Postponed”, Print Anthology? “Maybe an E-book” The company under notice of being compulsorily struck off the Companies House Register…

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3/ as of 15 January the entire website has disappeared ‘site under maintenance’. Facebook and X accounts deleted.

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Yup, the Plaza Prizes completely imploded. Pretty disgraceful that even the judges didn't get paid for their work. https://t.co/3cT866vtHy

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‘Flying over Drumlins in my Sleep,’ read here by the poet herself.

#poem #poetry #poetrycommunity #literarymagazine #literaryjournal https://t.co/9bNPGOD11D via @FacebookWatch

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Delighted to have one of my poems published today by @thewildumbrella Flying over Drumlins in my Sleep — The Wild Umbrella https://t.co/ZW11J3fHkw

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@MsPollyClark "Baa Humbug" said Doris

[Ursula Kelly @ViewforthHE]

@paullewismoney Spot on.The article highlights that the properties in this article are priced much higher than others in the area. So they won't sell. People need to be realistic. Also it's a very different property market to the UK. If you buy wisely, it might hold its value.Don't expect more.

[John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch]

Fundamental point: the graduate earnings premium is not really measuring anything to do with higher education or graduates.

It’s measuring “how well-paid are your high-earners (which tends to be where your graduates are) relative to lower-earners?”

[Ursula Kelly @ViewforthHE]

Quite enjoying this. Ok the title made it irresistible. But it's not bad. A kind of gloss on The Theory of Moral Sentiments.

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International summit waiting to be called to order...

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@wmarybeard @PaulKetchley49 It can't be a real University PI because the labour market is outside University control. The University can't provide the jobs. It can only deliver the education. So to some extent prospective students may be misled. For many a University degree may really not be worth the cost

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@wmarybeard @PaulKetchley49 Part of the problem is that many universities themselves foolishly bought into that story (graduate salaries being a PI for an individual university) and actively promulgated it, overemphasising the graduate premium as a measurement of their own value, when it really isn't.

[Azat @AzatAlsalim]

Young Afghan woman: "If you're a woman and you have a toothache, you CANNOT get treated... Women are denied the right to education and cannot become dentists; and men are NOT allowed to treat women."

[Ursula Kelly @ViewforthHE]

Am a proud sister of @grainnekelly9 who got some well-deserved recognition last night. Over 30 years in the security industry, starting way back when women in Security were "as rare as hens' teeth". From her UK colleagues. @SecuritasUK @MickeyKelly10

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@LucyHunterB Don't forget that Strathclyde Uni Library collects all election ephemera so another evidence base for any party positions over time.

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Can't help being a proud auntie to Aaron McVeigh... @grainnekelly9
‘Dept. Q’ and ‘House of the Dragon’ Breakouts Aaron McVeigh and Emily Carey to Star in Brit Thriller ‘Stray’ From Director David Blair (EXCLUSIVE) https://t.co/DvgcZ71pAx via @variety