Sherrill Stroschein

Sherrill Stroschein

@sherrillstroschein.bsky.social

Political Science and other things. Reposts are for information and do not mean agreement.

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Rob Ford
@robfordmancs.bsky.social

I was having conversations with journalists just a few months ago about whether democracy was doomed. Look at this year: Orban defeated. Vukic defeated. Bolsonaro Jr defeated. Trump heading to likely defeat in midterms. That’s the beauty of democracy. Voters can respond. Don’t count it out yet.

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Adam Schwarz
@adamjschwarz.bsky.social

The achievement of Serbian students overthrowing Aleksandar Vučić can't be overstated. In 2024, they began protesting. In 2025, they transformed a protest movement into civil dissidence. In 2026, they became a political party — and two months later, crushed a corrupt state-entrenched authoritarian.

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Joel
@snufkinlib.bsky.social

A Lula win is great news for those of us who enjoy breathing air, and will probably save several species from extinction

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21 Group
@21group.bsky.social

735 staff applying for voluntary redundancy at Ulster University Nearly a quarter of the workforce wants out! You can blame the funding model, but when the exodus is this huge University leadership cannot dodge the question: how did it get this bad? www.timeshighereducation.com/news/nearly-...

timeshighereducation.comNearly a quarter of Ulster University staff apply for redundancyNumber of people wanting to leave institution far outweighs expectations, signalling lack of confidence in future direction, says UCU

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Margot Finn
@eicathomefinn.bsky.social

Replying to @eicathomefinn.bsky.social

Half of student loan fraud is associated with for-profit franchises although only 10% of students are taught by franchises. Do the maths. Don't penalise universities if graduates don't go into good jobs when the labour market lacks sufficient good jobs for them to go into.

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Margot Finn
@eicathomefinn.bsky.social

If there are only "pockets of poor provision" why doesn't OfS just focus on the pockets? One in 10 students are now taught by a for-profit franchise; students taught on these programmes have worse outcomes than students on the universities validating the franchise degrees. Focus on franchising.

giftarticle.ft.comPoor-quality degrees ‘tarnish’ reputation of English universities, regulator warnsOffice For Students warns outcomes were worse than for students attending sponsoring institutions

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Josh Self
@josh.politics.co.uk

🚨 Lindsay Hoyle furious at energy secretary over Jackdaw announcement “It is shameful that this announcement was not made to the House first.” “I am sorry that Sky News is more important rather than the members at both sides. It is appalling treatment.”

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Bob Hawkins
@bobhawkins.bsky.social

It was apparent to everyone that releasing people from hospital into care homes would be a disaster.. & so it proved. #wato

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TheFirstGirlySwotsToJoinBlueSky
@thelastgirlyswots.bsky.social

. Boris Johnson, Matt Hancock etc are responsible for the dreadful covid death toll in care homes - when it was obvious from Italy how serious it would be. They were more interested in making money from dodgy PPE deals... 🤦‍♀️ #politicslive #wato #CovidInquiry . www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

theguardian.comUK government failures led to Covid spreading ‘like wildfire’ in care homes, inquiry findsInquiry chair says failure to advise care homes to isolate people discharged from hospital was ‘significant oversight’

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Drew Harwell
@drewharwell.com

Hard to overstate how much Hegseth's execution stream mirrors the U.S. military's traditional description of ISIS propaganda: broadcast killings designed to send a message, strike fear and create a social media spectacle. Will almost certainly be repurposed by online terror cells

Sherrill Stroschein
@sherrillstroschein.bsky.social

The UK funding model for universities, or lack of it, is a disaster. Making UK students' educations rely on how many international students get visas and can enrol is a terrible idea. www.timeshighereducation.com/news/more-uk...

timeshighereducation.comMore UK universities ‘at risk’ over soaring visa refusal ratesUniversity leaders split over how much of the sector has been hit by tighter immigration compliance rules, although financial fallout may force rethink on HE funding model, some predict

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Henry Dyer
@direthoughts.com

Intrigued to see the Conservative conference will feature a speech on "press freedom" next week while they ban lobby journalists such as @josiahmortimer.bsky.social from attending their conference.

Adam Bienkov@adambienkov.bsky.social

Kemi Badenoch condemned Reform's ban on critical journalists covering their conference as "authoritarian", saying her own party would never do the same as "we believe in free speech. We believe in a free press." Now the Conservatives have banned Byline Times from their conference

bylinetimes.comKemi Badenoch's Conservatives Ban Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist BanThe ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press

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Joel Morris
@gralefrit.bsky.social

WOAH. Of course. Conscious existence isn’t an endpoint, a peak, a pinnacle, a god given gift. It’s a workaround, a bodge, a fudge, the best we could manage. That’s why Darwin broke humankind’s brain. We’ve not really recovered, I don’t think. Our lived reality is a will-this-do?

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Margot Finn
@eicathomefinn.bsky.social

Universities cannot expect researchers to take risks if they are repeatedly at risk of redundancy while losing professional services support, grappling with the gratuitous vagaries of home and international student number swings and both teaching and assessing in an age of unregulated AI.

Research Professional News@resprofnews.bsky.social

Opinion: Universities are failing at mission-led research—here’s how to fix it. Jonathan Breckon and Geoff Mulgan explain how institutions can tackle society's most urgent crises. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...

researchprofessionalnews.comUniversities are failing at mission-led research—here’s how to fix it - Research Professional NewsJonathan Breckon and Geoff Mulgan explain how institutions can tackle society's most urgent crises

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Margot Finn
@eicathomefinn.bsky.social

Replying to @eicathomefinn.bsky.social

'A Department for Education spokesperson said' a tiny word salad of vapid things that did not address the higher education crisis are frankly not worth quoting.

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Margot Finn
@eicathomefinn.bsky.social

'The Westminster government’s contribution to funding domestic undergraduates studying in England fell in real terms from £8.9 billion in 2012-13 to just £3.3bn in 2024-25, a drop of more than 60 per cent, an analysis has found.'

Research Professional News@resprofnews.bsky.social

Government funds just 16p in every £1 spent on teaching. Balance of higher education funding now “badly out of whack”, says Universities UK chief. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

researchprofessionalnews.comGovernment funds just 16p in every £1 spent on teaching - Research Professional NewsBalance of higher education funding now “badly out of whack”, says Universities UK chief

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Jessica Ellis
@baddestmamajama.bsky.social

Replying to @theartofcharts.bsky.social

They just can’t help being wrong publicly because there is absolutely no social consequence for covid-related ableism.