This is a great essay about the precipice on which British universities now stand. Two points: (1) it's mainly STEM provision that is being or will be destroyed; (2) it singles out the mid-ranking unis (e.g. Hull, Essex, Kent) as those in the most trouble. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

UK university departments on the brink as higher-education funding crisis deepens

As a new academic year dawns, international competition, government policies and inflationary pressures could be pushing some universities to the brink of bankruptcy.

Spot on. The hypervigilance, avoiding certain areas, certain people at certain times...

AManandmenon.bsky.socialOct 4, 2024 6:28am

I wrote quite a personal piece about racism now and racism then. Have a read…. www.tortoisemedia.com/2024/10/04/a...

Anand Menon on racism: the UK has made progress, but this year's riots show there's a long way to go - Tortoise

One of Britain's leading public intellectuals reflects on how racism – and his experience of it – has changed over the last 50 years

Not bad Durham

yep. Happened to us too in the Netherlands. Very uncomfortable

New post | Saving the Union? Philip Rycroft on Whitehall and the Scottish independence referendum Some thoughts prompted by Philip Rycroft's excellent recent talk. publiclawforeveryone.com/2024/10/02/s...@bennettinstitute.bsky.social

Saving the Union? Philip Rycroft on Whitehall and the Scottish independence referendum

I attended a fascinating talk at St Catharine’s College in Cambridge earlier this week, organised by the University’s Bennett Institute for Public Policy, on ‘Saving the Union? Whitehall and the Sc…

While on research leave for the next two years, I hope to revive www.publiclawforeveryone.com, which I have somewhat neglected recently, while busy with other things. Would be interested in views of those who have tried Substack: is it a better platform than a traditional blog?

Public Law for Everyone

by Professor Mark Elliott

Erin is right. Eg., LWIPL is mostly silent on decolonisation. So we’re v lucky to have @seshauna.bsky.socialbristoluniversitypress.co.uk/diverse-voic... 9/9

Diverse Voices in Public Law

Diverse Voices in Public Law; Taking a unique and critical approach to the study of Public Law, this book explores the main topics in UK Public Law from a range of underexplored perspectives and ampli...

@efieldingd.bsky.social ’s concluding chapter sums up the plight of UK public law (how to escape Dicey?) but also takes us, the editors, to task for not thinking more about the implication of empire on UK public law. 8/9

@conormccormick.bsky.social navigates between the Scylla of lazy Dicey-hatred and the Charybdis of unthinking Dicey-love, and asks us to revisit Dicey with fresh and more discerning eyes. Hard sell Conor… 7/9

… and think more holistically about devolution via the tension between unity and diversity in the territorial constitution. Bonus: we also learn about the evolution of McHargian Thought. 6/9