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Dave Hitchcock
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#skystorian of #earlymodern poverty and Course Director/Research Lead at Canterbury. Currently: "Dying Homeless, 1600-2013" Soon: 'The Ends of Poverty in the British Atlantic, 1600-1800' (2nd album, pray for me), he/him.
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The correct picture of the UK university sector and the picture none of the proposed 'solutions' is yet willing to understand. wonkhe.com/blogs/fees-o...

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RMrossmc11.bsky.social

I worked in marketing for ten years for a university that opened after Twitter was launched. One of our local competitors pre-dated the printing press.

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60%? Quite surprising

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DHdavehitchcock.bsky.social

I have heard of at least 4 different Russell Group History departments with year 1 intakes this year over 400 students. Have they hired new staff? Have they bollocks.

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UUucukent.bsky.social

We know this won't end well. I mean....it feels a little bit like history repeating itself because those RG universities will eventually need help...oh...they could support other institutions....just like before 1992 Now, what's that quote about not knowing history and being doomed?

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'including, in some cases, bequests and landownership going back to the middle ages': this refusal to name names is weird. There's literally a wikipedia list. There are only five British universities on it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient...

Ancient university - Wikipedia
Ancient university - Wikipedia

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Dave Hitchcock
@davehitchcock.bsky.social
#skystorian of #earlymodern poverty and Course Director/Research Lead at Canterbury. Currently: "Dying Homeless, 1600-2013" Soon: 'The Ends of Poverty in the British Atlantic, 1600-1800' (2nd album, pray for me), he/him.
1k followers643 following800 posts