also no real clue as to the role played by Uni Councils/Boards of Governors (which do include business people).

a lovely Colin indeed. He was my external examiner! Have you seen the special issue of French History in his honour?

while I'm not a fan of the many rankings exercises, the KEF results last week highlighted the economic value of many non-Russell Unis to their regions (even before we get to social mobility or employment in the region). I feel like we should be making more of that than we have been.

yes please.

😆

all the tall boats! pretty sure there is a version of a blink 182 song here, but I'm too tired to be creative.

gutted and drunk seems like the only response :-(

sturdy little workhorse!!!??? wtaf!!!

in P&P no less 😆

absolutely-- hard enough for institutions to organise internally sometimes, let alone externally and on this scale. Ambitious and useful.