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Mark Elliott

@ProfMarkElliott

Professor of Public Law, University of Cambridge. Fellow, St Catharine's College, Cambridge. Author of https://t.co/aswwmsSgnC

Cambridge, UK Katılım Temmuz 2012
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Mark Elliott
Mark Elliott@ProfMarkElliott·
The prospect of AI-generated student work that is, in turn, evaluated by AI is a dystopian prospect and represents an existential threat to the sector. Universities should have the courage to recognise this and design AI policies accordingly, however unfashionable that seems. 3/3
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Mark Elliott@ProfMarkElliott·
Academic writing isn't about producing "content". It's about thinking: grappling with ideas, refining arguments. Students should be encouraged to do that now more than ever. They are entitled, in return, to genuine intellectual encounter with a professor who marks their work. /2
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Mark Elliott@ProfMarkElliott·
That AI isn't yet "good enough" to mark students' essays ought to be beside the point. Outsourcing such tasks to AI is fundamentally incompatible with the intellectual engagement between student and professor that should be central to higher education. /1 cam.ac.uk/stories/ai-uni…
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Daniel Gover
Daniel Gover@DanielGover·
🚨Could the Parliament Acts be used to pass assisted dying? As I say in this clip: 🔵 Never previously used on a PMB 🔵 But explicitly intended to apply to PMBs, not just govt bills 🔵 In practice, not straightforward to do, but possible
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Leonie Hughes
Leonie Hughes@LeoBHughes_·
Well it’s not everyday you receive a letter from 10 Downing Street. I’m most grateful to @middletemple for forwarding this on to me. What a great end to the week. Thank you very much for the endorsement. @Keir_Starmer @10DowningStreet
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Mark Elliott@ProfMarkElliott·
@drdeanknight Exactly. The old practices, already isolated examples 60 years ago, are artefacts of an era when attachment to now-dominant norms was less strong. But the increasingly predominant nature of commitment to relevant norms in the intervening decades confines the old egs to history.
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ᴅʀ ᴅᴇᴀɴ ᴋɴɪɢʜᴛ@drdeanknight·
@ProfMarkElliott For me — like you, I think — the normative force of the constitutional reason colours the rule-of-recognition analysis. And here it’s v strong in favour of the convention as you frame it and probably trumps the spotty contra old precedents?
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Mark Elliott@ProfMarkElliott·
Interesting piece on whether PM must be an MP, partly responding to my analysis (publiclawforeveryone.com/2026/05/14/doe…). Key Q is whether precedent from 1960s remains persuasive. I doubt it, given 60+ years of now consistent practice. Convention flexes as practice & political mores develop.
UKCLA@ukcla

Dane Luo: Andy Burnham and the Constitution – The Conventions on the Appointment of the Prime Minister ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/05/20/dan…

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ᴅʀ ᴅᴇᴀɴ ᴋɴɪɢʜᴛ@drdeanknight·
@ProfMarkElliott FWIW, New Zealand — like Scotland — has legislated that the Prime Minister (and, indeed, all ministers) must be members of Parliament. #DLM94219" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">legislation.govt.nz/act/public/198…
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St Catharine's College
St Catharine's College@Catz_Cambridge·
We gave a family of ducks the VIP treatment through Main Court yesterday. Each spring ducklings hatch across Cambridge & porters guide them towards the river – a tradition that we would never want to duck out of! Music: Fluffing a Duck" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Mark Elliott@ProfMarkElliott·
And what if other Labour figures who, like Burnham, are not MPs also wanted to stand in a leadership election? Should the governance of the UK (in effect) be put on hold for months on end for their convenience too?
Tony Vaughan KC MP@tonyvaughanMP

The Labour NEC must make its view clear now and end the uncertainty. If a leadership contest is triggered, the Labour Party cannot exclude the most popular politician of any political party in the U.K. Andy Burnham also has significant executive experience as a former cabinet minister and successful Metro Mayor. The NEC and PM must be explicit that in the event of a contest Andy Burnham will not be blocked should he stand. This should be decided and communicated now. See my interview from Channel 4 below:

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