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Ursula Kelly

@ViewforthHE

Higher education analyst interested in the economic impact, social value and role of HE in society. I also like golf. And poetry.

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Ursula Kelly
Ursula Kelly@ViewforthHE·
@FondOfBeetles @frankie2001mia @British_Airways Yes, a very thoughtful response on your part. Expressed much of how I would have felt... A very difficult situation for the airline and their staff to handle. One of those ' very difficult to see how an accommodation or compromise could be made' situations.
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Emma Hilton
Emma Hilton@FondOfBeetles·
This is actually a situation that sounds manageable on paper but awful when it rolls out. I’m well aware of Tourette’s and what it means. Helping passengers to understand, perhaps in advance, would be useful. Reassurance that all bags and people have been carefully screened. Maybe over egg this a bit, because all bags and people on all flights should always be carefully screened, of course. So it’s not the bomb threat. I don’t know how I - a flyer who constantly manages anxiety, usually successfully and with little outward appearance of nervousness - would respond if he tics “the wing’s on fire”, “we are going to crash” or whatever. I can’t control my adrenalised response to that kind of stuff. Even someone pointing out of the window raises my alertness. And I reckon many more people are actually afraid of flying than would admit. I don’t know how an in-air, multiple passenger, fight-or-flight (no pun intended) response might play out. And people will get angry. Human behaviour doesn’t work neatly to information and doctor’s letters? It’s really difficult. Perhaps with advance notice that I might experience anxious disruptions, I’d actually try a proper pharma solution rather than a few G&Ts. But then they are telling me about someone’s disability, and it primes people to be nervous. That’s not a neutral setup. I don’t know what the solution is here? Free G&Ts, I’d hope, and a good holiday for all.
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I was very pleased to have a poem included in the latest issue of Irish @RagaireMagazine . Issue 5 launched last Friday.
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Ursula Kelly@ViewforthHE·
@michaelpforan I went through that type of tutorial system ( York, 1980s.)Usually 2 students in a weekly tutorial. If there was an odd number involved, volunteers for 1:1 were sought...(I volunteered as a way of making myself do the required work ha ha.) Assumed it had long gone everywhere.
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Michael Foran@michaelpforan·
I will usually teach 1:1 or 1:2. Occasionally I have groups of 1:3. Students will typically have written a 1.5-2k word essay in advance of the tutorial and students will have 1-2 tutorials a week. We then meet to discuss the topic and their essays. It’s incredibly rewarding.
Baryon Posadas@baryontensor

I'm reading about the history of the Oxbridge tutorial system and apparently they're meant to be as small as 1-3 students per tutor? I'm currently running something ostensibly called "tutorials" with 50 students per section.

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3/ as of 15 January the entire website has disappeared ‘site under maintenance’. Facebook and X accounts deleted.
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Ursula Kelly@ViewforthHE·
1/Talking Poetry and Publishing World: The 2025 Plaza Prizes seem to have completely imploded. Allegedly run out of money. Award Ceremony? “Postponed”, Print Anthology? “Maybe an E-book” The company under notice of being compulsorily struck off the Companies House Register…
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Ursula Kelly@ViewforthHE·
@paullewismoney Spot on.The article highlights that the properties in this article are priced much higher than others in the area. So they won't sell. People need to be realistic. Also it's a very different property market to the UK. If you buy wisely, it might hold its value.Don't expect more.
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Paul Lewis
Paul Lewis@paullewismoney·
Of course it’s not unsellable, just bring the price down! bit.ly/4aZEEMM it’s only worth what a willing buyer will pay on the day you want to sell it,
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John Burn-Murdoch@jburnmurdoch·
Fundamental point: the graduate earnings premium is not really measuring anything to do with higher education or graduates. It’s measuring “how well-paid are your high-earners (which tends to be where your graduates are) relative to lower-earners?”
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Quite enjoying this. Ok the title made it irresistible. But it's not bad. A kind of gloss on The Theory of Moral Sentiments.
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Ursula Kelly@ViewforthHE·
International summit waiting to be called to order...
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@wmarybeard @PaulKetchley49 It can't be a real University PI because the labour market is outside University control. The University can't provide the jobs. It can only deliver the education. So to some extent prospective students may be misled. For many a University degree may really not be worth the cost
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@wmarybeard @PaulKetchley49 Part of the problem is that many universities themselves foolishly bought into that story (graduate salaries being a PI for an individual university) and actively promulgated it, overemphasising the graduate premium as a measurement of their own value, when it really isn't.
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mary beard@wmarybeard·
University degrees are not all about salaries. They are about learning to think differently and more carefully. Dispiriting discussion on bbc politics live which focussed entirely on earnings. Ok the financing is v important but the aim is not just a high paid job.
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Azat@AzatAlsalim·
Young Afghan woman: "If you're a woman and you have a toothache, you CANNOT get treated... Women are denied the right to education and cannot become dentists; and men are NOT allowed to treat women."
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Am a proud sister of @grainnekelly9 who got some well-deserved recognition last night. Over 30 years in the security industry, starting way back when women in Security were "as rare as hens' teeth". From her UK colleagues. @SecuritasUK @MickeyKelly10
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Ursula Kelly@ViewforthHE·
@LucyHunterB Don't forget that Strathclyde Uni Library collects all election ephemera so another evidence base for any party positions over time.
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Lucy Hunter Blackburn@LucyHunterB·
As leafleting time approaches, pinning this request for pictures of any leaflets from any parties which mention their support for any aspect of self-ID. Greens and LDs generally are clearest in their manifestos on this (let's see this time, LD esp), but interested in all of them.
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Can't help being a proud auntie to Aaron McVeigh... @grainnekelly9 ‘Dept. Q’ and ‘House of the Dragon’ Breakouts Aaron McVeigh and Emily Carey to Star in Brit Thriller ‘Stray’ From Director David Blair (EXCLUSIVE) variety.com/2026/film/glob… via @variety
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Wings Over Scotland
Wings Over Scotland@WingsScotland·
Let’s hear it for the Information Commissioner, who appears to be almost the only person in Scottish public life who cares about doing their job properly.
Scottish Information Commissioner@FOIScotland

The Commissioner has initiated legal proceedings following the Scottish Government's failure to comply with the timescales set out in a recent decision relating to the James Hamilton report. Read the statement: foi.scot/statement-scot…

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