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Phil Baty
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- Two articles today claiming that letting more state students into Oxbridge will damage their standing in the international rankings. I know a bit about international rankings and can confidently say that’s absolute nonsense.
- Imagine a world where students’ prospects are not locked-in with A-levels at age 18 and where university can be a place for personal growth & development…
- The unprecedented development of #COVID19 vaccines happened not because we threw money at the problem, it was because we had built, over many years, a knowledge base, with expert PhDs, postdocs, through to professors... Brian Cox
- Wow. UK university staff provide 40 million hours of FREE labour a year - worth £3.2 BILLION - through pro-bono public engagement & knowledge exchange, finds @ViewforthHE. So much of this great sector is driven by good will. We must protect that! #ussstrike
- Graduates from these 37 top-ranked universities will be able to apply to come to the UK under a new "high potential individual" visa scheme. None from Africa, Latin America or South Asia. That’s a big problem. World's top graduates get new UK visa option bbc.co.uk/news/uk-616287…
- India’s rising visibility in the @timeshighered world rankings is remarkable, driven by @narendamodi’s internationalisation reforms. A record 133 Indian universities have submitted to the 2025 rankings - up from 42 in 2017 - making India the 4th best represented in the world.
- As Brexiteer billionaire Jim Ratcliffe moves his Land Rover production to the EU, thank goodness he has confirmed the German-made and engineered vehicles will contain “rugged British spirit”. Phew. #BrexitReality
- The Guardian correction to end all Guardian corrections - via @duncan3ross
