The trains are beyond ridiculous now.

Martin Sheen concluding 6th & I West Wing event with a sort of Bartlet pastiche of Sorkin speeches—and then he closes the book and *becomes* Jed Bartlet, speaking from the heart. It’s pretty cool.

For REF 2029 institutions will submit outputs, not staff. We are setting out some information today on the technical detail and next steps ahead of publishing the full policy module in autumn/winter 2024 Economy NI Research England Scottish Funding Council @medrcymru ref.ac.uk/news/update-to…

I’m not ready for “Larry Bridges”

Typically thoughtful and important contribution from my brilliant colleague Jonny Hall.

Nobody can beat this response

A great opportunity. Do please share with your networks.

My promotion pressie to myself - a big splurge at V&A has arrived. Inspired by the Elton John & David Furnish Fragile Beauty exhib (seeing in a few weeks) and an amazing Talk Art podcast they did that really inspired me 😃

Ordered a floor scraper to clear some moss and Amazon now seems to think I’m a serial killer 🤷‍♂️

Enjoyed attending virtually today. Great project and interesting presentations

This is such a compelling way of presenting the massive return on public investment in higher education and research.

Wishing everyone taking part in Great Run today a wonderful day, especially my many Northumbria Uni colleagues and friends.

Love the new zine from Ed Firth As ever, some explicit images so if that’s not your thing, avoid. If it is, enjoy! Check his bio for links to buy.

Every time I fly: must get to the airport early “just in case”. At the airport: why did I get here so early?