When you forget the word for trousers but the deadline is looming

Henry Winkler fishing is about the only reason I keep coming back here. Please join Threads!

Henry Winkler fishing is about the only reason I keep coming back here. Please join Threads!

NEW on Wonkhe: Lord Hollick presents the findings of the House of Lords Industry and Regulators inquiry into the work of the Office for Students. Lords Industry and Regulators Committee buff.ly/3LmY95N

ICYMI: This week on the podcast a Lords committee says England’s HE regulator is “arbitrary, overly controlling, and unnecessarily combative. What happens next? wonkhe.com/blogs/podcast-…

“New ways of working” is an insidious phrase, not used by those doing the working timeshighereducation.com/news/universit…

A literally centuries old problem on.ft.com/44WxDYb

One more reason to pull the plug here

Autumn leaves make even grey skies look so much brighter.

When is a denial also a confession? ‘India said…that it rejected “any attempts to connect the government of India” to Mr. Nijjar’s killing, it took the opportunity to admonish Canada, accusing it of sheltering “extremists and terrorists”.’ nytimes.com/2023/09/19/wor…

‘After the applause, the fashion designer Christian Siriano offered a quick review: “She was great, even though she clearly has Covid.”’ nytimes.com/2023/09/19/sty…

One for Silvia Binenti on.ft.com/3Zs1uX4

I gather from the memes that Sunak has said something about bins and meat tax, but I don’t know what

So many congratulations to Dr. Tom Shrimplin, it was an absolute honour and pleasure to co-examine the thesis with Jason Dittmer 👏