Not naive at all. 90% of academia is just showing up for your colleagues and students.

Right time for a PISA thread. I'm going to start by talking about what I think is the most important chart in the report and then make a few other points.

I’ve not done as well as @annapiggott but I’m trying!

The two stage method of the BA to allocate grants (1st stage pass a threshold; 2nd stage lottery between applications) is found to produce 'A notable increase in candidates from ‘Black, Asian, and Other ethnic backgrounds’ - from 18% to 27% awarded grants: thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/promising…

A summer workshop on finance with Mark Blyth & Benjamin Braun Sounds pretty unmissable! Details below.

🚨📊 We at British Election Study have a great 3-year postdoc that’s just been advertised 📊 🚨

The specs:
- Grade 7 (£44k to £54k)
- ≈2.5 years (1 Oct 23 - 31 Jan 26)
- Work to shape future BES research
- Lovely colleagues 😎

jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?…

paging Tim Hicks

“If wages are not rising along with other prices, then you are not dealing with a general inflation at all, but rather a one-sided redistributional push by capital at the expense of labour.”

- Adam Tooze
adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-15…

Hiring 1-year teaching postdocs in the #1 poli sci department in the galaxy*
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Qualitative Methods
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*according to LB rankings

We're hiring! Permanent Lecturer in Comparative Politics. Closing date: 19 Feb 2023. All applications welcome 🌻🌈🌍🤗
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Great job, exceptional department, global city:

People say “virtue signaling” like it’s a bad thing Give Blood NHS 🩸🩹