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So, there was a 10-minute discussion on @BBCRadio4 #TheWorldThisWeekend between three eminent foreign policy commentators & Ed Stourton on Biden and the world, and unless it was very brief and coincided with a moment of distraction there was no mention at all of #climate change
This seems a serious omission on the part of Mr Stourton and his producers, what with climate change being a critical issue and one in which the USA has fallen profoundly out of step.
Their decision to run the discussion as one that could be arranged on a regional basis may perhaps have made it hard to slot climate change in.
UCU's @DrJoGrady tells @BBCMarkMardell that research commissioned by UCU warned of a £2.5bn funding black hole and the loss of 30,000 jobs in universities and 32,000 in the wider economy 1/
ucu.org.uk/article/10759/… #FundTheFuture #TheWorldThisWeekend
ucu.org.uk/article/10759/… #FundTheFuture #TheWorldThisWeekend
She says that the government's refusal to take these warnings seriously is creating further confusion, worry and problems for universities and for students. 2/
She highlights a recent poll that showed 23% of prospective students fear their institution could go bust as a result of #Covid-19 ucu.org.uk/article/10804/… 3/
UCU general secretary @DrJoGrady will be on @BBCRadio4 shortly (from 1pm) as a guest on #TheWorldThisWeekend. You can listen live here bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/li… @BBCWorldatOne
Looking back over another busy week for education, they are likely to discuss the @TheIFS report on the financial hit universities face... ucu.org.uk/article/10868/…
And also pick apart a controversial speech by education secretary @GavinWilliamson from Thursday that talked about fundung further education by reducing higher education. ucu.org.uk/article/10872/… #FundTheFuture
