John Burn-Murdoch

jburnmurdoch.ft.com

10 September 2026 21:27

Two extraordinary charts from today’s PISA test results: 1) School test scores continue to collapse internationally, underscoring how this is no longer a Covid effect but sustained decline. Those falls in reading and maths are equivalent to about two years of lost schooling.

London Review of Books

lrb.co.uk

28 July 2026 17:32

Watch @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social argue that while Homer’s 𝘖𝘥𝘺𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘺 might seem the perfect source material for Christopher Nolan, the poem excels at many things the director isn't so good at. Wilson joins @moonjets.bsky.social to talk through the new adaptation. www.youtube.com/watch?v=onDD...

UK in a Changing Europe

ukandeu.bsky.social

11 February 2026 21:18

"Our research points to some important messages from the Turing/Taith experience(s) that the Erasmus programme may do well to heed." ✍️ @rachelbrooks.bsky.social on student mobility after Brexit and the lessons to be learned as the UK rejoins the EU's Erasmus scheme 🔗 ukandeu.ac.uk/student-mobi...

Robin Bisson

robinbisson.bsky.social

04 February 2026 16:17

The VfM thing is key - British negotiators have said that the UK will be looking at VfM when considering association So far losses have been quite bad, ~£330m in 2024 Chapman is not the decision-maker, but he's hard nosed on EU programmes. UK did not rejoin Euratom when he led UKAEA (cos of VfM)

Rebecca Montacute

beckymontacute.bsky.social

01 February 2026 07:44

It's time for another big European train trip Bluesky thread! This time we're heading to the Austrian Alps 🇦🇹, via Paris and Munich. We're off to Paris on a late afternoon Eurostar, will have some dinner in Paris tonight then head to Germany tomorrow.