@path_dependent

Fellow of things at @TeessideUni. Currently I'm a grand sounding @BritishAcademy_ innovation fellow *and* @TPIProductivity fellow with @NP_Partnership

 Newcastle upon Tyne
research.tees.ac.uk/en/persons/nicholas-gray
Joined February 2009
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Francis
@FrancisChippSep 25
EXCLUSIVE🚨: The Premier League is set to introduce a rule stopping fans from distracting penalty takers. This comes after a record number of missed penalties this season. The darts style rule will see fans who whistle or distract the taker be removed from the stadium and the penalty retaken. The rule will come into play in early 2027.
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It has become fashionable to write articles about how people living in social housing don't deserve it. This one is particularly misinformed. Here's why... 🧵
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@TomHCalverSep 13
In Britain, the income gap between private and social housing residents has been closing. In fact the poorest quartile of social housing residents is now better off, after taxes and housing costs, than the poorest quartile of private renters 1/3
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Prof Colin Talbot (and my late pal Rory)@colinrtalbotAug 18
THIS IS A FAKE ACCOUNT. “Philip Swallow” is a fictional academic in David Lodge’s Changing Places comic novel about academia. The profile picture is David Lodge. So this is a fake ‘academic’ spewing bile about a dead man. Despicable.
Philip Swallow@PhilipSwallow2Aug 17
OK. Unlike many people I've read Arday's work. Not all of it, but enough to form an evidenced opinion. It's terrible, simply awful. I've chaired or been a member of panels appointing Oxbridge sociologists at all levels from junior research fellow to full professor. There is no
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Replying to @Dominic2306
I know you inherited your place in life Dom but for many of us, working hard and going to university is our only chance at making our lives better. Alas not everyone has the luxury of having privilege repeatedly mistaken for genius.
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UK HE News@HigherEd_UKAug 9
Cofnas was removed because he was bad for business. Arday was hired because he was good for business. Arday resigned because he was likely to be removed -- because he is now bad for business. If Cofnas (or the like) became good for business, he'd be hired again.
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Not quite the whole story. There was an Area Review, led by the Tories, and this made no recommendation for this type of provision - in fact, it recommeded the exact opposite.
Andrew Man
@TegoArcanaDeiJun 25
“The single decision Bridget Philipson made that has been most revealing. “Eton and Star Academies wanted to open a great new free school in Middlesbrough to help more talented young people access the best universities - backed by funding from Eton.” “When Bridget became Education Secretary she killed the project.” Prejudice trumped social mobility.
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Nick Gray@path_dependentMay 9
Respect to council officers on Monday, explaining that the council can't spend cycle lane money on potholes, there is no asylum seeker budget, and free parking means more cuts on top of the already slated cuts.
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I admit, back in 2016 I didn't spot that 'pretending to care about the working class' would become the defining political phenomenon of the era.
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In July, year-on-year food inflation in the OECD remained broadly stable at 4.5% compared with 4.6% in June. Food inflation rose in most OECD countries (21), while only 12 experienced a decline and 5 showed little change. 🔗 brnw.ch/21wVDSV | #OECDstats
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🖤🤍 Belta! Can't wait to do this again, Toon Army! @ChampionsLeague I #AthleticClub 🦁
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Kann alles kein Zufall sein
passé continu 1975@passecontinu28 Aug 2025
Replying to @ToniKroos
@ToniKroos @felixkroos18 Zufall😉?👇🏻 Toni Kroos möchte Mitglied beim #NUFC werden und schon kaufen @NUFC die beiden deutschen Nationalspieler Malik Thiaw #Thiaw und Nick Woltemade #Woltemade (beide nach #NewcastleUnited #Newcastle) ___ #einfachmalluppen #kroos
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Why the West Cumbria Coal Mine Wouldn’t Have Saved British Steel. As Parliament is recalled to legislate for the future of British Steel, some are once again pointing to the proposed West Cumbria coal mine as a missed opportunity. 🧵
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Labour derangement syndrome may have peaked with the firmly held belief that Ed Miliband destroyed the British coal industry 20 weeks ago.
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Also, make your own bourbon substitute by simply adding sugar to cheap Irish whiskey.
Alexander Clarkson @APHClarkson13 Mar 2025
There is no such thing as a "champagne" business in the United States because champagne comes from, well, Champagne
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More good intent. Needs thinking through for those parts of the country where the economy will struggle to provide the placements at scale. Investment required.
FE Week@FEWeek29 Mar 2025
🏫 The government's 'guarantee' of 50 hours work experience covers not just school but college learners. Mark de Backer of @EDTvoice delves into the policy's implications for colleges. feweek.co.uk/the-50-hour-wor…

The 50-hour work experience policy: Ambition versus reality

How the vision of 50 hours of work experience for school and college students might be realised

feweek.co.uk
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🖤🤍 𝗭𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗸, 𝘄𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀! A huge congratulations to the entire Toon Army on today's historic achievement. 🏆 Very well deserved! Enjoy the celebrations, Magpies! #AthleticClub #UniqueInTheWorld 🦁
Newcastle United
@NUFC16 Mar 2025
WE ARE NEWCASTLE UNITED CARABAO CUP WINNERS #wedontdoquiet
WE HAVE WON THE CARABAO CUP

ALT WE HAVE WON THE CARABAO CUP

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Ditto FE colleges where investment for 16-18 year-olds is currently 10% less in real-terms compared to 2010. Mission 4 - break down barriers to opportunity.
Institute for Fiscal Studies
@TheIFS14 Mar 2025
"The biggest barriers to social mobility and children's wellbeing lie outside of schools." @miss_mcinerney from our podcast on The Schools Bill. 🎧 Listen to the episode: ifs.org.uk/articles/schools-…
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Well, they finally said it out loud. Today’s Neil Olver video, hidden online from @ofcom, is the @GBNews version of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion. There is a generations-long plot by “Zionist-type people” to destabilise Christian societies using a secret army of migrants.
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Said it before and I'll say it again, the nation's "skills problems" are largely not to do with supply. Policymakers' efforts need to focus on increasing the demand for, utilisation of and investment in skills.
Financial Times
@FT10 Dec 2024
Workers in England are more likely to be overqualified than in any other advanced economy in the OECD. on.ft.com/3OMVVy0
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Tom James@TACJ26 Nov 2024
'Relief' as plan to demolish garage is blocked bbc.com/news/articles/cx2l1l…
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