Lecturer in Global Economy, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Glasgow | Political Economy of Illicit Commodities in Latin America
Allan Gillies
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“the very idea of ‘student satisfaction’ is in tension with genuine education since real learning requires intellectual pressure and challenge, which does not always produce satisfied customers. Yet it is satisfaction, not learning, that tends to be measured and rewarded.”
Edinburgh Marathon ✅
The heat was a killer. Splits fell off a cliff second half of the race as the cramping kicked in. Just a case of finishing at that point. 3:20 was a decent time under the circumstances
Just chatting to a northern irish politician. Had to open their offices last night to help people put out of a loyalist neighbourhood in Belfast
This is a city with a long history of ethnic expulsions, but this time we have politicians in the U.K. giving tacit (and not tacit) support
From afar, the reinvention of Burnham as a deep political thinker and man of the people is extraordinary. Remember him as a mediocre minister and career politician
That was stressful. Up the Celts!
Love the framing - like paying someone a wage is an act of charity
