Technology, Software, Policy, Security, Universities, Art, Antiques, Cats. https://finkelstein.ukhttps://bsky.app/profile/profserious.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/profserious.bsky.social/post/3mkwnerinbs25The Bureaucratic Escalator … and how it operates ... by @profserious.bsky.social https://profserious.substack.com/p/the-bureaucratic-escalator #HigherEducation #Universities03 May 2026 07:33 +0000at://did:plc:ajvtfx3xya45edywejtgnqye/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkwnerinbs25https://bsky.app/profile/profserious.bsky.social/post/3mksx3r7v4s2thttps://open.spotify.com/album/2YY0t01llll4deDIEPWc5A?si=rKx4dmr2Q8Gd1oc_ddIulg brilliant work by Sam and MOIO01 May 2026 20:17 +0000at://did:plc:ajvtfx3xya45edywejtgnqye/app.bsky.feed.post/3mksx3r7v4s2thttps://bsky.app/profile/profserious.bsky.social/post/3mkezzk2bys26Mindfulness for Professors ... a contemplation ... by @profserious.bsky.social https://profserious.substack.com/p/mindfulness-for-professors #HigherEducation #Universities26 Apr 2026 07:32 +0000at://did:plc:ajvtfx3xya45edywejtgnqye/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkezzk2bys26https://bsky.app/profile/profserious.bsky.social/post/3mjtg5e5tqc25On Your Radar … why the Defence Industrial Strategy matters beyond defence ... how the UK intends to link science, industry and national security capability ... @proserious.bsky.social attempts to spare you some effort with this summary analysis https://profserious.substack.com/p/on-your-radar19 Apr 2026 07:21 +0000at://did:plc:ajvtfx3xya45edywejtgnqye/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjtg5e5tqc25https://bsky.app/profile/profserious.bsky.social/post/3mjbtcayq5c2dLessons from an Innovative Organisation ... what Arizona State University can teach us about institutional innovation … by @profserious.bsky.social https://profserious.substack.com/p/lessons-from-an-innovative-organisation #HigherEducation #Universities #HEPolicy #Academic #Innovation12 Apr 2026 07:28 +0000at://did:plc:ajvtfx3xya45edywejtgnqye/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjbtcayq5c2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/profserious.bsky.social/post/3miqajo3fik2fReading China's 15th 5-Year Plan … (a technology strategy disguised as an economic plan) ... on science, industry, and power … A short guide to what the new plan tells us about China’s technological direction … by @profserious.bsky.social https://profserious.substack.com/p/reading-chinas-15th-5-year-plan05 Apr 2026 07:37 +0000at://did:plc:ajvtfx3xya45edywejtgnqye/app.bsky.feed.post/3miqajo3fik2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/profserious.bsky.social/post/3mi6nwnodss2lIs Your University Financially Sustainable? ... take this simple test ... by @profserious.bsky.social https://profserious.substack.com/p/is-your-university-financially-sustainable #HigherEducation #Universities #HEPolicy29 Mar 2026 07:49 +0000at://did:plc:ajvtfx3xya45edywejtgnqye/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi6nwnodss2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/profserious.bsky.social/post/3mhn6kamv7s2jA Kerfuffle … UK research funding (and in defence of Sir Ian Chapman) ... by @profserious.bsky.social profserious.substack.com/p/a-kerfuffle https://profserious.substack.com/p/a-kerfuffle22 Mar 2026 08:58 +0000at://did:plc:ajvtfx3xya45edywejtgnqye/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhn6kamv7s2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/profserious.bsky.social/post/3mh3k7kjhlc2sScience & Technology in National Security Strategy ... a lens on 4 states and 4 strategies ... by @profserious.bsky.social https://profserious.substack.com/p/science-and-technology-in-national #NationalSecurity #TechPolicy #ScienceAndTechnology #Geopolitics #ResearchSecurity #EconomicSecurity15 Mar 2026 08:39 +0000at://did:plc:ajvtfx3xya45edywejtgnqye/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh3k7kjhlc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/profserious.bsky.social/post/3mh3k7kjhlc2sScience & Technology in National Security Strategy ... a lens on 4 states and 4 strategies ... by @profserious.bsky.social https://profserious.substack.com/p/science-and-technology-in-national #NationalSecurity #TechPolicy #ScienceAndTechnology #Geopolitics #ResearchSecurity #EconomicSecurity15 Mar 2026 08:39 +0000at://did:plc:ajvtfx3xya45edywejtgnqye/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh3k7kjhlc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/profserious.bsky.social/post/3mgp43pkfns2ua really exciting and important job as Director of ResearchPlus https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQU125/director-of-researchplus10 Mar 2026 09:55 +0000at://did:plc:ajvtfx3xya45edywejtgnqye/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgp43pkfns2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/profserious.bsky.social/post/3mgjyff3yck2pAnother Modest Proposal: 'being a suggestion for shortening the Bachelor’s degree, improving its efficiency, and rendering it somewhat more useful to students, universities and the publick' by @profserious.bsky.social https://profserious.substack.com/p/another-modest-proposal #HigherEducation #Universities #HEPolicy08 Mar 2026 09:05 +0000at://did:plc:ajvtfx3xya45edywejtgnqye/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgjyff3yck2phttps://bsky.app/profile/profserious.bsky.social/post/3mgdrsea5zs2tVery pleased to contribute to this! [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Mar 2026 21:51 +0000at://did:plc:ajvtfx3xya45edywejtgnqye/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgdrsea5zs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/profserious.bsky.social/post/3mfygr2mpp223Radicalisation, Capture & Subversion … disrupting critical thinking … the pressures on the conditions for reason ... by @profserious.bsky.social https://profserious.substack.com/p/radicalisation-capture-and-subversion #CriticalThinking #InstitutionalIntegrity #Governance01 Mar 2026 09:34 +0000at://did:plc:ajvtfx3xya45edywejtgnqye/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfygr2mpp223https://bsky.app/profile/profserious.bsky.social/post/3mfgsuqjqqk2mBeyond the Cloud ... how edge computing is changing where AI happens ... by @profserious.bsky.social https://profserious.substack.com/p/beyond-the-cloud #AI #TechTrends #EmergingTech #Technology #Tech22 Feb 2026 09:23 +0000at://did:plc:ajvtfx3xya45edywejtgnqye/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfgsuqjqqk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/profserious.bsky.social/post/3mev3rqtouk24The Soviet Census of 1937 ... a story of truth, lies, and consequences ... by @profserious.bsky.social https://profserious.substack.com/p/the-soviet-census-of-193715 Feb 2026 08:15 +0000at://did:plc:ajvtfx3xya45edywejtgnqye/app.bsky.feed.post/3mev3rqtouk24https://bsky.app/profile/profserious.bsky.social/post/3medlaz5r2k22Prof Serious at 250! ... my ill-considered opinions ... marking publication of 250 @profserious.bsky.social articles. To 'celebrate' I select 25 that may (still) be of interest. Quite a lot about universities, tech, management, & some personal stuff. https://profserious.substack.com/p/prof-serious-at-25008 Feb 2026 09:04 +0000at://did:plc:ajvtfx3xya45edywejtgnqye/app.bsky.feed.post/3medlaz5r2k22https://bsky.app/profile/profserious.bsky.social/post/3mdsczd5tk22uTechnological sovereignty is discussed as if it were a problem simply of access to critical technologies. It is not. It is a resilience strategy for complex systems operating under contestation. @profserious.bsky.social sets out a UK approach. https://profserious.substack.com/p/technology-and-sovereignty01 Feb 2026 12:21 +0000at://did:plc:ajvtfx3xya45edywejtgnqye/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdsczd5tk22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/profserious.bsky.social/post/3mdabyievph2bFor Everything to Stay the Same, Everything Must Change ... a riposte to academic nostalgia by @profserious.bsky.social https://profserious.substack.com/p/for-everything-to-stay-the-same-everything #HigherEducation #Universities #HEPolicy #HELeadership #UniversityLeadership25 Jan 2026 08:15 +0000at://did:plc:ajvtfx3xya45edywejtgnqye/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdabyievph2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/profserious.bsky.social/post/3mcwoxjspdk25I very much enjoyed writing this (mild) provocation for @heywoodquarterly.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Jan 2026 12:40 +0000at://did:plc:ajvtfx3xya45edywejtgnqye/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcwoxjspdk25https://bsky.app/profile/profserious.bsky.social/post/3mcosf7z7jk2uWhat I Learned at the Royal College of Art ... 10 lessons on art and design ... from @profserious.bsky.social https://profserious.substack.com/p/what-i-learned-at-the-royal-college #Universities #RoyalCollegeOfArt #ArtAndDesign #DesignResearch #CreativeProcess #LessonsLearned18 Jan 2026 09:20 +0000at://did:plc:ajvtfx3xya45edywejtgnqye/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcosf7z7jk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/profserious.bsky.social/post/3mc57lcp7s226A Call to Arms by @profserious.bsky.social ... metaphorically and literally. https://profserious.substack.com/p/a-call-to-arms. On universities research, science, technology and the defence of democracy.11 Jan 2026 09:28 +0000at://did:plc:ajvtfx3xya45edywejtgnqye/app.bsky.feed.post/3mc57lcp7s226https://bsky.app/profile/profserious.bsky.social/post/3mblkw4ywls22My New Year Wishes for Universities from @profserious.bsky.social ... a modest list of hopes and aspirations for 2026 (and beyond) https://profserious.substack.com/p/my-new-year-wishes-for-universities #Academic #HigherEducation #Universities04 Jan 2026 09:03 +0000at://did:plc:ajvtfx3xya45edywejtgnqye/app.bsky.feed.post/3mblkw4ywls22https://bsky.app/profile/profserious.bsky.social/post/3mazwpmrfw22wWhat is System Leadership ... and why does it matter? @profserious.bsky.social sets out the basics for public service, education, health, defence and national security. https://profserious.substack.com/p/what-is-system-leadership28 Dec 2025 08:46 +0000at://did:plc:ajvtfx3xya45edywejtgnqye/app.bsky.feed.post/3mazwpmrfw22whttps://bsky.app/profile/profserious.bsky.social/post/3maidddfnac2mA Simple Guide to National Security Strategy … for scientists and technologists (by @profserious.bsky.social) https://profserious.substack.com/p/a-simple-guide-to-national-security #NationalSecurity #TechPolicy #ScienceAndTechnology #Geopolitics #ResearchSecurity #EconomicSecurity #AI21 Dec 2025 08:44 +0000at://did:plc:ajvtfx3xya45edywejtgnqye/app.bsky.feed.post/3maidddfnac2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/profserious.bsky.social/post/3m7wpqj6bkk2n4 Ways Disruption Can Fool You … and how this is experienced in universities ... https://profserious.substack.com/p/4-ways-disruption-can-fool-you by the (often fooled) @profserious.bsky.social #HigherEducation #Universities #HELeadership #Disruption #Strategy #UniversityGovernance14 Dec 2025 08:38 +0000at://did:plc:ajvtfx3xya45edywejtgnqye/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7wpqj6bkk2n