{"id":87,"date":"2017-10-12T15:38:19","date_gmt":"2017-10-12T15:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/?p=87"},"modified":"2017-11-22T11:44:53","modified_gmt":"2017-11-22T11:44:53","slug":"the-times-they-are-achanging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/2017\/10\/12\/the-times-they-are-achanging\/","title":{"rendered":"THE TIMES THEY ARE A\u2019CHANGING"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pretty much everyone at the University of Lancaster was delighted to hear the glorious news – The Times and Sunday Times have named us \u2018University of the Year.\u2019 We at subtext aren\u2019t entirely sure what that means – their very own university guide places the University of Cambridge at the top of the league, and shonky though they are, their measurables actually provide a reason why Cambridge deserves to be there. And presumably, the university that sits atop a publication\u2019s league table should, by extension, be regarded as \u2018University of the Year\u2019 by said publication. <\/span><\/p>\n

But we\u2019re just being nasty and cynical. However The Times arrived at this conclusion, the subtext collective can do little but agree that Lancaster truly is a great place to work and study. And if this accolade attracts more staff and more students, all the better. If nothing else, at least it\u2019s stopped us going on about the TEF result! \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pretty much everyone at the University of Lancaster was delighted to hear the glorious news – The Times and Sunday Times have named us \u2018University of the Year.\u2019 We at subtext aren\u2019t entirely sure what that means – their very … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":568,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[121,37,17],"class_list":["post-87","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-issue-166","tag-league-tables","tag-university-of-the-year"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p99sHo-1p","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":705,"url":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/2018\/09\/13\/shart-attack-11\/","url_meta":{"origin":87,"position":0},"title":"SHART ATTACK","author":"Johnny Unger","date":"September 13 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Far be it from the subtext collective to be inward-looking and disinterested in the goings on at other universities. 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