[ easy thing to move double digit spend off balance sheet onto someone else's - Career Politicians trick ] "Disabled students should be allowed equal opportunities to non-disabled students and to put it bluntly, the cuts to DSA limit our futures. "Having discussed the cuts to DSA with deaf and other disabled students I have seen a trend in a loss of hope. These students, myself included, feel disregarded by the government and our access to higher education has been unjustly restricted." [...] The National Union of Students fears small, specialised institutions will struggle to meet the costs. Disabled students' officer Maddy Kirkman said the changes risked inconsistency in support and complained the government had ignored these concerns. [...] The Green party said the changes amounted to a £70m cut to support for disabled students. [...] She warned that disabled students could "fall into a no man's land" with government and universities each claiming it is the other's responsibility.
Apples record Christmas quarter, analysis ( tcrn.ch/1yPb9l2 ): lots of people switching to apple form android for the phablet (iPhone6 plus) // plus MSFT going finally mobile on other peoples system + cyanogen investment + buying some apps that compliment office suit on desktop &! gmail filters, folders, spam system 1000x better than msft exchange when you have high volume mail account. // 26:30 - iOS leads in App dev/testing. "nobody buys stuff on Android, can't build business on Android first." *Robert Scoble. // __>> min 40 - fragmentation of apps (splitting of apps for single use purpose) and notifications. the new interface for apps is the notification. notifications are the new apps. // min 47 - Silicon Valley and Women/Sexism - and continued lack of diversity; pattern matching, confirmation bias, other biases and culture and (seen that will do that too) in leadership, management, mentoring and HR // 1:12:45 talks again about importance of notifications.