Saudi Student Arrested After Crossbow Shooting at University of Surrey

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news-corner/saudi-student-arrested-after-crossbow-shooting-at-university-of-surrey/

Man 'shot with crossbow' at University of Surrey as police storm campus

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/university-surrey-crossbow-man-shot-37249456

The Guardian | Privately educated CEOs seen as ‘safer bet’ by investors, study finds by Joanna Partridge

AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information.

A University of Surrey study shows that investors treat chief executives who attended private schools as a “safer bet,” resulting in roughly 5 % lower stock‑market volatility for those firms, even though the privately‑educated CEOs do not outperform, take fewer risks, make better decisions, or handle crises more effectively than their state‑educated peers. The perceived lower risk diminishes over time as more information about a leader’s performance becomes available and disappears in companies subject to greater analyst scrutiny or higher institutional ownership, indicating that market participants often confuse elite background with competence despite no measurable impact on corporate outcomes.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/may/14/privately-educated-ceos-safer-bet-investors-class-bias-study

#ChristosMavrovitis #UniversityofSurrey #SuttonTrust #FTSE100 #business #classissues #corporategovernance #education #financialsector #ftse #inequality #investing #privateschools #schools #secondaryschools #socialmobility #society #sociology #stockmarkets

Tomorrow evening me and and Sussed Surrey team from #UniversityOfSurrey will be at the @carbonbrief Carbon Brief Quiz #CBQuiz!

Here was the last one: https://www.carbonbrief.org/the-carbon-brief-quiz-2024/

The year of quantum science: Promise and peril in the race for breakthroughs.

A century after Heisenberg formulated his theory, the field has transformed our understanding of the physical world, yet many of its applications remain in development.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250906-the-year-of-quantum-science-promise-and-peril-in-the-race-for-breakthroughs?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#QuantumScience #QuantumMechanics #WernerHeisenberg #AlbertEinstein #ErwinSchrodinger #ImperialCollegeLondon #UniversityOfSurrey #UniversidadCUNEF #UniversidadAutónomaDeChile #OakRidgeNationalLaboratory #Quantum2025 #Science

✨ I’m truly looking forward to travelling to England next week, for a few days full of learning, sharing, and inspiration at "Actors, Singers and Celebrity Cultures across the Centuries" at the University of Surrey.

Curious? You can find the full programme here:
https://www.surrey.ac.uk/events/20250612-actors-singers-and-celebrity-cultures-across-centuries .

#KingAlfred #OperaStudies #MediaStudies #AcademicLife #ConferenceSeason #UniversityOfSurrey #GratefulToBeHere #NeurodivergentScholar #CreativeResearch #Medievalism #Netflix #Musicology #TheLastKingdom

Samantha Muir's doctoral #thesis 'New Works for Classical #Ukulele' is now available in #openAccess for download and read from the #universityOfSurrey website at https://openresearch.surrey.ac.uk/esploro/outputs/doctoral/New-Works-for-Classical-Ukulele/99778166402346

It's licensed under a #CreativeCommons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share-Alike and that's a great thing, as this is a must read for anyone interested in #classicalUkulele

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