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Universities in England at risk of long-term decline, says British Academy Outgoing president Dame Julia Black calls on ministers to overhaul their ‘confused’ approach to higher education

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Norway launches scheme to lure top researchers away from US universities Research council launches 100m kroner fund as Norwegian government calls for the protection of academic freedom

European universities benefiting from the assaults on higher education in the United States

‘Around 350’ staff at Edinburgh University take voluntary redundancy The institution is dealing with a £140 million budget deficit.

Sorry to see colleagues at Edinburgh going through this. £18 million a year is a drop in the bucket when the deficit is £140 million.

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Columbia Agrees to Trump’s Demands After Federal Funds Are Stripped (Gift Article) The administration has moved to cut $400 million in federal funding to the university without changes to its policies and rules.

Columbia Agrees to Trump’s Demands After Federal Funds Are Stripped www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/n...

Big drop in overseas students at Scottish universities The decline comes after foreign student numbers reached an all-time high in the previous year.

BBC News - Big drop in overseas students at Scottish universities
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Campaign to attract fee-paying overseas students to Scotland sees interest rise nine-fold Drop in overseas students has fuelled financial crisis in nation’s universities

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Scary website that can detect your #accent. We don't need humans to do racial profiling. #AI can do it for us. Go test it. #language
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Cambridge risks losing ‘unbelievable talent’ amid PhD funding cut Warning by vice-chancellor Deborah Prentice comes as ‘Silicon Valley’ planned between Oxford and Cambridge

My anecdotal experience is that PhD funding in the UK is dismal compared to North America

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Buffy Sainte-Marie's Order of Canada terminated by governor general No reason was given but it comes after a 2023 CBC investigation raised serious doubts about the singer's claims to Indigenous identity.

A small measure of justice after 50+ years of deceit for personal gains while exploiting indigenous culture!
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Opinion | Samantha Power: Killing U.S.A.I.D. Is a Win for Autocrats Everywhere The attacks on the agency are cruel and counterproductive.

Op-Ed piece from Samantha Power, former head of U.S.A.I.D. and US Ambassador to the UN

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/o...

Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s Sprint to Remake Meta for the Trump Era (Gift Article) After visiting President-elect Donald J. Trump in November, Mr. Zuckerberg decided to relax Meta’s speech policies. He asked a small team to carry out his goals within weeks. The repercussions are jus...

If Bluesky is the alternative to X, when will we get an alternative to Facebook? These are serious changes at Meta far beyond deregulation of speech...

Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s Sprint to Remake Meta for the Trump Era www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/t...

UK-German higher education collaborations If you are looking for inspiration in your UK-German collaboration, join us for an exciting webinar exploring best practice examples.

An interesting webinar on UK-German #highered collaborations... #Germany #UK #transnational www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/latest/event...

Unprecedented ‘churn’ in academic jobs – but is it already over? Nearly one in 10 changed employment during most recent year for which data is available, but financial crisis may have curtailed this

I'm not convinced the #Brexit disruption is over. #Academics in UK move among institutions far more frequently than counterparts in US/Canada. We also don't have an imminent REF amplifying #mobility at the moment. www.timeshighereducation.com/news/unprece...

The Plight of the Palestinian Scientist (Gift Article) Four Palestinian researchers describe how conflict in Gaza and the West Bank has hindered their careers in science and medicine.

Science under conflict and surveillance. Inspiring #womenInScience #Palestine #higherEd

The Plight of the Palestinian Scientist www.nytimes.com/2024/12/10/s...

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A challenging year, dominated by threats to academics and higher education in #Gaza, #Ukraine, #Sudan, #Afghanistan, with many others needing help too.

Full Report at bit.ly/CAR2023-2024.

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Thank you Glasgow and Glaswegians for an incredible night watching Charli XCX blow off the roof of the arena. Great vibes! Brat Scottish winter! #charlixcx #glasgow

Universities enrolling foreign students with poor English, BBC finds Institutions may be overlooking inadequate language skills to receive high fees from overseas students.

We can debate the extent of this language problem in British #highered but the business model is very clear! - Universities enrolling foreign students with poor English, BBC finds - BBC News
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As Band Aid marks 40th anniversary critics take aim at Africa stereotypes Latest version of Do They Know It’s Christmas fundraiser reignites debate about ‘problematic’ lyrics and imagery

Important reflections on the West's relationship with Africa. Some pop singers are more forward thinking than social scientists!

www.theguardian.com/music/2024/n...

Can Men in China Take a Joke? Women Doing Stand-Up Have Their Doubts. www.nytimes.com/2024/10/31/w...

1st snow in Scotland this winter! Walked like a penguin all day but quick thanks to training in Norway and Kazakhstan

Peacebuilding? Interdisciplinary Dialogue for Conflict-Affected Regions 1 Exchanging any possible solutions from disciplines working together to build peace in regions devastated by war & global conflict.

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Upcoming free webinars by colleagues at @uofglasgow.bsky.social on #peacebuilding #peaceeducation
Nov. 26 + 27 on Peacebuilding? An Interdisciplinary Dialogue. Registration links below #Glasgow

Another kind of climate change: How can I adjust to -4C in Glasgow, Scotland after trying to cope with 30C in southern Taiwan for the last 2 weeks?

@profstevenjones.bsky.social hi Steven, great to see you here. I just opened Bluesky account. Please add me to your list of HE researchers. Thanks

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Very interesting development in my former home Toronto especially given the connection w controversial figure (Dundas) in my current home Scotland. Surprised that they didn't go with an indigenous name in Ontario.

Cosplaying social justice is the new elitist way of elbowing out the working class | Kenan Malik A new book by Musa al-Gharbi accuses liberal professionals of talking about justice but entrenching inequalities

An excellent piece on wokeness rhetoric vs. action that echoes some of my ideas in my 2023 paper on #decolonization within academia...

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