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Thanks! It was a great publishing process!

University Governance, Management and the Academic Profession Explores issues and trends regarding the transformation of governance, Is written by scholars engaged in largest comparative studies of higher education

📣 I am very excited about my new book "#University #Governance, #Management and the #Academic #Profession" is out!

🙌 Thank you so much to co-editors Prof. Monica Marquina and Prof. Glen Jones for great collaboration !

📘 Check it out through Springer:
👉 link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

We're currently advertising for a 3+ year post-doc position @education.ox.ac.uk working on the ESRC-funded @studentspolitics.bsky.social project with @rilleraaper.bsky.social, Tom Fryer & me - to start ASAP

Deadline: 9 June

Please repost- thanks!

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Guest Talk by Professor Frank Dobbin, Harvard University As part of the INTERSECT project it is our pleasure to invite you to a guest talk by Professor Frank Dobbin, Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences at Harvard University.

🎓We invite you to the guest talk of Prof. F. Dobbin, Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences @harvard.edu
“Which Faculty Diversity Programs Work? Evidence from 600 U.S. Universities”
📅 Tuesday, May 20, 2025
🕒 2:15–3:30 p.m. (online)
📩 Register: hdhf.zhb.tu-dortmund.de/en/professor...

Full crowd at @standupforscience.bsky.social about halfway in

With university departmental closures are we seeing the emergence of geographical 'cold spots' for social science/humanities/arts (SHAPE) subjects? We've developed a new beta mapping tool using HESA data to enable you to explore the situation by subject www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/policy-and-r...

European Higher Education Sector Observatory and Scoreboard launched to support evidence-based policy making EUA - European University Association

On 30 January, the European Higher Education Sector Observatory (EHESO) was officially launched.
EUA has played an active role in this initiative through its participation in the policy advisory board, working groups. and ongoing feedback processes.

University of South Wales announces plan to axe 90 jobs and cut courses The announcement has been made on the same day Bangor University announced 200 job losses

Second university cutting jobs today is the University of South Wales. In the medium term, the Welsh HE system is basically done with and gone unless there's a large-scale intervention. It's got no chance.
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/educati...

Let's just say it gets bigger everyday... @standupforscifr.bsky.social

We're doing this for the next generation of scientists. To uphold the integrity of science, protect its accessibility, and ensure its benefits serve all people.

Join us.

@standupforscience.bsky.social

How universities can protect and promote academic freedom EUA - European University Association

University leaders should work to shield research and teaching communities from undue external pressure and interference.

Read EUA's position paper on 'How universities can protect and promote academic freedom' at https://buff.ly/40KI1SJ

#AcademicFreedom

Newcastle University staff vote to join wave of strike action Newcastle University votes in favour of industrial action, joining Dundee and East Anglia in achieving successful ballots

🚨📰 Union members at Newcastle University have become the latest to vote in favour of strike action, seeing them join a growing wave of unions announcing industrial action across UK higher education

@newcastleucu.bsky.social @timeshighered.bsky.social

www.timeshighereducation.com/news/newcast...

Remove Coventry University vice-chancellor from government role Coventry University is facing an unprecedented jobs and debt crisis under the leadership of vice-chancellor John Latham. The institution is threatening to sack 300 staff and rehire some of them in its...

Coventry University is in crisis:

👉 300 jobs at risk
👉 Severe cuts across faculties

Yet the vice-chancellor:

👉 Received an £80,768 bonus on £300k+ salary
👉 Rewarded with position at the DBT

Sign the petition, urge the govt to rescind his role 👇
bit.ly/4aL7iAN

Transforming Well-Being Through Intersectionality: Insights from NYU’s “Intersectionality in Action” Event How can intersectionality reshape our understanding of well-being?At the recent “Intersectionality in Action: Transforming Well-being in Education & Business” event hosted by NYU SPS, leading research...

I am happy that key insights from my talk at #NYU last October based on #Erasmus+ #InterHED project got featured on the #I-LAB SPS NYU website, highlighting actionable insights on transforming wellbeing through #intersectionality in #higher #education! 🙂
www.ilab.sps.nyu.edu/post/transfo...

Agency and cruel optimism in the care obfuscations of UK-based academic mothers - Higher Education This article introduces the concept of “care obfuscation”, developed from interviews with 32 UK-based academic mothers about their experience of the transition to parenthood. Care obfuscation refers t...

Great @mol-etheridge.bsky.social paper on how academic mothers intentionally (often spontaneously) obfuscate their circumstances/caring responsibilities to remain or appear productive, masking their challenges and inadvertently helping the system to stay as it is.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

🚨 Reminder: The application deadline for two open positions @gesis.org department Computational Social Science is approaching quickly!

📅 Application deadline: January 20

For those in higher education research - EERA conference ECER deadline is end of January, check our also their support for ECRs!

Consider submitting an abstract to our 07 track of EU-SPRI 2025 conference in Dortmund on the Role of universities in shaping societal futures! We welcome researchers as well as higher education practitioners to share their research or experiences euspri2025.de/index.php/to... Deadline: January 31!

CDBU / HEPI Symposium, Thursday 16 January 2025: 'Who Pays? Exploring Fairer Funding Models for Higher Education' - HEPI The UK’s higher education system faces many challenges, of which the largest is student fees. Many proposals are circulating but none commands a consensus. The CDBU (Council for the Defence of British...

'Who pays for HE and how?' promises to be a big debate over the next few years.

I'm honoured to be speaking on this at @hepi-news.bsky.social/CDBU's landmark symposium next week (16/1/25) at Birkbeck Uni.

Attend in person or online: www.hepi.ac.uk/2024/12/18/c...

Why 2025 Could Be A Pivotal Year For Universities Securing the future of UK universities will be one of many major challenges for the Government next year.

This is what will happen in the university sector:
*Shared services
*Mergers
*Widespread redundancies
*Big cuts to STEM and R&D
*Big unis get even bigger
*Squeezed cities, angry voters
*Huge geographical cold spots
www.politicshome.com/news/article...

Getting through the day and still having a smile on my face! How do students define success in the university learning environment? The expression ‘student success’ has gained traction in the university sector and has been applied to various aspects of the higher education (HE) learning trajectory. Yet, ‘success’ is an amorphou...

Getting through the day and still having a smile on my face! How do students define success in the university learning environment?
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Wat de @knaw-nl.bsky.social zegt - de bekostigingssystematiek van het hoger onderwijs maakt het voor individuele universiteiten aantrekkelijk om beslissingen te nemen die het onderwijs aanbod in Nederland grote schade toebrengen!

What’s Going On (in UK universities)? Brother, brother, brother… We are not amused… (10 points to whoever identifies reference in the title.) I’ve given myself a challenge – summarise the mess that UK HE is in, in c.800 words. Here goes… Even to a casual o…

Why are UK universities in a (genuine) state of crisis?

Market readjustment? Bad luck? Mismanagement? Brexit? Poor policy? Bureaucracy? Global forces? Wokery?

I've tried to capture this in a nutshell. How did I do?
#highered #students #crisis #universities
ddubdrahcir.wordpress.com/2024/12/19/w...

Algorithms of Resistance How global workers, influencers, and activists develop tactics of algorithmic resistance by appropriating and repurposing the same algorithms that control ou...

In 2024, together with @emilianotrere.com, we published this book - Algorithms of Resistance (@mitpress.bsky.social) - the result of five years of fieldwork. We show that we can challenge platform power. Since it is gift time, this book is available in Open Access on the MIT press site. Enjoy!

The scale of redundancies in the UK HE seems to be unprecedented! A conscious policy push and a question of mismanagement? I find it really problematic that the managers are cutting academic staff who are at the core of the university - without them managers can pack their bags. 🤨

what is the reference of this very interesting comparison?

It was a very throught provoking talk and a great discussion! Thanks Janja @jkom.bsky.social for bringing the attention to the issue of assetization of teaching and learning content!

2-4 Associate Professors in Political Science (271034) | University of Oslo Job title: 2-4 Associate Professors in Political Science (271034), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Monday, February 3, 2025

University of Oslo is hiring 2-4(!) Associate Professors in Political Science. The call is open to candidates from all subfields. Deadline is February 3rd.

It comes with amazing colleagues, great work conditions, and lots of snow. Brown cheese, salmon, and cross-country skis can be supplementary.