Opinion: โI lost my position at a public university in Afghanistan and now I am not only concerned about my PhD work, but also my future funding and my career.โ
The collapse in job prospects for Afghan academics has left many in limbo, says a scholar #highered https://ow.ly/Bmp650YraZw
10.03.2026 14:01 โ
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Franceโs 75 public universities are all running a deficit this year, as researchers warn budget cuts put science at risk #highered #EduSky https://ow.ly/WPz850YrrL1
10.03.2026 08:20 โ
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Academics who lost their jobs at UK institutions last year were largely those in more precarious and teaching-focused roles, figures suggest #highered #EduSky https://ow.ly/YgzO50YrjIv
10.03.2026 08:00 โ
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Opinion: โWhat I think about is if I return to Afghanistan, will I have the chance to continue my teaching at university? There, I see zero per cent job security.โ
The UKโs visa ban is another blow for Afghanistanโs despairing intellectuals, says scholar #highered
https://ow.ly/Po5r50YraxQ
10.03.2026 07:00 โ
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Mark Carneyโs effort to rebuild relations with India reflects how Canadaโs international student strategy is being โrecalibratedโ to focus on more targeted recruitment, according to experts
https://ow.ly/6brU50YroF8
10.03.2026 06:40 โ
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Restricting student loan access โwill worsen existing inequalityโ
Birmingham vice-chancellorโsย call to review loan eligibility for students with no A levels criticised by own staff members
@birminghamucu.bsky.social criticises "dangerous" comments by v-c Adam Tickell, who questioned whether students with no A levels should get loans, accusing him of โgatekeepingโ HE at expense of โless advantaged studentsโ www.timeshighereducation.com/news/restric... via @jgro-the.bsky.social
09.03.2026 14:56 โ
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GenAI can join the dots, so teach students to draw new lines in empty space
GenAI tools are getting better at tasks such as sorting data, writing basic reports and generating simple code. Thatโs why higher education needs to focus on what it canโt do
The future belongs to the extrapolators โ those who can imagine, reflect and act with the compassion and ethics that machines lack, write Darkhan Bilyalov and Luis R. Rojas-Solรณrzano of Nazarbayev University: https://ow.ly/Hwpy50Yr9Vm #HigherEd #AcademicSky #EduSky #GenAI
09.03.2026 16:40 โ
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Shorten UK undergraduate degrees to just two years, says v-c
Adopting a โtwo plus twoโ system including longer integrated masterโs would boost access, employment and the economy, argues Anthony Finkelstein
Most UK undergraduate degrees should be shortened, according to one university vice-chancellor, who claims that the UKโs current three-year bachelorโs model is โlargely a historical artefactโ
#EduSky #highered
09.03.2026 14:53 โ
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Restricting student loan access โwill worsen existing inequalityโ
Birmingham vice-chancellorโsย call to review loan eligibility for students with no A levels criticised by own staff members
Birmingham vice-chancellorโs call to review loan eligibility for students with no A levels criticised by his own staff members
#highered #EduSky
09.03.2026 14:44 โ
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Why process mapping matters in higher education
A technique to help universities improve collaboration, reduce inefficiencies and build shared understanding across teams to support more effective working โ and a framework for successful implementation
A technique to help universities improve collaboration, reduce inefficiencies and build shared understanding across teams to support more effective working โ and a framework for successful implementation: https://ow.ly/lvFi50Yr9I8 #HigherEd #AcademicSky #EduSky
09.03.2026 14:30 โ
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Scottish jobs โpermacrisisโ transforming universities pre-review
Closure of low-enrolment courses, higher staff-student ratios and departmental mergers among measures being considered by institutions
Bobs โpermacrisisโ in Scottish higher education threatening to transform sector before results of funding review can be published, @ucuscotland.bsky.social warns www.timeshighereducation.com/news/scottis... via @julietterowsell.bsky.social
09.03.2026 10:36 โ
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Do students need accommodations for their accommodations?
Students with disabilities need accommodations so they can focus on learning. But when accessing those accommodations requires skills they donโt have, is the system really working?
Students with disabilities need accommodations so they can focus on learning. But when accessing those accommodations requires skills they donโt have, is the system really working? https://ow.ly/vzus50Yr9yX #HigherEd #AcademicSky #EduSky @arizonastateuni.bsky.social
09.03.2026 11:30 โ
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The Trump administrationโs proposals to eviscerate the NIH and NSF have been overturned in Congress after a year of legal wrangling. As funding continues only to dribble out of politicised agencies, few believe that US science is out of the woods yet, writes Patrick Jack
https://ow.ly/c25s50Yqbrp
09.03.2026 08:15 โ
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Opinion: Experiences in Hungary, the US and the Netherlands make threats like autocratic legalism and oligarchic capture feel existential, says Ferenc Laczรณ #academicfreedom #AcademicSky
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/three-brushes-populist-power-tell-me-no-one-academia-safe
09.03.2026 07:55 โ
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A jobs โpermacrisisโ in Scottish higher education is threatening to transform the sector before the results of a funding review can be published, unions have warned. Juliette Rowsell reports #EduSky #HigherEd
https://ow.ly/kJjH50Yq7K3
09.03.2026 07:45 โ
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Shorter UK graduate visa โdampens international student interestโ: Reduction in work rights may be contributing to reduced international demand for UK study
https://ow.ly/wgr750Yq5zq
09.03.2026 05:25 โ
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Elected representatives would occupy at least one-third of the seats on Victorian universitiesโ governing councils under new proposals from a coalition of staff, students and civil bodies
https://ow.ly/bsk750Yq4cO
08.03.2026 20:05 โ
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Strong universities can help contribute to Haitiโs development as it grapples with violence and instability, say members of new oversight body. Helen Packer reports #EduSky #HigherEd
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/haiti-looks-restore-universities-amid-instability
08.03.2026 08:10 โ
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Only four in 10 UK PhD graduates remain in academia just over a year after completing their degrees with many more heading overseas for research jobs than in previous years, a major national poll suggests. @jgro-the.bsky.social reports #AcademicSky #PhDs
https://ow.ly/30OW50Yq7AH
07.03.2026 08:05 โ
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What happens when we stop stacking activities and start designing experiences? Here are three ways to make experiential learning more intuitive and impactful: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/flow-not-activities-makes-experiential-learning-stick #HigherEd #AcademicSky #EduSky
06.03.2026 19:35 โ
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The arrival fallacy can eat into scholarsโ sense of achievement, reducing milestones to prerequisites for the next step. Rachel Hagan shares ways to redefine success and acknowledge even quiet wins: https://ow.ly/fSnK50YoJ5Y #AcademicChatter #ECRchat #Academia
06.03.2026 17:35 โ
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Academic freedom is under threat not only from direct political pressure but from subtler forces that discourage researchers from pursuing risky and creative ideas, the president of the European Research Council has warned #AcademicSky
https://ow.ly/JM5J50Yq7ao
06.03.2026 13:31 โ
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Two-thirds of UK public โthink student debt burden is unfairโ
New pollingย finds voters would like to see government prioritise reducing interest rates for graduates over other reforms
A majority of the British public think it is unfair that graduates are charged interest rates on their loans, according to new polling
#EduSky #highered
06.03.2026 12:52 โ
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I was glad to provide some insight for this article about the struggles authors sometimes face with scholarly publishing (which are so often structural and not due to the intentional negligence of individual editors)
05.03.2026 20:13 โ
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"Higher education has a choice. We can continue to treat technology as a series of technical problems to be solved in a vacuum, or we can recognise that place and the solidarity found within it still matter. Knowledge is not a cloud-based commodity. It is a grounded, political and collective act."
06.03.2026 07:52 โ
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News Talks podcast: Will FP10 aid global research collaboration?
As proposals for theย futureย Horizon Europe are scrutinised by the European Parliament, we discuss likely changes to the seven-year funding programme and whether it canย support a coalition of like-mind...
In our latest podcast, @mirandaprynne.bsky.social and @pauljump.bsky.social discuss likely changes to the Horizon Europe funding programme and whether it can support a coalition of like-minded powers amid the current geopolitical upheaval
#AcademicSky #highered
06.03.2026 10:13 โ
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