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
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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
The arrival fallacy can eat into scholars’ 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
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
Practical steps can support racial-minority students, call out bias and make campuses safer at a time when racism in Australian universities is more real than ever, writes Aaron Teo: https://ow.ly/6StO50Yowul #HigherEd #AcademicSky #EduSky
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
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)
"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."
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
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Senior figures from the European higher education sector have warned that the European Commission’s push for competitiveness risks overlooking the broader social mission of universities, as debate intensifies over the next Horizon Europe framework #EduSky #HigherEd
https://ow.ly/BHJ650Yq2qz
The government should not resort to wholesale debt forgiveness to soothe escalating concerns about student loans in England, according to Antipodean experts who conceded that the approach had paid political dividends Down Under #studentloans #EduSky
https://ow.ly/Xug350Ypxks
Opinion: If we treat AI as a purely rational evolution of human intelligence, we risk repeating colonial erasure on a digital scale, says Agnieszka Piotrowska #AI #AcademicSky #EduSky
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/post-colonial-africa-ethical-neutrality-ai-pure-fantasy
Calls for UK government to loosen restrictions on international students in wake of shock defeat to Greens in by-election may go unheard without leadership change, say experts #highered #EduSky
https://ow.ly/YbnP50YpyvS
Persistent inequities in uptake of science, engineering, technology and mathematics begin before college. Drawing on evidence from K-12 talent development programmes, Keisha Simmons offers practical guidance to strengthen the #STEM pipeline: https://ow.ly/gNie50YowGM #HigherEd #EduSky #EDI
An appendix to a damning exposé of racism at Australian universities, suggesting it overestimates the incidence of campus racism at least twofold, has been removed from public view on the orders of the Australian Human Rights Commission #EduSky
https://ow.ly/n5HL50Ypz45
The government should not resort to wholesale debt forgiveness to soothe escalating concerns about student loans in England, according to Antipodean experts who conceded that the approach had paid political dividends Down Under #studentloans #EduSky
https://ow.ly/Xug350Ypxks
An influential government advisory body’s review into the effectiveness of the UK’s immigration system in attracting top talent is under way
Alongside other institutional initiatives, targeted programmes co-created by Black heritage students can improve academic outcomes and the overall student experience, says Faylisha Scott: https://ow.ly/mZmM50YowCW #EDI #DEI #HigherEd #AcademicSky #EduSky
Reform UK promises to put Welsh universities on 'sustainable financial footing' and to introduce statutory tort for free speech breaches in Senedd manifesto www.timeshighereducation.com/news/reform-... via @helenpacker.bsky.social
Reform UK has pledged to put Welsh universities on a “sustainable financial footing” and achieve parity with English funding levels if victorious in the upcoming Senedd election, reports Helen Packer #EduSky #HigherEd
https://ow.ly/gkyo50YpF0x
By listening to #researchers, staying flexible, embracing criticism and collaborating widely, those developing an institutional #publishing ecosystem can reflect the values of the communities they serve: https://ow.ly/pViR50YowAo #AcademicChatter #ECRchat #Academia
How to address gender disparity in #STEM, when so many disciplines are overwhelmingly male-dominated? Here’s how to work towards equality: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/boosting-gender-diversity-maledominated-stem-disciplines #HigherEd #AcademicSky #EduSky
Long read: Complaints from authors abound about interminable delays, long silences, unfair rejections and shoddy copy-editing. But are publishing standards really slipping? And, if so, where does the blame lie? Matthew Reisz reports #AcademicSky #publishing
https://ow.ly/C4YN50Ypeqq
UK-based professor who expected flying visit to teach on MBA course trapped in Dubai after flights grounded due to missiles
https://ow.ly/zmfq50Ypbzm
An increase in the number of German university graduates at risk of poverty is more a reflection of a stalling economy that is affecting workers at all levels rather than a sign that degrees are losing their value, economists say #EduSky
https://ow.ly/2bQt50Yp6CT
The number of unconditional offers handed out in the UK have shot up by more than a fifth as more universities turn to admissions guarantees to reach recruitment and widening participation goals
https://ow.ly/tgkl50Ypamh
What Zohran Mamdani can teach us about changing the publishing system
✍️ Mayank Chugh
https://ow.ly/EjvU50Ypf3T
A review of HE funding is required because England’s current system “is just not working” for students, universities or taxpayers, a leading Russell Group vice-chancellor has said
#EduSky #highered
Women lead almost three in 10 of world’s best universities – Times Higher Education data reveal #highered #THEunirankings https://ow.ly/F8hU50Yoslo
Campaign groups have accused the government of cruelty following its decision to stop issuing study visas to people coming from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan in an attempt to reduce asylum claims, reports Helen Packer #visas
https://ow.ly/bRRi50Yp4kN
