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Watching the slow-motion suicide of UK universities evolve into its next phase: fast-motion suicide. also at https://t.co/FnUWCUsfn3
Why are so many UK VCs seemingly obsessed with spending £millions on giant vanity projects? Kingston currently has a VC that wants to have a giant new 'legacy' building. No wonder HE is in dire straits.😡
An argument actually made by one of our less intelligent hatchetwomen during the employment tribunals ... She was singularly unconvincing, but it was a shock to hear this Orwellian inversion voiced out loud in a court of law.
@HigherEd_UK The Cookie Cutter University which NOUS is imposing upon everyone simply cannot attract anyone. They're just making 17-year-olds pick their future on the basis of the prestige of a couple of centuries-old places, rather than the content of their studies & research.
@HigherEd_UK Though unclear what that Student Experience™ will be, as they've intimidated people out of talking with students about this and haven't properly consulted the students' union. Our students consistently celebrate the wide range of choices & come for the cool modules.
The English-speaking world is falling in rankings of life satisfaction (The Economist)
Is it really possible to get more conservatives in academia? I have some bad news: it is going to be difficult. lawliberty.org/diversifying-t…
1 in 5 working age adults are economically inactive. Why isn’t this being treated as a national emergency?
Debate Paper 44: Preparing for populism | HEPI hepi.ac.uk/reports/prepar…
American universities such as Duke and NYU have built deep partnerships with foreign government entities through satellite campuses in China. Entire campuses are constructed, and financial relationships exist with limited transparency. On the Chinese side, the incentives are straightforward. CCP officials are evaluated on economic spending and possibly their international ties. Attaching the name of a major American university and building a physical campus carries political value. For students, these campuses function as an expensive American-branded education for rich Chinese families whose children would not gain admission to more competitive Chinese universities. For universities, it is revenue extraction. If these institutions want to operate as global enterprises, the baseline should be clear: full financial transparency, enforceable protections for academic freedom and free expression, and a clear commitment to their teaching and research missions.
I voted against the increase in Higher Education fee limits today.
“Oh. You want to be an English major?!” “Yes.” “Great! Here’s some books to read.” “No.” 🙄
The cuts. They cuts are neverending. And they're cutting away what it means to be a university.
Universities urged not to ‘drag feet’ on engaging with populists Institutions must engage now or risk US-style crackdown on academic freedom and research, say @dianajbeech and Edward Venning in latest @HEPI_news paper researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-pol…
