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UCU steps back from immediate ballot for industrial action over pay, but strikes remain a possibility for the start of the next academic year www.timeshighereducation.com/news/ucu-dro... via @julietterowsell.bsky.social

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Latest Teaching Excellence Framework estimated to have cost the English HE sector more than £15 million, but most students are unaware of it www.timeshighereducation.com/news/tef-cos... via @patrickjack.bsky.social

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Breaking: outgoing Nottingham Trent vice-chancellor Edward Peck picked as next Office for Students chair www.timeshighereducation.com/news/notting...

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Members of @bcu-ucu.bsky.social threaten strike action after university told staff to leave if they do not agree with its transformation plan www.timeshighereducation.com/news/birming... via @julietterowsell.bsky.social

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Conversations over students using AI to cheat in exams are masking wider conversations about how to improve assessments, Phillip Dawson tells @qaa.ac.uk #QualityInsights conference www.timeshighereducation.com/news/ai-chea... via @julietterowsell.bsky.social

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Enjoyed working on this story over the past few weeks, which attempts to get to the bottom of the question: can setting up a branch campus in India actually help British universities shrink their financial deficits at home? @timeshighered.bsky.social www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/could-...

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Hong Kong universities asked to hand back a third of their reserves - around £400 million - back to the island's cash-strapped government www.timeshighereducation.com/news/hong-ko... via @helenpacker.bsky.social

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Cambridge seeks to bar pro-Palestine protests at Senate House and Old Schools for five years - court hearing tomorrow. “All-out attack on freedom of expression”, says @ucu.org.uk @pscupdates.bsky.social @libertyhq.bsky.social www.timeshighereducation.com/news/cambrid... via @patrickjack.bsky.social

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New UKRI chief ‘ticks right boxes’ for Labour’s research missions www.timeshighereducation.com/news/new-ukr...

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“Exams which are easy for someone to achieve a high grade in if they have good AI skills, but without engaging deeply with the course, should be immediately rewritten,” says @josh-freeman.bsky.social www.timeshighereducation.com/news/nine-10...

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Nine in 10 UK undergraduates now using generative AI in assessments, finds @hepi-news.bsky.social survey www.timeshighereducation.com/news/nine-10... via @julietterowsell.bsky.social

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University of Edinburgh to cut about £140 million from its budget, with jobs set to go following announcement branded “devastating” by unions www.timeshighereducation.com/news/devasta... via @julietterowsell.bsky.social

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Our response to reports that the government’s immigration white paper will propose tighter restrictions for international students 👇 Read more 👉 www.ucu.org.uk/article/1392...

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Dozens of higher education institutions have appealed to the English regulator for permission to publish their accounts late www.timeshighereducation.com/news/dozens-... via @patrickjack.bsky.social

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Nuclear fusion scientist Ian Chapman to be UKRI chief executive www.timeshighereducation.com/news/nuclear...

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400 jobs set to go at University of Sheffield, @sheffielducu.bsky.social warns - strike ballot now under way (and at @ducu.bsky.social too) www.timeshighereducation.com/news/union-f...

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Good. Pay in Universities is a disgrace, with a more than 30% loss in value of earnings over the last decade. But balloting over this when tens of thousands are at risk of redundancy from UK Universities would be the wrong move.

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📢 Live | Senators Question McMahon at Confirmation Hearing The Senate is holding a confirmation hearing for Trump’s pick to lead the Education Department. Follow #InsideHigherEd’s live coverage here. bit.ly/4hztjF9 #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky

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"So many branches are facing massive numbers of redundancies. For them, pay is less an issue than job security," says @dyfrigjones.bsky.social www.timeshighereducation.com/news/ucu-str...

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University and College Union’s plan to ballot for sector-wide strike over pay thrown in doubt as emergency meeting called www.timeshighereducation.com/news/ucu-str... via @julietterowsell.bsky.social

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The number of applications for study-related UK visas has increased for the first time in over a year www.timeshighereducation.com/news/first-i... via @patrickjack.bsky.social

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Gap in university entry rates between London’s poorest and richest pupils expected to continue to grow to “unprecedented levels”, warns London Higher www.timeshighereducation.com/news/london-... via @julietterowsell.bsky.social

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Opinion: Limiting industrial action to defensive branch battles on redundancy is not enough. We need to politically challenge the HE funding model in the UK: my piece for the @timeshighered.bsky.social www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/only...

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Lack of information and narrowing of subjects at A level means students potentially being “locked into” university options they are not happy with, says @josh-freeman.bsky.social in @hepi-news.bsky.social report www.timeshighereducation.com/news/poorly-... via @julietterowsell.bsky.social

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Universities in England and Wales have paid thousands of pounds in compensation to students after bungling sexual misconduct investigations, says @oiahe.bsky.social www.timeshighereducation.com/news/univers...

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University applicants up at main January deadline for first time in three years, but application rate among UK school-leavers continues to fall www.timeshighereducation.com/news/record-... via @patrickjack.bsky.social

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Brunel University staff are latest to vote for strike action over job cuts www.timeshighereducation.com/news/brunel-... via @julietterowsell.bsky.social

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University of Edinburgh warns it may need to close programmes or schools to fend off deficit - principal says "nothing is off the table" www.timeshighereducation.com/news/nothing...

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Refreshing honesty on the 'enshittification' of universities as they bend to government pressure. 'The "industrialisation" of higher ed is turning academics into drones', and university leaders mostly stand by and let it happen. @timeshighered.bsky.social www.timeshighereducation.com/news/autonom...

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Number of antisemitic incidents recorded in UK universities has dropped from last year’s record but remains at historically high levels, says @cstuk.bsky.social www.timeshighereducation.com/news/antisem... via @julietterowsell.bsky.social

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Hong Kong’s “incredibly well-funded” universities have been tipped to weather looming higher education spending cuts www.timeshighereducation.com/news/hong-ko...

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The number of UK academics on zero-hours contracts has risen, as experts warn the sector’s dire financial state means the “unjust” practice will continue www.timeshighereducation.com/news/thousan... via @patrickjack.bsky.social

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National observatory for research careers to track where the UK’s PhD graduates work could provide valuable insights into whether it still pays to get a doctorate www.timeshighereducation.com/news/where-d...

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“The net result of all this necrotising of vital tissue is straightforward enough. A mess…Government, universities, students, academics – you name it, they’re all pissed off, each in their different ways.” www.timeshighereducation.com/news/autonom... via @patrickjack.bsky.social

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Science minister Patrick Vallance has said he is more focused on ensuring the UK’s research budget is spent effectively than securing the biggest possible budget for his department www.timeshighereducation.com/news/dont-ju...

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UK universities make lowest number of unconditional offers for a decade, but they remain “one of the few recruitment levers still left to pull” for some less selective institutions www.timeshighereducation.com/news/uncondi... via @patrickjack.bsky.social

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Success rates for some UK research council grant schemes have fallen below 10%, leading to warnings universities must “stay realistic” about the likelihood of academics winning substantial external funding www.timeshighereducation.com/news/stay-re...

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Funding for the Institutes of Eminence scheme has been cut by 74%. Is India's plan to develop world-class universities dead? www.timeshighereducation.com/news/indian-...

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🚨📰 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...

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Growing wave of strike action over UK HE job cuts - @newcastleucu.bsky.social latest to announce successful ballot today www.timeshighereducation.com/news/newcast... via @julietterowsell.bsky.social

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"I would urge readers to try writing their next paper or report by hand. Take time over it. Appreciate the physical process. Reflect on how it enhances your creativity and helps you produce better work – perhaps even more enjoyably." @timeshighered.bsky.social bit.ly/4gF4PsJ

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"I found myself sobbing every time I came into the office. It felt unimaginable that an intellectual project into which so many people had invested so much of their lives would simply fade away." @timeshighered.bsky.social www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/uks-re...

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‘Normalise’ annual tuition fee rises in England, urges @universitiesuk.bsky.social ahead of spending review www.timeshighereducation.com/news/normali... via @twilliamsthe.bsky.social

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British academics specialising in American studies stripped of research funds after organisers of US Embassy-backed grant scheme, @officialbaas.bsky.social, refused to drop DEI policies www.timeshighereducation.com/news/uk-rese...

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Higher education news feeds are currently dominated by near-daily announcements of large job cuts across the UK. But what effect is all this having on the atmosphere within the departments affected – and, indeed, across the sector in general? Four scholars give their takes #AcademicSky

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Questions raised over future of Innovate UK after search for permanent leader entered second year www.timeshighereducation.com/news/wait-in...

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Prominent scientists quit Greece’s National Council for Research, Technology and Innovation (Esetek), citing frustrations with “fragmented” research system lacking “coordination and strategy” www.timeshighereducation.com/news/adviser...

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Thousands sign petition calling for Coventry University vice-chancellor to be removed from government position over handling of institution’s financial situation www.timeshighereducation.com/news/thousan... via @patrickjack.bsky.social

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Reposting with alt text and my own highlight. From a piece discussing a leaked memo in the Times Higher Education www.timeshighereducation.com/news/cardiff... As @jovanevery.bsky.social points out, they are explicit that they think a diverse cohort is detrimental to student experience.

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One of the most maddening things about this approach is that places like Cardiff have destroyed other institutions, and are now just walking away. Bangor closed its Chemistry Department in 2020, partly because our student intake was being gobbled up by the expansion at Cardiff and other places

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