US news | The Guardian<p>‘From all sides’: universities in red states face attacks from DC and at home <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/10/republican-states-universities-attacks-trump" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m</span><span class="invisible">ay/10/republican-states-universities-attacks-trump</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Trumpadministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trumpadministration</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Highereducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Highereducation</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/USuniversities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USuniversities</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Indiana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indiana</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Florida</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Georgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Georgia</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/USnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USnews</span></a></p>
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☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>What does the AFR say about University administration? <br> <br> “Are Australian university <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/bosses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bosses</span></a> worth the big bucks? Australian vice chancellors earn far more than their <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/peers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peers</span></a> in the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/NewZealand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewZealand</span></a>. Is this justifiable?”</p><p>“Australian <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/universities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>universities</span></a>, it seems to me, are subject to two different forces: <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/managerialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>managerialism</span></a> and a heightened <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/regulatory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regulatory</span></a> state. By having so much <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/RedTape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RedTape</span></a> attached to universities by <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a>, we end up needing a lot of processes and the VCs are there to make sure their universities are fulfilling all those sets of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/regulations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regulations</span></a>,” Forsyth says.</p><p>She agrees with Robinson that university governance is at the core of the explosion in executive salaries. Whereas Robinson points to a lack of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/experience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>experience</span></a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/expertise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>expertise</span></a> on university boards, Forsyth blames the loading of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/CorporateTypes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateTypes</span></a> on university <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/councils" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>councils</span></a> and in <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Chancellor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chancellor</span></a> positions, which she says fundamentally changes the focus from academia to money-making <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/enterprises" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enterprises</span></a>.</p><p>“I think this has enabled councils to leave the managers in charge and act in solidarity with them,” she says. “Councils are stacked with people who are going to be on the vice chancellor’s side from an ideological perspective.”<br>Forsyth, author of “A History of the Modern Australian University”, was made redundant last year from <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AustralianCatholicUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AustralianCatholicUniversity</span></a> after it shut down a raft of courses in the humanities, including <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ResearchInstitutes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ResearchInstitutes</span></a> in <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a>.</p><p>She notes that for decades, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ViceChancellors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ViceChancellors</span></a> have been whinging about the lack of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/GovernmentFunding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentFunding</span></a>, but achieved very little in return. At the same time, they have overseen mass <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/casualisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>casualisation</span></a> of staff – <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/HigherEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEducation</span></a> has the largest proportion of causal and contract staff of any sector in the economy – while ignoring widespread <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/WageTheft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WageTheft</span></a> – now estimated to be as high as $160 million affecting 100,000 employees in almost all universities”</p><p><<a href="https://archive.md/uJS5u" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.md/uJS5u</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>> / <<a href="https://www.afr.com/work-and-careers/education/are-australian-university-bosses-worth-the-big-bucks-20240122-p5ez5x" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">afr.com/work-and-careers/educa</span><span class="invisible">tion/are-australian-university-bosses-worth-the-big-bucks-20240122-p5ez5x</span></a>> (paywall)</p>
UK<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/uk/88257/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/uk/88257/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Global Edition <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/academic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academic</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/European" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>European</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/HigherEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEducation</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Leadership" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Leadership</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Transformative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transformative</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/University" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>University</span></a></p>
UK<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/uk/88084/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/uk/88084/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Global Edition <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/academic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academic</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/European" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>European</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/HigherEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEducation</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Leadership" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Leadership</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Transformative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transformative</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/University" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>University</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>Global Edition <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/996389/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/996389/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/academic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academic</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EDUCATION" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EDUCATION</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/HigherEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEducation</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/leadership" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>leadership</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/transformative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transformative</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/university" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>university</span></a></p>
ORCID Organization<p>Persistence pays off! The University of Reading's ORCID advocacy journey is a testament to effective strategies to increase ORCID adoption. Their persistent efforts have led to over 1,000 linked ORCID IDs. <br>👏👏👏👏</p><p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/ORCID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ORCID</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/HigherEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEducation</span></a></p><p><a href="https://ukorcidsupport.jisc.ac.uk/2025/04/uni-reading-adv-lessons/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ukorcidsupport.jisc.ac.uk/2025</span><span class="invisible">/04/uni-reading-adv-lessons/</span></a></p>
Albert Cardona<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://qoto.org/@bibliolater" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bibliolater</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.well.com/@ianb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ianb</span></a></span> </p><p>“It's not just that students aren't attempting to write their own work, what we're also starting to find is that students aren't even attempting to read the work."</p><p>There are students only interested in the credentials. Others care about learning. Looks like soon the two types will stop sharing educational paths. Their present entanglement serves the current university financing system via common fees. The disruption of this arrangement will reshape universities.</p><p><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/HigherEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEducation</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a></p>
Yana Suchikova<p>📢 My piece in The New Voice of Ukraine on the University Without Walls model.<br>Not a temporary fix — but a new paradigm.<br>Ukraine, under fire, is reimagining education for the 21st century.</p><p>📖 <a href="https://english.nv.ua/opinion/university-without-walls-ukraine-s-wartime-model-could-redefine-global-higher-education-50512414.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">english.nv.ua/opinion/universi</span><span class="invisible">ty-without-walls-ukraine-s-wartime-model-could-redefine-global-higher-education-50512414.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/UniversityWithoutWalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UniversityWithoutWalls</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/HigherEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEducation</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/AcademicResilience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicResilience</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/ScienceDuringWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceDuringWar</span></a></p>
UK<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/uk/87238/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/uk/87238/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Global Edition <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/academic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academic</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Britain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Britain</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/England" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>England</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GreatBritain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreatBritain</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/HigherEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEducation</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Leadership" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Leadership</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NorthernIreland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthernIreland</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scotland</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Transformative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transformative</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/University" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>University</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Wales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wales</span></a></p>
Dr Keith Wilson 💭<p><a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Trumpland" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trumpland</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23USFascism" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USFascism</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23HigherEducation" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HigherEducation</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Research" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Research</a><br><br>RE: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:codxbnqvzymrsh3n5yfbcfa6/post/3lopj2ckyzk25" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:codxbnqvzymrsh3n5yfbcfa6/post/3lopj2ckyzk25</a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>TalTech expected to contribute more to Estonia’s economic growth | News <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/994742/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/994742/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AppliedSciences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AppliedSciences</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Estonia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Estonia</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/HigherEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEducation</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Innovation</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ResearchAndDevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ResearchAndDevelopment</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TallinnUniversityOfTechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TallinnUniversityOfTechnology</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/taltech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taltech</span></a></p>
Dr Keith Wilson 💭<p>43% of registered <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23HigherEducation" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HigherEducation</a> institutions in England expected to be in deficit within 2 months despite job losses, course closures and sale of assets. <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23academia" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#academia</a> <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8dgdlrdnrgo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.bbc.com/news/article...</a><br><br><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8dgdlrdnrgo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Four in 10 universities face f...</a></p>
Dr Keith Wilson 💭<p>43% of registered <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HigherEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEducation</span></a> institutions in England are expected to be in deficit within 2 months despite job losses, course closures and selling off assets. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8dgdlrdnrgo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/c8dgdlrd</span><span class="invisible">nrgo</span></a></p>
Will Berard 🫳🎤🫶<p>Any minicab driver old enough to remember navigating with an A to Z can tell you how much automation erodes skills, but it took the faculty of Law at University College London to state the obvious to British higher education.</p><p>AI, Education and Assessment at UCL Laws.pdf<br><a href="https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10208136/1/AI,%20Education%20and%20Assessment%20at%20UCL%20Laws.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/</span><span class="invisible">10208136/1/AI,%20Education%20and%20Assessment%20at%20UCL%20Laws.pdf</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/tags/HigherEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEducation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/tags/LLMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LLMs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/tags/UCL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UCL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/tags/AcademicChatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicChatter</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/edutooters" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>edutooters</span></a></span></p>
Elen Le Foll 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 🇩🇪<p>Apparently, my "style of writing is chaleureux". I'll take that! That's a lovely e-mail about my work-in-progress textbook that's going straight to the "Heartwarmers" folder. 😊 <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/HigherEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEducation</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/teaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>teaching</span></a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>University of Exeter: Businesses want university researchers to plug AI skills gaps. “In a survey of 235 UK businesses, an average of 85% identified skills gaps as a major threat to their competitiveness, with skills shortages in artificial intelligence identified as among the most pressing challenges. Asked how they would tackle AI skills shortages, 44% of big businesses indicated they would […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/08/university-of-exeter-businesses-want-university-researchers-to-plug-ai-skills-gaps/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/08/university-of-exeter-businesses-want-university-researchers-to-plug-ai-skills-gaps/</a></p>
UK<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/uk/83922/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/uk/83922/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Global Edition <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/academic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academic</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/European" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>European</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EuropeanUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanUnion</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/HigherEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEducation</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Leadership" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Leadership</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Transformative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transformative</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/University" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>University</span></a></p>
Luke<p>My comms colleagues opened this account a long while ago but recently decided Bluesky is (for the moment) a better home (although actually they have reduced their social media activity in general as they have sensibly decided it wasn’t always the best way of communicating).</p><p>It would be nice to see them active over here, so if you are another academic account (personal or institutional) consider giving them a follow to make them remember the Fediverse exists:</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@universityofleeds" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>universityofleeds</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/university" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>university</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Universities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Universities</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/highereducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>highereducation</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/HigherEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEd</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“Soon this could be the case in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>schools</span></a> across the country. We’ve all heard stories of elite institutions cowering before President <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s assault on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HigherEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEducation</span></a>. Take it from someone who knows: It could get worse — far worse.</p><p>“Trump has been watching what’s transpired in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Florida</span></a>. The architect of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> policies has said that FL is 'leading the way' on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/university" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>university</span></a> overhauls.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanAutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanAutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AntiIntellectualism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiIntellectualism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CultureWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CultureWar</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GiftArticle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GiftArticle</span></a></p><p>What it’s like to be a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/faculty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>faculty</span></a> member in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Florida</span></a> & probably all <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/universities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>universities</span></a> soon. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Racists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Racists</span></a> try to entrap you into saying something that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DeSantis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeSantis</span></a> has deemed is grounds for dismissal, or make false claims.<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> is chilled to frozen.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanAutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanAutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AntiIntellectualism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiIntellectualism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HigherEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEducation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/college" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>college</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/school" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>school</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CultureWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CultureWar</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/opinion/trump-universities-woke.html?unlocked_article_code=1.FU8.Hs4h.0yHnjqz7bS2Z&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/05/07/opinion</span><span class="invisible">/trump-universities-woke.html?unlocked_article_code=1.FU8.Hs4h.0yHnjqz7bS2Z&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p</span></a></p>
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