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Science secretary Liz Kendall has called on UK universities and research funders to guarantee minimum paid levels of maternity leave for PhD students, reports @jgro-the.bsky.social #AcademicSky
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/guarantee-fair-maternity-leave-phd-students-funders-told

Cambridge University student scoops Dance Your PhD prize Cancer diagnostics researcher Dina Haddad mixed ballet and pole dancing for science-inspired pop video

A University of Cambridge chemistry student who enlisted lab colleagues to star in a pop video explaining her research on cancer diagnoses is among the winners of this year’s Dance Your PhD contest

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Academic appeal services ‘target students when most vulnerable’ Growing industry of companies offering students help in navigating misconduct proceedings operates in ‘regulatory and ethical grey zone’

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Universities in Bangladesh and Pakistan have been forced to close campuses and move teaching online as governments introduce emergency measures to conserve electricity and fuel amid an energy crisis linked to conflict in the Middle East. Tash Mosheim reports #EduSky
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Breakdown in relationship between universities and ministers has made planning for the future even more difficult, according to former Research England chair. Patrick Jack reports #AcademicSky #HigherEd
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UK ‘must not be complacent’ over Trump effect on student flows, reports Patrick Jack #EduSky
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‘Stackable’ courses planned across University of London Federation launches new online learning system to allow students to dip in and out of modules at their own pace

Learners are being given a chance to take “stackable” postgraduate modules from member institutions of the University of London as it prepares for the introduction of England’s new Lifelong Learning Entitlement, reports Tom Williams #EduSky #LLE
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Sheffield Hallam restricts TPS access to REF academics only Teaching staff at post-92 institution to be employed by subsidiary firm and lose right to access expensive pensions scheme

Teaching-only staff at Sheffield Hallam University are set to be moved into a subsidiary firm, leaving research-intensive scholars the only academics still being employed directly by the institution, reports Juliette Rowsell #AcademicSky #pensions
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Opinion: Canada’s overseas student collapse is forcing a reckoning over quality, says Boxi Yang #EduSky #HigherEd
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/canadas-overseas-student-collapse-forcing-reckoning-over-quality

Growing industry of companies offering students help in navigating academic misconduct proceedings operates in ‘regulatory and ethical grey zone’, research finds. Tash Mosheim reports
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Universities in Singapore and Malaysia lead a pilot THE ranking focused on South-east Asia, a rapidly advancing region in global higher education
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While soaring fees are blamed for turning Australians off university, programmes to forgive fees lure few graduates to the bush
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/student-debt-relief-scheme-lacks-evidence-effectiveness

Universities need “radical” reform if they are to make the most out of policy changes, including the Lifelong Learning Entitlement, the former Open University vice-chancellor has claimed. Juliette Rowsell reports #EduSky #HigherEd
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UK higher education unions demand almost 7 per cent pay rise Employers say claim would be ‘extremely challenging’ in time of financial hardship, as annual pay talks get under way

UK higher education unions demand almost 7 per cent pay rise as annual pay talks get under way; employers say the claim would be ‘extremely challenging’ in a time of financial hardship

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Teaching-only and temporary roles bear brunt of UK jobs cull Decline in fixed-term and zero hours contracts ‘not good news’ in sector shedding thousands of positions

Academics who lost their jobs at UK institutions last year were largely those in more precarious and teaching-focused roles www.timeshighereducation.com/news/teachin... via @patrickjack.bsky.social

Interdisciplinary Science Rankings survey 2027 now open Scholars’ views will be used alongside institutional and bibliometric data to create next edition of ranking

Academics: we're interested in your views on excellence in interdisciplinary research to help fuel the third edition of the @timeshighered.bsky.social Interdisciplinary Science Rankings www.timeshighereducation.com/world-univer... #THEUniRankings #THEISR

Universities must ‘mend, not build’ as lab budgets fall With supercomputing and other AI-related spending prioritised, Research England has told institutions to focus on maintaining existing facilities instead of building new ones

Universities have been told not use Research England infrastructure funding to build new laboratories as non-digital research capital budgets are set to fall by a quarter within two years

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Opinion: “I 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.”

The collapse in job prospects for Afghan academics has left many in limbo, says a scholar #highered https://ow.ly/Bmp650YraZw

France’s 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

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

Opinion: “What 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.”

The UK’s visa ban is another blow for Afghanistan’s despairing intellectuals, says scholar #highered
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Mark Carney’s effort to rebuild relations with India reflects how Canada’s international student strategy is being “recalibrated” to focus on more targeted recruitment, according to experts
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Restricting student loan access ‘will worsen existing inequality’ Birmingham vice-chancellor’s 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 “gatekeeping” HE at expense of “less advantaged students” www.timeshighereducation.com/news/restric... via @jgro-the.bsky.social

Shorten UK undergraduate degrees to just two years, says v-c Adopting a ‘two plus two’ system including longer integrated master’s would boost access, employment and the economy, argues Anthony Finkelstein

City St George's v-c @profserious.bsky.social says most UK undergraduate degrees should be shortened in switch to "2+2" integrated master's programmes www.timeshighereducation.com/news/shorten... via @julietterowsell.bsky.social

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. That’s why higher education needs to focus on what it can’t do

The future belongs to the extrapolators – those who can imagine, reflect and act with the compassion and ethics that machines lack, write Darkhan Bilyalov and Luis R. Rojas-Solórzano of Nazarbayev University: https://ow.ly/Hwpy50Yr9Vm #HigherEd #AcademicSky #EduSky #GenAI

Shorten UK undergraduate degrees to just two years, says v-c Adopting a ‘two plus two’ system including longer integrated master’s 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 UK’s current three-year bachelor’s model is “largely a historical artefact”

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Restricting student loan access ‘will worsen existing inequality’ Birmingham vice-chancellor’s call to review loan eligibility for students with no A levels criticised by own staff members

Birmingham vice-chancellor’s call to review loan eligibility for students with no A levels criticised by his own staff members

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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 – 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 – and a framework for successful implementation: https://ow.ly/lvFi50Yr9I8 #HigherEd #AcademicSky #EduSky

What established academics can learn from ECRs Professors can gain immediate, practical benefits if they listen to early career researchers, through inter-generational exchanges such as reverse mentoring. Here, Ian Williams offers five capabilities that ECRs can offer more seasoned scholars

Skills that senior scholars can learn from more junior colleagues: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/what-established-academics-can-learn-ecrs #AcademicChatter #ECRchat #Academia #HigherEd #AcademicSky