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Navigating chronic illness in academia: An early career perspective

HEPI

This blog is part of a series HEPI is running with the British Academy on the changing face of academia. . With administrative, teaching and research pressures mounting in academia generally, large proportions of academics report feeling overworked and emotionally drained. Career Progression. What Works and What Would Help.

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Germany reaches record high with 380k international students

The PIE News

Since 2010, Germany has experienced steady growth in the number of incoming international students. The rise in first-year international students is particularly significant, with nearly 114,700 beginning their studies in Germany in the 2022 academic year – another record for the country.

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Report Provides Frank Data on Black PhD Holders in STEM Fields

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

of people who earned these doctoral degrees from 2010–20 were Black Americans. Half of the top 20 bachelor’s degrees of Black STEM PhD recipients from 2010–20 were earned at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Also, graduates of such schools are not likely to receive offers for positions in academia. “If

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You’ll Never Walk Alone: The Power of Showing Up

ACRLog

The Year Was 2010 I have wanted to be a librarian since I was 21. The Academic Bubble Challenge Academia presents a unique paradox when it comes to community building. As an undergraduate at an R1, major public research university, I struggled to find a sense of belonging on campus.

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Core-Skills Based or Task-Focused Academic Librarianship?

ACRLog

Charlotte Higgins, Greek Myths: A New Retelling I read an interesting column in University Affairs that argues work in academia is often task-focused. I am reminded of the words of Kim Leeder, in her wonderful article from 2010, My Maverick Bar: A Search for Identity and the “Real Work” of Librarianship , wonders what exactly her job is.

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Doing the dirty work of academia? Ancillary staff in higher education

SRHE

Of particular interest to the research team were the potential injustices faced by this group, Underpinned by a theoretical framework drawing on Nancy Fraser’s (1997) and Kathleen Lynch’s ( 2010 ) multi-level theories of social justice, we explored the economic (distributive), cultural (recognitional), political (representational) and affective in/justices (..)

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Report: English Majors Employed at Comparable Rates, Educators Can Do More to Prepare Students for Careers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Among those ages 25–59 who are English majors, the median earnings of Black graduates in 2010–14 was $46,000 and the median for Latino grads in 2009-2013 was $48,000. It is also valuable to get input from people outside of academia, such as from career services centers, about employment trends, the report noted. “[The