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Building an Academic Space for Black Women Scholars

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Jacinta Saffold In a world where academia often overlooks the nuanced narratives of Black women, the Black Womens Studies Association (BWSA) is spearheading a movement that seeks to center the lived experiences of Black women across disciplines, identities, and generations. That commitment to community-building is central to their ethos.

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#ShoutOutForGerman – A case for language learning and German at British Universities

HEPI

Looking at the events unfolding in todays world, it would be a gross understatement to say that the European continent is facing a multitude of challenges. Launched as a nationwide alliance, the initiative fosters collaboration through events, forums, and partnerships.

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Italian unis set to strengthen TNE initiatives in India

The PIE News

The event provided a platform for interactions between Indian students and academic counterparts, with participants gaining insights into academic collaborations, courses, scholarships, admission procedures, and career prospects across fields such as science, arts, design, business, and fashion.

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Austrade awards students across India at SAEC 2024

The PIE News

Each team created a three-minute video pitch, evaluated by a panel of SAEC award sponsors, with the help of assigned mentors from Australian academia and business, who guided them with their video pitches. Runner-ups bagged scholarships and cash prizes.

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Celebrating our interconnectedness in the season of annual reviews

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In November I helped with two major outreach initiatives, a conference and a multi-day medical humanities event series, neither of which would have had any hope of success if they had fallen on the shoulders of one individual as opposed to a team. I cannot imagine my job without our Data and Digital Scholarship librarians.

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Have you seen these 10 Terrible Tenure Decision Making Patterns?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Narrow, self-serving yardsticks for assessing impact of scholarship, teaching, and service. If a faculty member is assigned more teaching and/or more service, and has less time available for scholarship, they should be evaluated accordingly. The criteria should be read aloud, prior to evaluating that dimension.

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Sunak U-turns on shuttering UK’s Confucius Institutes

The PIE News

We recognise concerns about overseas interference in our higher education sector, including through Confucius Institutes, and regularly assess the risks facing academia,” the spokesperson said. Meanwhile, some stakeholders are calling for the end to university-based Confucius Institutes.