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The Guardian view on universities: arts cuts are the tip of an iceberg | Editorial

The Guardian - Higher Education

Ministers are ultimately responsible for weakening the arts and humanities. They are taking the country backwards The announcement that the University of East Anglia is to cut 31 arts and humanities posts – out of a total of 36 academic job cuts – has rightly prompted anger as well as dismay.

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Cardiff Metropolitan University becomes first UK higher education institution to pledge no investments in border violence

HEPI

Today, Cardiff Metropolitan University made a landmark announcement in support of migrants’ rights by approving a policy to never invest in companies complicit in violence against people migrating and seeking sanctuary. But the campaign also builds upon the leadership that UK universities have already been showing throughout the past decade.

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Higher ed policies drive layoffs and cuts in the UK, Australia and Canada

The PIE News

Such a projection is particularly pertinent after a report this year found that 80% of higher education providers could fall into deficit if there is a gradual or sudden drop in international students. Australia’s changing policy environment is causing the largest volume of prospective students to reconsider their study abroad plans, with 8.9%

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Landscapes of learning for unknown futures: presenter responses to audience questions

SRHE

by Brett Bligh, Sue Beckingham, Lesley Gourlay, and Julianne K Viola SRHE’s ‘Landscapes of Learning for Unknown Futures: prospects for space in higher education’ symposium series, delivered with Professor Sam Elkington and Dr Jill Dickinson, aims to foster continuous dialogue around learning spaces. What stories can be told of prior students?

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How do we make international recruitment more efficient?

The PIE News

Stanford University management academic, Professor Ramesh Johari , said in 2023 that “it’s very hard to think about a human business endeavour that has not been disrupted by the potential for transactions to take place online”.

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Incidents on AU campus prompt look into policy

Inside Higher Ed

Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights policy explicitly states that campus harassment “must include something beyond the mere expression of views, words, symbols or thoughts that some person finds offensive. A disturbing video of her being forcibly removed from the university-managed apartment spread on social media.

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Memo to Universities UK: don’t let this crisis go to waste

SRHE

First, take stock of the damage to the machinery of government, both in the Department for Education and the Office for Students. At the time of writing the new Universities Minister has yet to be named. As we survey the present carnage [2] in government, what are vice-chancellors to do?