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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. At a sector level the total number of new visa grants is still reasonably high.

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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.

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

SRHE

She had taken to telephoning individual vice-chancellors to question some aspect of university management or student behaviour, while enthusiastically pursuing the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill, which at the time of writing is at the committee stage in the House of Lords, procedurally close to its establishment in statute – perhaps.

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Higher Education in Crisis: A Rapidly Shifting Landscape

Insight Into Diversity

The Insight Report: March 12, 2025 Higher Education in Crisis: A Rapidly Shifting Landscape The higher education sector is facing unprecedented challenges, from financial instability and job cuts to political pressures and regulatory scrutiny. wsj.com+2thescottishsun.co.uk+2en.wikipedia.org+2

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WEEKEND READING: Matt Goodwin’s ‘Bad Education’ isn’t good scholarship, but does that matter?

HEPI

Steven Jones is Professor of Higher Education at the University of Manchester and his latest book is Universities Under Fire (2022). This review of Bad Education by Matt Goodwin has been written in a personal capacity. per cent of university events or speaker invitations were cancelled in 2021-22.