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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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Why PeopleAdmin? Ann Robinson, Montana State University

PeopleAdmin

Ann Robinson, Human Resources Systems Administrator at Montana State University , manages the PeopleAdmin platform across four different MSU campuses: Montana State University, MSU Billings, MSU Northern, and Great Falls College. Why PeopleAdmin?

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

HEPI

According to this research, an estimated £327 million of university investment portfolios was invested in the arms, detention, surveillance, and other related industries involved in human rights abuses against migrants at borders in the UK and Europe.

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

The PIE News

The government is intent on attacking migrants and harming universities, but it is scandalous that university managers are willing to destroy the livelihoods of their staff based on mere projections of future international recruitment levels,” University and College Union general secretary Jo Grady told The PIE.

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

SRHE

However, I would caution against an assumption that because universities managed to stay operational while fully remote, it is something to pursue post-pandemic. Brett’s work prioritises Activity Theory conceptions of human practice, and interventionist methodologies.

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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

A disturbing video of her being forcibly removed from the university-managed apartment spread on social media. Wheeler had earlier been suspended from the campus after being accused of assaulting another student and later cleared of the allegation during a student conduct hearing.

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