#ukunis — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #ukunis, aggregated by home.social.
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UK Universities Funding Crisis Cardiff University's vice-chancellor: "At this stage we are not talking about compulsory redundancies...But given how quickly things are changing in the sector around us...of course, I can't rule it out." #UKUnis #AcademicSky #HigherEd
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“The question is not necessarily whether to have REF or not but what are the objectives for the UK’s research system and what levers does the government and its funders have to meet those objectives.” #AcademicSky #UKUnis #HigherEd
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Problems with the proposed REF replacement 🔹️ The rich get richer 🔹️ Admin burden shifts to other parts of the system 🔹️ Arts and humanities lose out #UKUnis #AcademicSky #HigherEd
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UK University Funding Crisis “The University of Cumbria has begun a consultation with staff over potential redundancies.” #AcademicSky #HigherEd #UKUnis #EduSky
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Feeds should be working properly again now thanks to @redsolver.dev #MetaSci #PhilSci #CogPsyc #DevPsyc #SocialPsyc #Psychology #UKUnis #AcademicSky #PhDSky
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Feeds should be working properly again now thanks to @redsolver.dev #MetaSci #PhilSci #CogPsyc #DevPsyc #SocialPsyc #Psychology #UKUnis #AcademicSky #PhDSky
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Feeds should be working properly again now thanks to @redsolver.dev #MetaSci #PhilSci #CogPsyc #DevPsyc #SocialPsyc #Psychology #UKUnis #AcademicSky #PhDSky
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Black UK Academics Feel Excluded in the Workplace "The greatest challenges that black early career academics faced were found to be unconscious bias in the workplace, a lack of community for people similar to them, and a lack of clarity around progression and opportunity." #UKUnis blackinstem
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Scrap the REF "With pressures on both university and government finances, we can no longer afford an evaluation exercise which costs half a billion and fails to deliver clear benefits." #UKUnis #AcademicSky #HigherEd
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If this works, and SkyFeed keeps playing up, I might try to transfer all my feeds over there too if people are happy with that. #MetaSci #PhilSci #Psychology #CogSci #DevPsyc #SocialPsyc #PhDSky #UKUnis
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If this works, and SkyFeed keeps playing up, I might try to transfer all my feeds over there too if people are happy with that. #MetaSci #PhilSci #Psychology #CogSci #DevPsyc #SocialPsyc #PhDSky #UKUnis
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If this works, and SkyFeed keeps playing up, I might try to transfer all my feeds over there too if people are happy with that. #MetaSci #PhilSci #Psychology #CogSci #DevPsyc #SocialPsyc #PhDSky #UKUnis
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UK University Funding Crisis 245 employees 'at risk' of redundancy at the University of Staffordshire #UKUnis #HigherEd #AcademicSky
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76 redundancies on the cards at the University of Sunderland #UKUnis #HigherEd #AcademicSky
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QMU Wage Deduction Tribunal "UCU members have long called on the union to test the legality of wage deductions in court. The case, being led by the co-chair of the UCU Queen Mary branch, Zara Dinnen, is thought to be the first such challenge in the UK." #UKUnis #HigherEd #AcademicSky
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UK University Wage Theft Tribunal "The claims both involve deductions of 50+ days of wages, over £10,000 pounds, from UCU members who withdrew a few hours of work during a lawful national dispute over pay, inequality and working conditions in universities." #UKUnis #EduSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky
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UK universities will attempt to detect dark matter by measuring how subatomic particles interact with the world’s largest tank of liquid xenon deep underground. ⚛️ 🧪 #UKUnis @kcl.ac.uk
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“Students are treated like consumers, and the universities have benefited massively from that, so they can’t really complain when students act like consumers and don’t accept these kinds of changes to their contracts which diminish quality and limit the scope of their learning” #AcademicSky #UKUnis
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"Closing a chemistry department is like demolishing the middle house in a terrace, as the ripple effects will extend to other STEM departments and in turn undermine the UK’s long-term scientific ambitions." #ChemSky #UKUnis #AcademicSky ⚗️ 🧪
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Push for Preprints "Scientists supported by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) grants should be required to release their research as a preprint rather than receiving additional money to publish it open access, according to a report." #AcWri #AcademicSky #MetaSci #UKUnis
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The Australian government's cap on international students may help boost numbers in the UK following the UK government's ban on international students bringing family members with them. #UKUnis #EduSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky www.timeshighereducation.com/news/more-35...
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“[Over 400] students at Goldsmiths, University of London, are preparing to take legal action against the institution in response to widespread staff redundancies and module cancellations that they argue breach their contracts as students.” #UKUnis #EduSky #AcademicSky
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UK Universities Funding Crisis Of the 66 institutions known to be making redundancies or taking cost-cutting measures, 43 gave their vice chancellor a pay rise last year. #UKUnis #HigherEd #EduSky #AcademicSky
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"The headline is that the FEC [full economic cost] recovery rate for educating UK students has hit its lowest point since...records began, with UK universities recovering only 90.1 per cent of the costs in 2022-23, representing a £1.7bn deficit." #UKUnis #HigherEd #AcademicSky
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The top 10 UK universities relying on international course fees. Relevant given there's a 15% decline in international student visa applications this year. #HighEd #UKUnis #AcademicSky inews.co.uk/news/educati...
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The top 10 UK universities relying on international course fees. Relevant given there's a 15% decline in international student visa applications this year. #HighEd #UKUnis #AcademicSky inews.co.uk/news/educati...
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The top 10 UK universities relying on international course fees. Relevant given there's a 15% decline in international student visa applications this year. #HighEd #UKUnis #AcademicSky inews.co.uk/news/educati...
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The top 10 UK universities relying on international course fees. Relevant given there's a 15% decline in international student visa applications this year. #HighEd #UKUnis #AcademicSky inews.co.uk/news/educati...
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The top 10 UK universities relying on international course fees. Relevant given there's a 15% decline in international student visa applications this year. #HighEd #UKUnis #AcademicSky inews.co.uk/news/educati...
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The University of Hull confirms it may close its chemistry department "because student demand and numbers are so low that these courses are no longer financially or educationally sustainable." #AcademicSky #UKUnis #EduSky ChemSky 🧪
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"The Press Association reports nearly 3,900 vacancies at Russell Group universities, up from 2,000 last year." #UKUnis
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UK Universities Funding Crisis 'The total number of main applicant sponsored study visa applications submitted between January and July fell by 16 per cent between 2023 and 2024." #UKUnis #AcademicSky #HigherEd #EduSky
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The UK's Office for Students will hire consultants to "restructure failing universities" and "prevent 'disorderly' market exits"! #UKUnis #AcademicSky #EduSky #HigherEd
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Analysing the Great Resignation in UK Higher Ed New study of 167 academics who quit academia finds they often blame the declining quality of academic management by @rpwatermeyer.bsky.social @proftomcrick.bsky.social doi.org/10.1007/s107... #AcademicSky #UKUnis #EduSky #HigherEd Few quotes 🧵
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New UK government has no plans to raise university fees or give universities more money. #UKUnis #HigherEd #AcademicSky #EduSky
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Jacqui Smith has been appointed as the UK Department for Education’s new minister for skills, further and higher education. #UKUnis #AcademicSky #HigherEd #EduSky h/t @kesalisbury.bsky.social
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International students in UK postgraduate taught programmes fall by 55%. #UKUnis #AcademicSky #HigherEd #EduSky
UK universities face growing s...