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Two UK universities - Greenwich and Kent - merge to form what they're calling a 'superuniversity' euronews.com/my-europe/2026/…
Generous American government support for its universities is drawing to a close. This Atlantic piece gives perspective theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv… – at Nyim, Magyarország
‘I don’t know why I need to go to college’: Ford CEO says his Gen Z son worked as a mechanic and wondered if the four-year degree was still worth it. A provocative discussion point. | Fortune share.google/DCvlVY7CJxRFBQN… – at Pákozd, Magyarország
Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and University of Toronto's Munk School negotiate arrangements so international students can continue studies munkschool.utoronto.ca/munk-… – at Bestwood Village, England
Tremendous unflinching keynote from Dame Carol Black covering how Britain's complex and welfare system is "broken but rescuable". Participants from 20 countries sharing experiences and solutions-focused insights.
We've just heard from Dame Carol Black @DameCarolBlack, who said rising economic inactivity is "terribly worrying". Highlighting how 300k people move from being in work to out of work each year in the UK due to poor health, she calls for more early intervention #healthandsafety
We're co-hosting a fascinating two-day technical seminar on supporting health and activity for a longer working life. How do we prevent work-related ill health and support people back into fulfilling work over longer working lives? Vital for our societies and economies.
We're at the Royal College of Physicians @RCPhysicians today for a summit, held with the International Social Security Association @ISSACOMM, exploring how to keep people healthy and in work. We've brought together experts in related areas for the two-day event #healthandsafety
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We're at the Royal College of Physicians @RCPhysicians today for a summit, held with the International Social Security Association @ISSACOMM, exploring how to keep people healthy and in work. We've brought together experts in related areas for the two-day event #healthandsafety
As many as 1,000 foreign students at or recent graduates of US colleges have been detained and had visas visas revoked. Deeply disturbing for #TNE
bbc.com/news/articles/c20xq5… – at Bestwood Village, England
Astonishing. Trump administration threatens Harvard with foreign student ban
bbc.com/news/articles/c1egdy… – at Bestwood Village, England
Thai arrest warrant issued for US academic under ban on insulting royalty
bbc.com/news/articles/cqx48e…
Best #AprilFoolsJoke I've noticed today. Did you see it @EvanHD and @BBCPM? ukdefencejournal.org.uk/brit…
BBC News - Cardiff University confirms plans to cut 400 jobs and axe courses - BBC News
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0k5… – at Nottingham, England
Postdoc publications ‘more important for career than PhD success’. Interesting piece by @jgro_the timeshighereducation.com/new… via @timeshighered
Law graduate couldn't get a barrister or a barista job - BBC News #UKgraduateemploymentprospects
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx27…
US universities urge international students to return to campus ASAP ahead of the Presidential inauguration in January edition.cnn.com/2024/12/26/u…
AI-powered Unbound Academy to provide personalized academic instruction via artificial intelligence for two hours daily to students in grades 4-8. Human "guides" give social-emotional support. Progress, peril or bits of both? perplexity.ai/page/arizona-s…
University of Hull, UK , to close chemistry department
bbc.com/news/articles/c14l3e… – at Nottingham, England
One thing that strikes me about this captivating image depicting accurately how a photon might look if you could see it is how alike it is to an eye. "New theory reveals the shape of a single photon" birmingham.ac.uk/news/2024/n… – at Nottingham, England
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UK's productivity growth slowdown is largely result of a slowdown in innovation (more precisely, a slowdown in total factor productivity growth). Counterintuitively, it's the most tech & digital intensive industries where the slowdown has been greatest ...
productivity.ac.uk/research/…
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Clustering is a phenomenon in markets (think of shoe shops). Now we have clustering in HE - with the same provision in the same road or even in the same building.
A blog post looking at some examples:
moremeansbetter.wordpress.co…
