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📣 I am very excited about my new book "#University #Governance, #Management and the #Academic #Profession" is out! 🙌 Thank you so much to co-editors Prof. Monica Marquina and Prof. Glen Jones for great collaboration ! 📘 Check it out through Springer: 👉 link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

We're currently advertising for a 3+ year post-doc position @education.ox.ac.uk working on the ESRC-funded @studentspolitics.bsky.social project with @rilleraaper.bsky.social, Tom Fryer & me - to start ASAP Deadline: 9 June Please repost- thanks! my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

🎓We invite you to the guest talk of Prof. F. Dobbin, Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences @harvard.edu “Which Faculty Diversity Programs Work? Evidence from 600 U.S. Universities” 📅 Tuesday, May 20, 2025 🕒 2:15–3:30 p.m. (online) 📩 Register: hdhf.zhb.tu-dortmund.de/en/professor...

Full crowd at @standupforscience.bsky.social about halfway in

With university departmental closures are we seeing the emergence of geographical 'cold spots' for social science/humanities/arts (SHAPE) subjects? We've developed a new beta mapping tool using HESA data to enable you to explore the situation by subject www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/policy-and-r...

On 30 January, the European Higher Education Sector Observatory (EHESO) was officially launched. EUA has played an active role in this initiative through its participation in the policy advisory board, working groups. and ongoing feedback processes.

Second university cutting jobs today is the University of South Wales. In the medium term, the Welsh HE system is basically done with and gone unless there's a large-scale intervention. It's got no chance. www.walesonline.co.uk/news/educati...

Let's just say it gets bigger everyday... @standupforscifr.bsky.social We're doing this for the next generation of scientists. To uphold the integrity of science, protect its accessibility, and ensure its benefits serve all people. Join us. @standupforscience.bsky.social

University leaders should work to shield research and teaching communities from undue external pressure and interference. Read EUA's position paper on 'How universities can protect and promote academic freedom' at https://buff.ly/40KI1SJ #AcademicFreedom

🚨📰 Union members at Newcastle University have become the latest to vote in favour of strike action, seeing them join a growing wave of unions announcing industrial action across UK higher education @newcastleucu.bsky.social @timeshighered.bsky.social www.timeshighereducation.com/news/newcast...

Coventry University is in crisis: 👉 300 jobs at risk 👉 Severe cuts across faculties Yet the vice-chancellor: 👉 Received an £80,768 bonus on £300k+ salary 👉 Rewarded with position at the DBT Sign the petition, urge the govt to rescind his role 👇 bit.ly/4aL7iAN

I am happy that key insights from my talk at #NYU last October based on #Erasmus+ #InterHED project got featured on the #I-LAB SPS NYU website, highlighting actionable insights on transforming wellbeing through #intersectionality in #higher #education! 🙂 www.ilab.sps.nyu.edu/post/transfo...

Great @mol-etheridge.bsky.social paper on how academic mothers intentionally (often spontaneously) obfuscate their circumstances/caring responsibilities to remain or appear productive, masking their challenges and inadvertently helping the system to stay as it is. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

🚨 Reminder: The application deadline for two open positions @gesis.org department Computational Social Science is approaching quickly! 📅 Application deadline: January 20

For those in higher education research - EERA conference ECER deadline is end of January, check our also their support for ECRs!

Consider submitting an abstract to our 07 track of EU-SPRI 2025 conference in Dortmund on the Role of universities in shaping societal futures! We welcome researchers as well as higher education practitioners to share their research or experiences euspri2025.de/index.php/to... Deadline: January 31!

'Who pays for HE and how?' promises to be a big debate over the next few years. I'm honoured to be speaking on this at @hepi-news.bsky.social/CDBU's landmark symposium next week (16/1/25) at Birkbeck Uni. Attend in person or online: www.hepi.ac.uk/2024/12/18/c...

This is what will happen in the university sector: *Shared services *Mergers *Widespread redundancies *Big cuts to STEM and R&D *Big unis get even bigger *Squeezed cities, angry voters *Huge geographical cold spots www.politicshome.com/news/article...

Getting through the day and still having a smile on my face! How do students define success in the university learning environment? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Wat de @knaw-nl.bsky.social zegt - de bekostigingssystematiek van het hoger onderwijs maakt het voor individuele universiteiten aantrekkelijk om beslissingen te nemen die het onderwijs aanbod in Nederland grote schade toebrengen!

Why are UK universities in a (genuine) state of crisis? Market readjustment? Bad luck? Mismanagement? Brexit? Poor policy? Bureaucracy? Global forces? Wokery? I've tried to capture this in a nutshell. How did I do? #highered #students #crisis #universities ddubdrahcir.wordpress.com/2024/12/19/w...

In 2024, together with @emilianotrere.com, we published this book - Algorithms of Resistance (@mitpress.bsky.social) - the result of five years of fieldwork. We show that we can challenge platform power. Since it is gift time, this book is available in Open Access on the MIT press site. Enjoy!

The scale of redundancies in the UK HE seems to be unprecedented! A conscious policy push and a question of mismanagement? I find it really problematic that the managers are cutting academic staff who are at the core of the university - without them managers can pack their bags. 🤨

It was a very throught provoking talk and a great discussion! Thanks Janja @jkom.bsky.social for bringing the attention to the issue of assetization of teaching and learning content!

University of Oslo is hiring 2-4(!) Associate Professors in Political Science. The call is open to candidates from all subfields. Deadline is February 3rd. It comes with amazing colleagues, great work conditions, and lots of snow. Brown cheese, salmon, and cross-country skis can be supplementary.

Looking forward to my presentation on collective resistance in academia at the SRHE conference in Nottingham tomorrow!

GenAI in HE promises productivity, in our paper we look at the reinforcement of inequities in a prestige-driven HE economy, where prestige dictates hierarchy, agency, and sometimes exclusion. #GenAI #HigherEd link.springer.com/article/10.1...

What an absolute disgrace the Great University Debacle is. Imagine how much you, the taxpayer, shelled out on this. All wasted now. www.bbc.com/news/article...

🎓Check out the online talk at TU Dortmund Center for Higher Education (zhb), featuring dr. Janja Komljenovic @jkom.bsky.socialdr! The talk will focus on how monetizing academic content is #transforming #HigherEducation 📅11nd of December 🕓5 pm, registration hdhf.zhb.tu-dortmund.de/en/research/...

Potentially tougher times for US HE under Trump, particularly for (some) international students, with reduced research funding, more bureaucracy and higher costs, alongside more racist/anti-immigration rhetoric and activity. HT @drvickylewis.bsky.social www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto...

The ratio of core/base funding and third-party funding at German universities from 2013 to 2022. After a slight decline until 2020, the share of third-party funding in the overall funding of universities is increasing again, and significantly so. Source: @dfgpublic.bsky.social Förderatlas 2024

Interested in inequality research? Here is a starter pack containing research centers / institutes / organizations dedicated to the study of socioeconomic inequality. Time seemed ripe as, finally, organizations are moving to Bluesky. Let me know if others should be added. go.bsky.app/5daYr6v

Excited about the guest talk of Prof. Daniel Levy at our @TUDortmund #Higher #Education #Colloquium tomorrow, where he will reflect on the rise of private #HE in Germany! Check it out and register hdhf.zhb.tu-dortmund.de/en/research/...