Took a little break from Bluesky recently, but I'm back to share that our new journal has now published its first issue! Journal of Global Higher Education: journal.libraries.wm.edu/global_highe... Open for submissions in September!

And this, in a nutshell, is what @globalhigheredj.bsky.social is trying NOT to do.

We’re proud to introduce the editorial team of the Journal of Global Higher Education! Follow along, #MindsBehindTheMission ✨ 📖 Meet the team ➡️ Melissa Whatley (@melwhat.bsky.social) #MeetTheEditors #EditorialTeamSpotlight #JGHElaunch #GlobalHigherEd #NewJournalDrop #HigherEdMatters #NewWebsite

Boy would I like to have a word with whoever thought this branding was cute

Are you speaking at next weeks Internationalisation Practitioners in Higher Education Conference (online)? Please share this with your colleagues. Not speaking? Make sure to register to attend. All the details are here: internationalpedagogies.home.blog/conference-2... @selomer42.bsky.social

A delightful first to start the ENIS network conference in Iasi. More live music at academic events please!

Journalist request: If you are a prospective or current graduate student or postdoc impacted by visa uncertainty—in US, UK or elsewhere—I want to talk to you. RTs appreciated!

@ucu.org.uk this is a genuine question btw. Would love an answer

I think a really amazing feature from Outlook would be to hold your emails until your out of office expires. Bonus points if people could opt to send it immediately or put it into quarantine. Then we could all stop coming back from holiday to 300 emails.

This week: online @edreslancaster.bsky.social seminar on Wednesday (4th of June) at 12:30. M. Oluwatobiloba Odetoyinbo will be talking about academic motherhood and career trajectories in Nigeria. #academicsky #highered All are welcome. Details/registration at: www.lancaster.ac.uk/educational-...

Spotted in Sheffield today

No, I'm not intimidated to speak here, why do you ask?

I’m looking for interview participants for my dissertation research!🤓 I am conducting a research study on Asian migrants’ dating and marriage experiences and how these are influenced by US immigration policies. Please share the flyer with those whom you think might be interested!

Study abroad agents advised to steer students away from US 🖊️ Amber Wang via @uniworldnews.bsky.social

And because it's bad and wrong to treat people like threats just because they're foreign. We could lead with that occasionally.

yeah sorry I was going to write a book but there was just so much fascism

researchintlstudents.com/where-is-the... Latest from @jlmittelmeier.bsky.social

Great new post from Alex Baratta, Rui He, @hcockayne.bsky.social and Paul Smith - raises some vital critical points about a recent HEPI report www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/04/28/t...

Reminder: our unmissable online roundtable on the crisis in UK HE and how/whether it's fixable. We'll be hearing from @gunjans.bsky.social, @ronaldhartz.bsky.social, Kalpana Shankar, Susan Robertson, before opening up the discussion. #academicsky #highereducation www.lancaster.ac.uk/educational-...

Alongside the Leverhulme Trust, we invite postdoctoral – or equivalent – scholars in the humanities and social sciences to apply for the BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants. Application deadline is 4 June. Apply now: buff.ly/FM5QWoL

I have been saying this for years www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/my-f...

Very proud of @yingyang0216.bsky.social for finally getting this paper out!

Last call for submissions - Internationalisation Practitioners & Researchers in Higher Education 2025 Conference #intled #highered #internationalisation internationalpedagogies.home.blog/conference-2...

Linguists: Does anyone know someone who has worked on language ideology regarding Khoisan languages? Specifically, the way these "click languages" (and their speakers) have sometimes been cast as "ancient relics" of a common human evolutionary past?

Hello, Bluesky!! We are a collective of academics who are standing up for higher education. Join us: www.wearehighered.org

You can help by using @trusselluk.bsky.social’s handy tool to email your MP and asking them to call on the Work and Pensions Secretary to rethink the government’s cruel & irresponsible planned cuts to social security action.trussell.org.uk/disability-c...

for a student who used AI to write a paper #poem

We are recruiting for a Lecturer in Sociology with research expertise in personal life, relationships and everyday lives. Please help us share! 👇🏾

A pretty epic view this morning. Shame it's filled with rage at @teamlabouruk.bsky.social latest shameful cuts on disabled people and complete abandonment of the HE sector.

Sunny mental health coffee break

Academics travelling to the US need to be aware of this - if hotel costs count as illegal work, any paid for speaking invitations could put us at risk.

Here’s an effort - docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Scientists’ suit against top academic publishers lays bare deep frustration over unpaid peer review: www.statnews.com/2025/03/10/p... #PeerReview #AcademicWriting #ResearchPublishing #AcademicPublishing #AcademicSky #ScientificPublishing #ScientificResearch #Research

🎓Higher Education🎓 How to solve the universities’ financial crisis — Two policy proposals that would help out universities at no-cost to the Government 🖊️ Bulent Gokay & Farzana Shain ‣ @lseblogs.bsky.social

We started with a presentation from our organizers @jlmittelmeier.bsky.social and @selomer42.bsky.social, who outlined their choice in the conference's theme of 'Finding Purpose' and why a greater sense of purpose is needed for research with international students www.youtube.com/watch?v=cc44...

@dangeni.bsky.social shared her research at @risnetwork.bsky.social conference today, explaining what she found out about needs for staff training in working with international students.

@risnetwork.bsky.social at our 2nd Research with International Students Conference today with some wonderful presentations already

Sentences I never thought I'd say as a parent: I need to eat my tea before we finish making this pinata because I'm getting hangry.

CFP! New edited collection on a fascinating strategy for promoting both student learning & fostering our own pedagogical well-being: the use of awe. www.igi-global.com/publish/call...

#ECER2025 bursaries for #EmergingResearchers who have submitted to #ERC2025 & who are nationals of low GDP countries or residents of ECER's host country. Application 5 to 28 Feb. #Edu Sci https://eera-ecer.de/about-eera/promoting-emerging-researchers/ecer-conference-bursaries/

Do you work with international students in higher education in any capacity? Would you have 10 minutes to spare to tell @jlmittelmeier.bsky.social and I about any training (or lack) you received? Here's the link: www.qualtrics.manchester.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_... Please repost and share, thanks!

Our RIS Online Conference 2025 schedule is now LIVE! 🎉 researchintlstudents.com/schedule-at-... "Finding Purpose in Research with International Students" 10 -13 March 2025 Online via Zoom Free to attend, but registration is required: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

We are excited to join Bluesky! Follow along to hear about our new resources and upcoming events. We are a network of hundreds of scholars who take a critical lens towards higher education research related to international students, focusing on research *with* rather than about.

Looking to connect with other struggling scientists, researchers, and PhDs on Blueksy! Need more people to meme about academia with 😅 Please help me reach the people #AcademicSky #PhDSky🙏

New book series, UNIVERSITY REIMAGINED, edited by @sadiahabib.bsky.social and me, with thanks to @manchesterup.bsky.social, & esp. commissioning editor @lauramswift.bsky.social. BOOK PROPOSALS NOW WELCOME - please get in touch if you have an idea. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/series/unive...

I'm excited to announce I'm joining the University of Huddersfield as a Research Fellow on the Leverhulme Amplification Project (2025-30) led by Prof. Steve Waksman. We have *12* fully funded PhD scholarships available with the deadline approaching soon, please RT and send to your masters students!

Discover the Playful Drawings That Charles Darwin’s Children Left on His Manuscripts

#LoveLD - love the look of this week's important #LTHEchat: lthechat.com/2025/01/13/l... Weds. 8-9 in BlueSky

Researchers spend approximately 45% of their time on administrative activities related to #grants rather than actual #research. The current #competition in research #funding has significant drawbacks; evidence-based improvements of the funding system are required: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...