Hi All, Just to say that we are focusing all of our Centre for Higher Education Research and Evaluation (CHERE) social media activity on LinkedIn now. Please find, join, and interact with us there: www.linkedin.com/groups/18402...

Interested in studying a fully online, part-time PhD in higher education? I will be hosting an applicant webinar for our HEREE programme from 13.00-14.00 (UK time) on Thurs 30th October on Zoom. Register here: www.lancaster.ac.uk/social-scien...

'we are rapidly burning through our next generation of university teachers and researchers' Insightful review of Graeme Turner's book 'Broken: Universities, Politics and the Public Good' #HigherEd theconversation.com/australias-u...

Delighted this open access article with Laura Cordes Felby is now out.

Fascinating insights on connecting policy and research with @paulashwin.bsky.social and Charles Clarke as part of our @edreslancaster.bsky.social summer school. Researchers must be clear and concise, representing their bodies of knowledge, providing concrete steps that policy makers can take.

Hugely insightful walk behind the curtain of the review and journal editing process from @profjayneosgood.bsky.social as part of our @edreslancaster.bsky.social Summer School. Particularly taken with the explicit approach of a feminist ethic of care in writing reviews - no room for Reviewer 2!!!

If you're interested in doing a PhD in Higher Education, you can find out more about our structured, online, part-time programme in this webinar. Details below.

@brettbligh.bsky.social, the Programme Director, will be hosting a webinar re our mainly online, part-time PhD in TEL between 9am-10am on 23/6 via Zoom. If you'd like to take this opportunity to find out more about our programme, please register to join, the link is below.

It always amazes me that a pay cut for senior managers would 'make no difference', whereas redundancies, department and course closures are necessary to 'secure the future of the university', give students the 'best experience' and 'serve our communities'. #HigherEd

This will be hugely insightful and interesting, as well as no doubt troubling and uplifting. #academicfreedom #academicsky #highered

Was pleased to be part of (and learned a huge amount from!) the working group that informed this excellent British Academy report on UK skills policy www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/publications...

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-...

Delighted that this Open Access article, with Ashish Agrawal, Mags Blackie, @janmcarthur.bsky.social, Nicole Pitterson and Renee Smit, on students' accounts of chemical engineering is now out. It's from our @cghe.bsky.social project. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Our new book can now be ordered in hardback. Colleagues based in universities please request it via your institutional libraries if you’re interested. Hopefully the volume will be available in paperback version very soon. Check out contents and a preview in the first comment, below!

I'm helping organize this conference. What would you like to see at this conference? www.decolonialconference.org

The picture for gender equality in the UK music industry is GRIM. If you look at the pipeline of gender equality in music higher education, we are moving away from gender equality rather than closer to it. I've written about this in a new academic article.

For those unable to make it, this session is being recorded and will be available to our PGRs. 😀

This looks amazing!!! 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇 #internationalisation #academicsky #highereducation

Looking forward to hosting @kayguccione.bsky.social and @jonrainford.bsky.social for their (online and publicly accessible) workshop on the 27th of May. Details/registration here: www.lancaster.ac.uk/educational-...

Delving into the class, ethnicity & gender higher education participation rates summarised in thread Gender gaps exist for all ethnic groups. Whether White British, Pakistani or Black African, girls are more likely to attend higher education than boys The class gap is striking, not just by gender

Great seminar by @iancushing.bsky.social at @education.ox.ac.uk this evening - on linguistic injustice Lovely to meet last year’s @bjse.bsky.social ECR prize winner in person!

Fantastic roundtable discussion on Why UK HE is in crisis and how/if we can 'fix' it - this thread provides a snapshot of the discussions. For those that missed - or enjoyed and wish to relive - it, the recording will be available on the @edreslancaster.bsky.social website soon.

Today! Really looking forward to this @centreforhere.bsky.social event at @edreslancaster.bsky.social still time to register if you want to come. Guaranteed to be interesting!

NEW on Wonkhe: The headlines are well known, but the full HESA release adds a lot of detail to a generally bleak picture. David Kernohan has the charts buff.ly/x3m7xS5

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The UK govt is about to do two things which will likely make the university crisis much worse, markedly tightening the tailspin. One: cut international student numbers further. Two: link fees to inflation. (1/3)

Could you mentor a neurodivergent, early career humanities academic? I did this last time: it's not a big time commitment and is massively rewarding. You don't necessarily have to be neurodivergent/in humanities yourself. @ndhumanities.bsky.social

Really good thread - and links - to special issue blog pieces on the challenges and potential solutions related to a combined approach to tertiary education in England. Contributions from policy makers and academics, so covers really important practical, social justice, and conceptual angles.

A timely reminder of our @centreforhere.bsky.social public online roundtable on Monday next week: Why is UK HE in crisis, and (how) can we fix it? Discussants are @gunjans.bsky.social , @ronaldhartz.bsky.social, Kalpana Shankar, and Susan Robertson. www.lancaster.ac.uk/educational-...

In the run-up to the Uk-EU summit on 19 May, @johannawaters.bsky.social has written a great piece about the value of even a time-limited youth mobility scheme. There’s also brief mention of our forthcoming book! #ISM #Turing #HE #Europe theconversation.com/even-a-cappe...

Trump’s 100-Day War on Higher Ed In his first few months in office, the president attacked higher education with dizzying frequency, confronting colleges and unraveling decades of federal policy. We look at 10 ways the administration has upended... #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/42yQ47c

...now it's just 2 weeks to go! Join us in December in Nottingham for the SRHE conference. Our network on Student Access and Experience looks forward to your submissions too! @ddubdrahcir.bsky.social @soniailie.bsky.social @mannymadriaga.bsky.social #SAEN

Thriving in doctoral studies: the Hidden Curriculum as a pathway to growth and resilience. Dr Jacqueline Harley gives us her take: drhiddencurriculum.wordpress.com/2025/05/01/t...

New piece for @wonkhe.bsky.social on ‘paradoxical parenting practices’ drawing on research with @juliacook.bsky.social & @drdanwoodman.bsky.social @education.ox.ac.uk #parenting #HE

Higher education, inequality & students as political actors Looking foward to speaking - with Agnes Van Zanten - at this @britsoci.bsky.social event on 16 June @education.ox.ac.uk organised by @paulinarodriguez.bsky.social Sign up below if you’d like to come along britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...

If you’re tired of complicit academic organizations/conferences and want to organize and fight alongside concrete struggles, check out the Decolonial Conference, which emerged from a People’s Assembly. www.decolonialconference.org

Highly recommended!!

The recent loss of another academic I respected has shaken me. This piece on Clare Callender, which exemplifies how we bump into others in academic communities and how this sits with us, is so worth reading and reflecting on.

@brettbligh.bsky.social, the Programme Director, will be hosting a webinar re our mainly online, part-time PhD in TEL between 5pm-6pm on 27/5 via Zoom. If you'd like to take this opportunity to find out more about our programme, please register to join, the link is below.

History's warning on why, in times like these, universities must stand together – everywhere. When #universities, out of fear, choose to yield to political demands, "they are no longer just reacting to political threats, they are internalizing them." @isilova.bsky.social

Hugely privileged to give oral evidence at House of Lords Committee of #Autism Act and next Strategy. With @suereviews.bsky.social and Prof Karen Guldberg @unibirmingham.bsky.social we shared evidence on how to improve education and transitions to adulthood for #ActuallyAutistic ppl in England.

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-...

If you're a funder (including a learned society) keen to enhance the equity of your organisation's awarding process, this blog from @britishacademy.bsky.social 's Ken Emond is a good starting point:

Just as I lurch into two weeks off (🇯🇵🌸 here I come😊), quick reminder of the @srhe.bsky.social event we're hosting as soon as I get back on the 29th of April: Campus Geographies of the Student Experience. Available in person or hybrid, details/registration available here: srhe.ac.uk/civicrm/?civ...

A month until our fantastic @centreforhere.bsky.social discussion @edreslancaster.bsky.social Why is UK HE in crisis, and (how) can we fix it? 12th of May, 12:30 online Speakers: @gunjans.bsky.social, @ronaldhartz.bsky.social, Kalpana SHankar, Susan Robertson www.lancaster.ac.uk/educational-...

Many congratulations to Thomas Kral who successfully defended his thesis on 25/3. He completed a #PhDinESJ and was supervised by @ddubdrahcir.bsky.social. Many thanks to the Examiners Melis Cin and @katyhighet.bsky.social. www.lancaster.ac.uk/educational-...

Very many congratulations to Sheelagh Semper who successfully defended her thesis on 28/3. She completed a #PhDinTEL and was supervised by @janmcarthur.bsky.social. Many thanks to the Examiners Ann-Marie Houghton and @slewth.bsky.social. @ctellancaster.bsky.social www.lancaster.ac.uk/educational-...

Many congratulations to Angelique Grech who successfully defended her thesis on 25/3. She completed a #PhDinHEREE and was supervised by Paul Trowler. Many thanks to the Examiners Murray Saunders and Sonia Cardoso. @centreforhere.bsky.social www.lancaster.ac.uk/educational-...

Very many congratulations to Dr Matthew Schaefer who successfully defended his thesis on 27/3 and was awarded his PhD "Forthwith". He completed a #PhDinHEREE and was supervised by Natasa Lackovic. Many thanks to the Examiners Malcolm Tight and @jonathantummons.bsky.social. @centreforhere.bsky.social

Three entirely cost-free interventions that would save time and resources that HEIs currently can't afford: 1. Reinstate number controls 2. Cancel REF 3. Loosen visa restrictions Can't see the RG supporting 1 and 2 as core sources of their current dominance. And yes, we need a major rethink.