My letter to Minister Lawless about Research Ireland's decision to devolve the awarding of doctoral scholarships & postdoctoral fellowships to universities. A disastrous move. Please consider raising this issue in your own institutions and with elected representatives and the media.
"Beatings to continue until morale improves" etc.
Sussex University has overturned a £585,000 fine by England’s higher education watchdog after the high court rejected claims the university had breached free speech regulations involving its former professor Kathleen Stock
This is such incredible bullshit. I am alive, thriving, and writing books on health policy/politics thanks to antidepressants.
Antidepressants aren't for everyone, but they can be literal lifesavers. Attacking their prescribing & use is stigmatizing and dangerous.
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Family of #Belfast stabbing victim:
"We want to make it absolutely clear that overnight unrest is not welcome...
"We have many migrants who make a deeply valuable contribution to our country, including in our healthcare system and hospitality sector and we depend on them to make our country work"
"A history professor course could not allocate instructional time to the Stonewall riots or the gay rights movement. If a U.S. history textbook includes a chapter on the AIDS crisis, the professor must skip it."
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The courts found the OfS displayed "bias and predetermination" in what was supposed to be an objective investigation.
Perhaps they could deal with the Cass Report next?
The anti-trans playbook is being wheeled out against neurodivergent kids more and more in UK papers
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“The principles of collegiality include academic freedom, shared responsibility, the policy of participation of all concerned in internal decision making structures and practices, and the development of consultative mechanisms.”
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Ruling is blow to Office for Students after it issued record fine for allegations over professor’s trans rights views
Family of Belfast stabbing victim warn against 'division and hostility'The family of Belfast stabbing attack victim Stephen Ogilvie have thanked the emergency services and people who stepped in to sto...
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The ban applies to theses and dissertations, and is expected to begin going into effect on a rolling basis.
England’s higher education regulator must rebuild trust with troubled sector after series of blunders under previous leadership
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The leaders of Ireland's new Rinn national research network.
I can only assume from this line-up that women in STEM initiatives are failing to produce results.
PreambleThe General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), meeting in Paris from 21 October to 12 November 1997, at its 29th session,Conscious of
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Andrew Coogan
Andrew Coogan
Rob Kitchin
Brian Hughes
Miranda Yaver
Brian Hughes
Brian Hughes
Lee Hurley
Quinn Slobodian
Elaine Burke
'The university has adopted the position that boycotting staff are in "breach of contract", will receive no pay, and are therefore not expected to work at all, leading to what some have described as a "lockout".' 1/3
Staff at Edinburgh University have been told that they must cover for their boycotting colleagues or go without pay themselves.
