#Universities

Shaily Patel

vox_magica

we burn them out, pay them nothing, treat them terribly, and make them teach impossible course loads, yes.but some of the most innovative, effective pedagogues i know are contingent faculty.

Don Moynihan

donmoyn

Appreciate the sentiments calling for discourse here from the President of Wesleyan. But perhaps the most concrete signal that people in his position could take is to pledge not to

Richard Wyn Jones

RWynJones

ADDENDUM Genuinely remarkable to see one of the authors of the 2019 report touted as providing ‘evidence’ of the alleged problem in Unis simply dismissing the relevance of the fact

Dr. Simran Jeet Singh

SikhProf

I understand that talking about religion in public is complicated, and that the upside is hard to quantify.But if we let universities strip away their commitments to religious diversity, we

Dr Katerina Kolyva

katerinakolyva

Back at work today (1 minute walk to my office in the conservatory), earlier than expected as shortened leave to focus on @councilofdeans urgent priorities. Here they are : 1/

Prof

covidtweets

A new CDC study finds more cases (per 100K) in counties with a university which had in-person instruction, compared to counties with universities which were fully online...Who knew all that

Alice Dreger, Ph.D.

AliceDreger

I have to go to a meeting soon but just wanted to dump a thought on the angst over the humanities, which is a reflection on my life and much

Dr Liz Morrish

lizmorrish

If you missed the announcement of a HE Restructuring Regime (HERR) when you were exhausted in July #AcademicTwitter - here's a quick catch up thread.Appointments: higher education restructuring regime (HERR)

Heidi Li Feldman

HeidiLiFeldman

Texas and Florida, two of the states reporting record-breaking numbers of new COVID-19 cases yesterday are among the most populous states in the country. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/06/17/coronavirus-live-updates-us/ 1/ This

Lewis Goodall

lewis_goodall

Oxbridge have even more questions to answer about why they’re beholden to what the algorithm says, because of how they recruit. Candidates take their own in-house tests b) are interviewed

Kirsty Palmer

KirstyAPalmer

I see that it is the tri-annual festival of bashing universities for not doing enough for student mental health. This is always unbelievably frustrating for those of us whose job

Santiago Castiello

scastiello

So, a new world university ranking was launched yesterday. It is called 'the rankometer' (not joking!). The announcement was full of pearls of wisdom worthy of the @UWankings... Keep reading

Doug Clow

dougclow

I've changed my mind: I'd now advise any prospective student to think carefully about the option of deferring for a year, if their choice allows it and they have some

Dr Charlotte Lydia Riley

lottelydia

Keep getting emails from work: you should be taking annual leave, you need to take annual leave, we very much hope you do get some quality down-time to recharge over

John Warner

biblioracle

For those who think higher education is slipping away: 1. it is. 2. It's been happening over the course of the last 40 years. 3. The pandemic has tipped longstanding

Jussi Paananen

datadriveby

As a part of the discussion of sequencing of different #Covid19 strains, I've been asked by many, what the sequencing capacity of Finnish universities would be (and if they should

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