#Universities

Sarah Kennedy

OSCApresident

Well, it’s that time again! Time to educate and advocate. Ever wonder what #Ontario #SpecialConstables are? What they do?Why they do it? How they do it? This is the thread

Kathleen Stock

Docstockk

I've got a piece in the Mail on Sunday today, explaining what's happening to gender-critical academics in UK Universities, and what the cost is. No paywall.https://mol.im/a/9155659 The Mail piece is

Dr. Ameena

amkmusty

ASUU is holding a Town Hall meeting at Africa Hall, University of Ilorin Mini Campus, at the moment.Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, the National President is addressing the meeting of the Town

Brian Carpenter

ArchivistBrianC

I hope that this observation about the imbalance of what's out there in terms of readings on archives can reach folks in fields engaging with (and writing/teaching about) archives. This

Feminism in India

FeminismInIndia

THREAD: On the death anniversary of Dalit scholar #RohithVemula, we must remind ourselves that #MentalHealth is not an "individual problem". It is interlinked with a person's social position, determined by

Debnil Sur

debnilsur

Really interesting piece that made me think about dynamics at Stanford, where tech is having a similar impact. Levels are increasingly gamified and provide goals for structure-conditioned students. Founder is

Joe

realJosephRich

I promised a thread on higher education a week ago. I wanted to include hard data, so sorry for the delay. Spoiler alert: Higher education has for the last decade

Erik Ledbetter

bandoblue

I follow a few Twitter accounts from lively and interesting young UK military historians. Apparently there is a some class-based slagging of Open University going on there, an ill-advised overreaction

Jim Dickinson

jim_dickinson

We should have a quick look at Gavin Williamson's op-ed on today's launch of free speech measures, really.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/02/16/turning-tide-cancel-culture-will-start-universities-respecting/ "Last yea

Dave Kang

daveckang

1/(Warning - rambling thread): I like that magazines like FP are asking about racism and Eurocentrism in IR. But almost all the scholars - while POC - are from US/European

Mbabazi

OwembabaziBrav5

While we're all in awe over government's continued closure of schools and other institutions of learning, there is a group of people rejoicing over our misfortune for they hope to

AfricaX Media

africaextended

1/ If you are looking to get into a Canadian University as an international student, follow this thread. Getting admission into a Canadian university, requires that you have the right

AK

aanandkishore1

CLAT has deliberately excluded deserving & bright students from entering the National Law Universities (NLU's) since it's inception.Skyrocketing application fees, (it's Rs. 4000! No other national level entrance test comes

Burhan

tametanias

This situation is more dangerous than it looks. There is a huge crisis of authority here split among academically "verified" scholars and more traditionally verified scholars.The position being claimed is

CST

CST_UK

Today CST publishes our new report 'Campus Antisemitism In Britain 2018-2020' that shows a much higher level of university antisemitic incidents than previously reported, following a sustained drive by

Happy Researchers

hapyresearchers

(1/5) Most people don’t realize if they have been engaged in academic bullying. Bullying can consist of passive-aggressive emails, verbal abuse (directly and indirectly) in private or during the lab

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