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UK government caps student loan interest rates at 6% https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/apr/07/uk-government-caps-student-loan-interest-rates #StudentFinance #EducationPolicy #HigherEducation #Education #Money #Politics #Students #UkNews #England #Wales

UK government caps student loan interest rates at 6%

Minister says change for plan 2 and 3 loans in England and Wales will ‘protect borrowers’ from impact of global conflict

The Guardian

ResearchBuzz: Firehose 1d ago

Sentinel Colorado: A college instructor turns to typewriters to curb AI-written work and teach life lessons. “The scene is right out of the 1950s with students pecking away at manual typewriters, the machines dinging at the end of each line. Once each semester, Grit Matthias Phelps, a German language instructor at Cornell University, introduces her students to the raw feeling of typing without […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/06/sentinel-colorado-a-college-instructor-turns-to-typewriters-to-curb-ai-written-work-and-teach-life-lessons/

Sentinel Colorado: A college instructor turns to typewriters to curb AI-written work and teach life lessons

Sentinel Colorado: A college instructor turns to typewriters to curb AI-written work and teach life lessons. “The scene is right out of the 1950s with students pecking away at manual typewrit…

ResearchBuzz: Firehose

The OW Factor 1d ago

Smaller is better

#AcademicLibraries
#HigherEducation
#LiberalArts
#Librarianship

https://theowfactor.org/2026/04/05/smaller-is-better/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Smaller is better

Lately, I’ve been ruminating on the various jobs I’ve had in my more than three decades of work experience in libraries, particularly because of switching jobs soon. I’ve worked in large academic r…

The OW Factor

ResearchBuzz: Firehose 2d ago

I mentioned the grant for this project years ago but not when the project launched: HBCU Radio Preservation. From the Who We Are page: “HBCU radio stations train students entering broadcasting careers and provide an outlet for communities to engage on issues while reveling in the sounds of the Black diaspora. Their rhythms and stories demand to be heard. And yet, the original programming […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/05/hbcu-radio-preservation/

HBCU Radio Preservation

I mentioned the grant for this project years ago but not when the project launched: HBCU Radio Preservation. From the Who We Are page: “HBCU radio stations train students entering broadcastin…

ResearchBuzz: Firehose

World news | The Guardian 2d ago

Federal judge halts White House effort to collect university data on applicants’ race https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/04/judge-halts-trump-administration-demand-university-applicants-race #UsUniversities #TrumpAdministration #Race #HigherEducation #UsEducation #UsPolitics #UsNews