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Very good article on the threats facing humanities teaching in UK universities. Think the regional point is critical - student numbers aside, you can't have a situation where the humanities are only taught in Oxbridge and London, you need good provision across the country. #ukhighered

https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-views-of-the-uk-2024-february-saving-humanities/

Saving humanities - Research Professional News

Glen O’Hara argues that arts and humanities subjects are victims of a chaotic system

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Today is my last day in #academia

So much has changed in #UKHigherEd in the last fourteen years. The defunding of the education system and the increased burden on individual students for shouldering the costs has led to a real change in focus. Some of that change was needed, but much led to the increased commodification of #education and students being treated as customers.

Some thoughts on the future of #HigherEd follow (1/n)

Start of university term to be hit with five days of UK-wide strikes

Staff at 140 universities across the UK will strike for five days later this month in a long-running dispute over pay and working conditions.

The state and decline of UK universities (to a large extent) because of neoliberalism is tragic to witness. A very interesting read. I suppose we'll see how the current industrial action ends and whether it furthers the exodus of academics from UK universities

https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20230721132953122

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Toxic corporate culture in universities needs uprooting

A national survey in the United Kingdom aimed at identifying reasons why university staff members are choosing to leave their jobs points, among other...

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