HEPI

OCTOBER 16, 2022

HEPI is running a series of blogs on the changing faces of academia in collaboration with the British Academy. The progressive drop in ethnic diversity as you move up the seniority ladder is a well-documented and persistent problem in academia. Who did you say sent you?’ … I remember being asked this question very clearly.

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HEPI

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

HEPI is running a series of blogs on the changing faces of academia in collaboration with the British Academy. Our series on the lives of early-career researchers so far: Dr Louise Folkes, ‘Getting to grips with the rules of the game: reflections on being a first generation academic’ , HEPI blog, 3 October 2022. Email Address.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Blog: Learning Innovation Should top university leadership roles be open to non-PhDs? " The (mostly) accepted consensus within academia is that a terminal degree is almost always table stakes for most academic leadership roles. Increasingly, I've become convinced that the answer to this question should be "yes."

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Higher Ed Ethics Watch

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

I have previously blogged about the controversial issue of "Ethical Hacking." In this blog, I will update that discussion and add to it because changes are happening rapidly and the number of cybersecurity attacks are increasing. Blog posted by Dr. Steven Mintz, The Ethics Sage, on November 17, 2022.

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HEPI

DECEMBER 17, 2023

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Priya Madina, Director of External Affairs and Policy at Taylor & Francis. This blog provides viewpoints from Taylor & Francis , a global academic publisher and draws from remarks shared at the roundtable to open discussions. There are many global challenges that we face.

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The Berkeley Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Some of the best jobs in academia are to be a professor of Cooperative Extension at Berkeley. The Cooperative Extension is one of the greatest inventions of the American educational system, designed to transfer knowledge to and learn from the experience of practitioners in agriculture and industry.

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HEPI

MAY 1, 2023

These ideas have been naïvely imported into academia where individual performance, especially regarding research, is assessed by means of volume and metrics. Also, unlike sales, recruitment or production, numbers can be gamed, and it is glaringly obvious in some sectors of academia and in some countries in Europe that this happens.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 8, 2023

Blog: Learning Innovation In a recent Bloomberg column, Tyler Cowen offers his diagnosis of what ails higher education. I’ve not heard institutional status as an argument to invest in the English department (at least not since I started working in academia), so maybe my friends in the humanities have found a champion in Cowen.

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SRHE

MARCH 6, 2023

by Carli Rowell This blog reports on presentations and discussion at an SRHE event on 1 February 2023. The talk addressed some key emerging findings shaping working-class doctoral researcher experiences of getting in and getting on in UK academia.

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totallyrewired

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The following blog post was created entirely by AI (MS Teams/Claude/ChatGPT/DALL-E). Conclusion: A Call for Open Discussion McAllister and Bloxham’s discussion did not seek to provide definitive answers but rather to spark a broader conversation and encourage critical reflection on the use of machine translation in academia.

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HEPI

DECEMBER 21, 2022

This blog was kindly contributed by Lucy Haire, Director of Partnerships at HEPI. While this short blog does not capture every aspect of the rich and wide-ranging discussions which took place under the Chatham House Rule, it offers five key ideas thrown up by the thirty-strong group of experienced and passionate professionals.

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Coursera blog

JANUARY 19, 2024

The collaboration between industry and academia, exemplified by our FIBAA approval, allows learners to not only obtain job-ready credentials but also use their learning to progress toward a degree, bridging the gap between education and industry needs.” For more information about Coursera for Campus, visit coursera.org/campus.

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Academe Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

By HANK KALET There has been a strike wave across academia that is altering the landscape for those of us who teach and work in higher education — and Rutgers is poised to join the party. Strikes at The New School, the University of California system, the University of Illinois Chicago, and threats by faculty,…

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Coursera blog

APRIL 17, 2024

The post Coursera Receives Industry-first Authorized Instructional Platform Designation from the American Council on Education appeared first on Coursera Blog. For more information about Coursera for Campus, visit coursera.org/campus.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Whether in government or academia, she devoted her career to reducing inequality and increasing opportunities for others, and made everyone around her better." Department of Commerce. "Dr. Blank's four years serving in my administration was just one part of her extraordinary life," former President Barack Obama said.

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HEPI

JANUARY 29, 2023

This blog has been kindly contributed by Liz Allen, Director of Strategic Initiatives, F1000, and Victoria Gardner, Director of Policy, Taylor & Francis. The framework comprises functional elements for action by, and for, academia, decision makers, industry, publishers, and the wider public. Find out more and sign up here.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Blog: Learning Innovation The best recent show about academia over the past few years is not The Chair , although it was pretty good. The show you want to watch if you want to understand how a university actually works is HBO’s thinly veiled academic drama, House of the Dragon.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 20, 2023

Blog: University of Venus Burnout has been the focus of much of my work life for the last five years—first experiencing it as a tenured faculty member, then writing about it as a researcher and memoirist, and now coaching about and facilitating workshops on it as well as burnout resilience for faculty across the country.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 27, 2023

As guardians of data and record integrity with direct contact to faculty, students, and academia, AACRAO members are in a pivotal position to address the barriers to implementation of policies and practices aimed at alleviating issues related to transfer, credit mobility, and recognition of learning.

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LSE Higher Education Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

The recently passed Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act offers limited protection of academic freedom and ignores the elephant in the room – casualisation in academia

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Liaison International

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Bridging Academic and Professional Worlds Similarly, alumni bridge the gap between academia and the professional world. Alumni, especially recent graduates, can speak to the practical applications of the education they received and offer advice on navigating the transition from academia to the workforce.

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Coursera blog

JANUARY 19, 2024

The collaboration between industry and academia, exemplified by our FIBAA approval, allows learners to not only obtain job-ready credentials but also use their learning to progress toward a degree, bridging the gap between education and industry needs.” For more information about Coursera for Campus, visit coursera.org/campus.

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Academe Blog

APRIL 20, 2023

The ability of AI to pass difficult examinations easily and reliably has prompted many scholars to question the implications for academia. ChatGPT is a…

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

In this piece, we explore how social media, as a pervasive cultural force, impacts the educational journey and engagement of undergraduate students while shaping their persistence and success in academia. Community culture, as defined by Plotts (in press, p.

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Liaison International

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Bridging Academic and Professional Worlds Similarly, alumni bridge the gap between academia and the professional world. Alumni, especially recent graduates, can speak to the practical applications of the education they received and offer advice on navigating the transition from academia to the workforce.

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SRHE

MAY 2, 2023

Mark Hanson (Exeter) blogged about the predatoriness of MDPI on 25 March 2023. Thus, we argue the importance of viewing these mislocated centers as the result of unequal power relations in academia. To illustrate the contents, here is part of the April 2023 issue on recent developments in Publishing. or rob.gresham@srhe.ac.uk.

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HEPI

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

This blog is part of a series HEPI is running with the British Academy on the changing face of academia. . With administrative, teaching and research pressures mounting in academia generally, large proportions of academics report feeling overworked and emotionally drained. Career Progression. What Works and What Would Help.

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HEPI

APRIL 16, 2023

This HEPI blog was kindly written by Stephanie Marshall , Vice-Principal (Education) at Queen Mary University of London. And culturally within the walls of academia we must be wary of exemplary teaching slipping down the priority list.

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ACRLog

JANUARY 31, 2023

As I’m sure anyone in academia is aware, ChatGPT and its AI counterparts are taking us by storm. These were my instructions to the AI in order: “Can you write a different blog post, this time talking about the nuances of engaging with teaching faculty as an academic librarian? Can you tailor it to the style of the blog, ACRLog?” “Can

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 16, 2022

Blog: Learning Innovation After the Ivory Tower Falls: How College Broke the American Dream and Blew Up Our Politics—and How to Fix It by Will Bunch. ” After the Ivory Tower Falls is a book we in academia should be engaging with. Published in August of 2022. I’m hearing rumbles of book clubbing.

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Coursera blog

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Historically, however, collaboration between industry and academia has been slow and piecemeal. The post Connecting Google certificates and university Specializations to help learners prepare for in-demand career fields appeared first on Coursera Blog.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Blog: Just Visiting Here, there and everywhere, I have been hard on the spate of “education disrupted” books that cropped up during the early to middle part of the previous decade. When we’re talking about teaching and learning, academia could hardly be worse in terms of its structure and practices.

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SRHE

APRIL 10, 2024

Academia has changed substantially even within the 23 years I have been working. This is an adapted version of a blog first published on the University of Wolverhampton website and is reproduced here with permission. Centralisation and reduction of academic administrative staff moves much of the work onto the academics.

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SRHE

JANUARY 26, 2024

In a previous blog post for SRHE, Michael Shattock discussed the centralisation of UK higher education away from regional responsibility and governance.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

In this piece, we explore how social media, as a pervasive cultural force, impacts the educational journey and engagement of undergraduate students while shaping their persistence and success in academia. Community culture, as defined by Plotts (in press, p.

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ACRLog

MARCH 31, 2023

I got to catch up with some of my graduating cohort, since we’re all now scattered across the country (academia, am I right?) It can be a struggle to explain a job in academia to those outside of it and knowing that everyone here had that baseline understanding was lovely. It was different in Pittsburgh.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

JUNE 9, 2022

Similarities Between Industry and Academia. So by the time I got into this perspective of being in academia, that piece was part of how I operated. My favorite term is 'a thousand flowers blooming,' because what you can do in academia which works out really well is that you can literally start a lot of things going.

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