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Cardiff Metropolitan University becomes first UK higher education institution to pledge no investments in border violence

HEPI

Many universities have also included clauses precluding investments in arms companies and those perpetrating human rights abuses. It is time that other universities followed Cardiff Metropolitan’s example, joining students, scholars and university workers in the campaign to Divest Borders.

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Landscapes of learning for unknown futures: presenter responses to audience questions

SRHE

However, I would caution against an assumption that because universities managed to stay operational while fully remote, it is something to pursue post-pandemic. Julianne K Viola is a postdoctoral Research Associate at the Centre for Higher Education Research and Scholarship (CHERS).

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Tennessee State cites past underfunding as cause of problems

Inside Higher Ed

But the university’s longtime president, Glenda Glover, alumni and other supporters of the Nashville institution have argued against a proposal that would place the institution under the oversight of the Tennessee Board of Regents, the governing board for 37 technical and community colleges in the state. million, from $5.2