Wonkhe

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

The University and College Union is at a low point right now, but the whole sector needs it back to full strength. David Kernohan reads the tea leaves. The post Where next for UCU? appeared first on Wonkhe.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

Furious colleagues denounce decision that there are ‘no compassionate grounds’ to allow the child to join her mother Dr Doseline Kiguru, a Kenyan expert in world literature, was overjoyed when she secured a permanent position at Bristol University. But that all changed last week when the Home Office refused to allow her six-year-old daughter to join her.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

You Can’t Tell a Quilt by Its Cover Elizabeth Redden Sat, 11/11/2023 - 09:07 AM Laura Skandera Trombley reflects on the artful stitching together of a first-semester first-year seminar.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

Cambridge University scientists develop a device to ‘defossilise’ the economy using sunlight, water and carbon dioxide Automated floating factories that manufacture green versions of petrol or diesel could soon be in operation thanks to pioneering work at the University of Cambridge. The revolutionary system would produce a net-zero fuel that would burn without creating fossil-derived emissions of carbon dioxide, say researchers.

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Economics and Change in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

Generative AI is completely transforming the business of marketing, say a variety of experts VentureBeat spoke to over the past few weeks, including executives, vendors, agencies and consultants. Marketing, with its goal of identifying and communicating with customers — through data analysis and content creation — has long been cited as one of the most obvious candidates for disruption by generative AI tools.

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totallyrewired

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

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Economics and Change in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

Administrators at UW-Oshkosh are continuing to navigate staff layoffs as part of the university’s plan to mitigate an $18 million budget deficit. Recently, some students expressed concern over a lack of communication between officials and the student body. “What’s done is done and there’s going to be a lot of restructuring going on with departments and everything, and we want to make sure students have a voice in that restructuring so we can be represented,” UW-Oshkosh Student President Ben Blas

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