On universities dealing with campus protests - universities as factories. 'They are not seeing their role as what traditionally was the role of universities, that is to try to impart to the younger generation values of freedom, morality, compassion, self-abnegation, empathy or whatever else is considered desirable. Their role today is to be the CEOs of factories that are called universities.' https://glineq.blogspot.com/2024/05/universities-as-factories.html #universities
76 universities in #Spain decided to sever cooperation relations with #Israeli#universities and research centers and linked the return of cooperation to the occupation universities’ condemnation of the #occupation army’s invasion of the #Gaza Strip.
In which I propose an integrated #academic#conference team to be established at #universities, to make the process of organising and running academic conferences much easier - and reduce the workload on #academics - who don't usually have event management as a core skill.
BREAKING: super proud and excited to share that our formidable students were not only amongst the first to start a #Palestine#Gaza occupation back in February - the occupation has now been resolved in the following agreement! There will be Palestine scholarships, a review of investments, and more!
Having started in Europe, #eduroam - the secure, world-wide roaming access service developed for the international #research & #education community - is now available in 104 territories worldwide and emerging pilot locations!
New joint statement by members of #UCLA’s history department, compiled from testimony of faculty present at encampment during various periods and in response to last night’s police violence against students. We make 6 explicit calls of the university administration. Read at link below.
Since October 7th, I've joined protests, fundraising events for Gaza, and students on university campuses.
As a Jew and someone who has a ton of friends and family in Israel, I want to share some thoughts on claims of antisemitism in student encampments and the broader Palestinian solidarity movement:
UK universities continue to be best by crisis, with more rounds of redundancies, courses being closed & financial crisis gripping more & more universities.
Russel Group data suggests universities lose around £2500 for each UK student registered, a loss which until the recent drop off, was made good my a cross subsidy from international students.
We used to have (in some cases still have) world class universities, but like so many other things, the Tories have poisoned the well.