UK unis seek new revenue streams as domestic funding tightens. 💰 49% of surveyed UK institutions closed courses; 18% shut depts. India's demand offers a chance to protect jobs & expand research. #UKUnis #India

Universities Key to Local Economies of UK Cities As more and more universities struggle under financial strain and grapple with questions of their future, a new study reveals the important economic role universities play in the success of cities.

As more and more universities struggle under financial strain and grapple with questions of their future, a new study reveals the important economic role universities play in the success of cities.

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Universities in Wales cut jobs to address funding black hole Cardiff University's boss says redundancy numbers are uncertain as Bangor also seeks job cuts.

UK Universities Funding Crisis

Cardiff University's vice-chancellor:

"At this stage we are not talking about compulsory redundancies...But given how quickly things are changing in the sector around us...of course, I can't rule it out."

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The Research Excellence Framework cannot carry the can for the whole research ecosystem James Coe asks whether a proposal to scrap the REF is a symptom of bigger problems in the research ecosystem James Coe looks asks whether a proposal to scrap the REF is a symptom of bigger problems in...

“The question is not necessarily whether to have REF or not but what are the objectives for the UK’s research system and what levers does the government and its funders have to meet those objectives.”

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Proposed REF replacement would be ripe for abuse - Research Professional News Basing core research funding on external income is a bad idea, says Rachel Persad

Problems with the proposed REF replacement

🔹️ The rich get richer

🔹️ Admin burden shifts to other parts of the system

🔹️ Arts and humanities lose out

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'Difficult decisions have to be made' - University of Cumbria begins redundancy talks - Business Crack The University of Cumbria has begun a consultation with staff over potential redundancies.

UK University Funding Crisis

“The University of Cumbria has begun a consultation with staff over potential redundancies.”

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Feeds should be working properly again now thanks to @redsolver.dev

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Report finds only one in three black academics say that their workplace is inclusive - BDJ In Practice BDJ In Practice - Report finds only one in three black academics say that their workplace is inclusive

Black UK Academics Feel Excluded in the Workplace

"The greatest challenges that black early career academics faced were found to be unconscious bias in the workplace, a lack of community for people similar to them, and a lack of clarity around progression and opportunity."

#UKUnis blackinstem

Scrap REF to ‘save £450m’, says think tank - Research Professional News UK Day One suggests “new, low-bureaucracy system” would improve research quality

Scrap the REF

"With pressures on both university and government finances, we can no longer afford an evaluation exercise which costs half a billion and fails to deliver clear benefits."

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If this works, and SkyFeed keeps playing up, I might try to transfer all my feeds over there too if people are happy with that.
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New University of Staffordshire jobs cull as hundreds 'at risk' of redundancy 40 workers are set to go

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245 employees 'at risk' of redundancy at the University of Staffordshire

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Dozens of Sunderland university staff facing redundancy A freeze on home student fees and declining international student numbers are some reasons as to why the university is making staff cuts

76 redundancies on the cards at the University of Sunderland

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Queen Mary’s wage deductions challenged at tribunal Academics whose pay was deducted for taking part in marking and assessment boycott begin legal case

QMU Wage Deduction Tribunal

"UCU members have long called on the union to test the legality of wage deductions in court. The case, being led by the co-chair of the UCU Queen Mary branch, Zara Dinnen, is thought to be the first such challenge in the UK."

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UK University Wage Theft Tribunal

"The claims both involve deductions of 50+ days of wages, over £10,000 pounds, from UCU members who withdrew a few hours of work during a lawful national dispute over pay, inequality and working conditions in universities."

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King's scientists to help build world's largest dark matter detector Physicists from King's are working with universities across the UK to build an advanced dark matter detector ten times the size of the previous record holder.

UK universities will attempt to detect dark matter by measuring how subatomic particles interact with the world’s largest tank of liquid xenon deep underground.

⚛️ 🧪 #UKUnis @kcl.ac.uk

UK universities warned of more legal action over course closures Goldsmiths and Chichester cases could be start of rising tide of court challenges from aggrieved students, lawyers say

“Students are treated like consumers, and the universities have benefited massively from that, so they can’t really complain when students act like consumers and don’t accept these kinds of changes to their contracts which diminish quality and limit the scope of their learning”

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Chemistry courses, departments face closure in the UK ... Courses are facing the axe at Aston University and the University of Hull, with others struggling

"Closing a chemistry department is like demolishing the middle house in a terrace, as the ripple effects will extend to other STEM departments and in turn undermine the UK’s long-term scientific ambitions."

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‘End UKRI funds for open access publishing,’ urges report Forcing UKRI-backed researchers to publish their papers as preprints would save £40 million annually and ‘accelerate scientific progress’, says thinktank

Push for Preprints

"Scientists supported by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) grants should be required to release their research as a preprint rather than receiving additional money to publish it open access, according to a report."

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The Australian government's cap on international students may help boost numbers in the UK following the UK government's ban on international students bringing family members with them.

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Goldsmiths students challenge staff cuts Goldsmiths students threaten legal action over staff redundancies and module cancellations, claiming breach of contract

“[Over 400] students at Goldsmiths, University of London, are preparing to take legal action against the institution in response to widespread staff redundancies and module cancellations that they argue breach their contracts as students.”

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How vice chancellors at UK universities took pay rises last year Of the 66 institutions known to be making redundancies or taking cost-cutting measures, 43 gave their vice chancellor a pay bump.

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Of the 66 institutions known to be making redundancies or taking cost-cutting measures, 43 gave their vice chancellor a pay rise last year.

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Dear University

You say academics are allowed 20 working days to mark students’ work, but then you set administrative deadlines for submitting marks that are within the 20 working days.

Why do you do this? More importantly why don’t you fix this?

#HigherEd #UKUnis #UCU

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"The headline is that the FEC [full economic cost] recovery rate for educating UK students has hit its lowest point since...records began, with UK universities recovering only 90.1 per cent of the costs in 2022-23, representing a £1.7bn deficit."

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The top 10 UK universities relying on international course fees.

Relevant given there's a 15% decline in international student visa applications this year.

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University of Hull statement as it confirms Department of Chemistry may close The Department of Chemistry at Hull is most famous for creating the first liquid crystal display at room temperature

The University of Hull confirms it may close its chemistry department "because student demand and numbers are so low that these courses are no longer financially or educationally sustainable."

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UK Universities struggle with enrolment vacancies UK Universities face financial pressures, with 3,900 vacancies before A-level results, and need strategic actions to fill undergraduate seats.

"The Press Association reports nearly 3,900 vacancies at Russell Group universities, up from 2,000 last year."

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Fall in study visa applications rings ‘alarm bells’ for UK sector London Higher warns that a 16 per cent drop in student visa applications could represent £1 billion pounds in lost revenue for the sector

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'The total number of main applicant sponsored study visa applications submitted between January and July fell by 16 per cent between 2023 and 2024."

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The UK's Office for Students will hire consultants to "restructure failing universities" and "prevent 'disorderly' market exits"!

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