#Universities

Education Committee

CommonsEd

Tune in TODAY at 10.15am for our session questioning @michelledonelan, Minister of State for Universities.We'll be asking about universities' response to COVID-19 and the future of the higher education sector.Watch

Olayemi Adeniran

ProfdotOlayemi

THREAD 5: FUNDING FOR PH PROGRAMSThere are funding opportunities for public health programs across the United States. However, universities invest more on their Ph.Ds than MPH.Ph.D students can function in

David Stein

DavidpStein

.@cnewf estimates that UC is looking at a 50% budget shortfall.https://twitter.com/ananyaUCLA/status/1263849008012775425 @alexisgoldstein opens by talking about how House Democratic undermined the student debt relief provisions in the Heroe

AnneDella

annedellahines

While Universities are extending Pass/No Credit options for their students, these courtesies are rarely extended to graduate students. We love to talk about student support until it applies to those

Peter Tennant

PWGTennant

1/ THREAD ON FACE-TO-FACE TEACHING The debate around face-to-face teaching in UK #HigherEd escalated yesterday when @ucu warned it 'could spark a #Covid avalanche' and UK universities could be the

Sherrill Stroschein

sstroschein2

Remember three weeks ago, when the UK government was mad at those unis who had moved online? Said they weren't following government guidance of "business as usual."Those dying now got

Official_ASUU

ASUUNGR

THE Federal Government Thursday lamented that the continuous closure of Nigerian Universities as a result of the strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, over the

James Millward 米華健

JimMillward

Chinese student jailed for his social media activity while a student at Minnesota. This is a test for University of Minnesota @UMNews --and other universities who should join in solidarity

Jenny Andrew 🏴‍☠️

DrAndrewV2

Oh Jesus... can we all please get real about what “keeping the universities open” actually means?You must know, they kept working - serving students better than this; delivering quality education

Katherine Angel

KayEngels

& so the grimness of the REF process is exacerbated for creative writers, who find themselves having not only having to go along with the moronic & troubling use of

Dr Charlotte Lydia Riley

lottelydia

One of the chants on a #UCUstrike picket is “our working conditions - your learning conditions!” This is true of lots of teaching: if staff are on precarious contracts, not

Dr Siva Thambisetty

SivaThambisetty

UK academic twitter. Like me, you probably know colleagues who have worked night & day to put in place a plan to safely reopen your own & other universities. But

Oxford UG Admissions

OxOutreach

With 10 days to go until the @ucas_online deadline for applications to @UniofOxford, we're bringing back our FAQs!Keep checking this thread for answers to some of the top question we

Andreas Fulda

AMFChina

This was rather predictable. Following the publication of @edwardlucas Weekend Essay in @thetimes colleagues of mine have received malicious email communications which attempt to smear my professional reputation. 1/10https://www.thetimes.co

Roopika Risam

roopikarisam

Today, I’m struggling with how university boards work and how faculty engage with board members, as our board deferred their decision on tenure and promotion to consider their fiduciary responsibility

STEMLORD

upulie

And let's face it, that's exactly what we need right now in an ongoing global pandemic: less research capacityhttps://twitter.com/abcnews/status/1259705567792099333 I mean sure, universities could get rid of their bloated admin