Several universities deemed poor quality and stripped of their teacher training accreditation last year have now been rated good by Ofsted. Uni of Greenwich has written to DfE to ask what's going on. timeshighereducation.com/news/universit…

Mexico looks to US and beyond to recruit staff and students timeshighereducation.com/news/mexico-lo… via Times Higher Education

A truly remarkable turnaround - USS members look set to get their benefits back after a £14bn deficit became a £7bn surplus. Was all the pain necessary? I asked those in charge of the scheme earlier timeshighereducation.com/news/no-regret…

Breaking: USS set to cancel cuts to HE pensions after just two years, and slash contributions too - but insists it has no regrets over impact of last valuation timeshighereducation.com/news/no-regret… via Thomas Williams

🎉A massive thank you to our hosts Tecnológico de Monterrey and all those who joined us at #THElatam !

We had two incredible days of discussions with industry leaders from 80+ universities across 17+ countries in the region, and released our Latin America University Rankings for 2023!

You can’t escape talk of ‘nearshoring’ here in Mexico and there is a lot of excitement about the opportunities it brings for universities. Here’s my write-up from a fascinating session at #THELatAm timeshighereducation.com/news/capitalis…

Latin American universities expand indigenous access efforts timeshighereducation.com/news/latin-ame… via Times Higher Education

Sadly only just discovering Tec’s nap room #THElatam

The Latin America University Rankings 2023 results are out #THELatAm

Read more: bit.ly/4333nJU

The ‘saddle’ mountain providing a pretty impressive backdrop for THE Events LatAm event with Tecnológico de Monterrey that starts tomorrow

Peer reviewers assessing grant applications for one of Australia’s major funding bodies accused of using ChatGPT to produce their feedback timeshighereducation.com/news/grant-ass… via Thomas Williams

Academics at Queen's University Belfast 🎓 have agreed to start marking students’ work again after negotiating a deal with university management #markingboycott
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Marking boycott: half of Cambridge finalists may not graduate timeshighereducation.com/news/marking-b… via Times Higher Education

I was hugely privileged to have Robert Zimmer as the keynote speaker at Times Higher Education’s first major international event in 2010. A true leader on campus free speech.

Comparing academics’ pay and conditions with elsewhere. Higher Education Policy Institute study finds pensions and holiday a plus but sector lags way behind on precarious contracts timeshighereducation.com/news/how-do-ac…

UCL seeks pause in students’ Covid lawsuit at High Court hearing timeshighereducation.com/news/ucl-seeks… via Times Higher Education

Members of the Universities Superannuation Scheme #USS , the UK’s largest academic pension scheme, have been warned that their personal details may have been stolen during a cyberattack.
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New: UCU's Jo Grady to pay damages after 'wild and reckless' tweets. Thomas Williams reports from the High Court. timeshighereducation.com/news/ucus-jo-g… via Times Higher Education