Graduate premium in UK regions ‘hasn’t fallen’, counters study
Rejecting Ed Balls-authored study, new analysis says graduate premium outside London has held up despite soaring student numbers, writes Jack Grove Jack Grove bit.ly/4aZ9Vyd

How young academics are breathing new life into Horrible Histories
As the kids’ historical sketch show marks 15 years, Jack Grove Jack Grove speaks to its head writer, history producer and PhD researchers on how scholarly sleuthing has been crucial bit.ly/3xOIU1E

The number of dependants accompanying international students to the UK has fallen by nearly 80 per cent after the Westminster government introduced stricter restrictions, writes Chris Havergal Chris Havergal bit.ly/4bjmUdW

Australia plans to benchmark vice-chancellor salaries, with executive remuneration one of 10 “priority areas” to be addressed by new “university governance principles and recommendations” to be developed by a yet-to-be-established expert governance council
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American primacy

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Leiden University has moved to fire a professor over “long-term unacceptable and often transgressive behaviour”, writes Emily Dixon bit.ly/4aULzpg

‘Some insiders point to the rise of joint or combined honours degrees as evidence not so much of decline as of evolution of modern languages’. AI is most emphatically not a nail in the coffin but a path to reinvention for Modern Languages. #fixedthetitle 😊

Flint did an incredible job of showcasing - again and again - how archaeologists are working their backsides off (all while poorly paid and in a terrible work economy) in cataloguing and recording the history of Paleo, Meso and Neolithic people worldwide... TONS of work 3/n

Paddy Jack Thanks so much for surfacing these issues, Patrick. It’s a really measured article. I was pleased to be able to contribute with colleagues UCFL @ucflangs.bsky.social The British Academy

Cover feature of mine on the long history of threats to the study of modern languages - and what role the rise of AI might play

Young academics are breathing new life into Horrible Histories
As the kids’ historical sketch show marks 15 years, Jack Grove Jack Grove speaks to its head writer, history producer and PhD researchers on how scholarly sleuthing has been crucial bit.ly/3xOIU1E

Energy saving plans required for Wellcome grant applications
Biomedical research charity asking applicants to submit sustainability plans in funding bids as UK institutions launch new green research code, writes Jack Grove Jack Grove bit.ly/4b6IHW0

Beware the backlash from “science triumphalism“: a manifesto for science communication warns of the dangers of claims that academic knowledge can explain everything. MatthewReisz meets “The Blind Spot” authors Evan Thompson, Adam Frank and Marcelo Gleiser
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Marriage advice lessons are hit with students, v-c insists
Undergraduates at Nigeria’s Covenant University enjoy their classes on how to have a happy marriage, says leader. Jack Grove reports Jack Grove bit.ly/3Q5ROhD

‘Give academics studios’ to record lectures that engage students, an e-learning expert advises. Jack Grove reports from #THEdigitalUK
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Students at a Nigerian university are embracing lessons on how to have a happy marriage, its vice-chancellor has insisted. Jack Grove reports Jack Grove bit.ly/3Q5ROhD

DAY1: Today marks the start of the inaugural THE Pan-Africa Universities Summit with Stellenbosch University at Future Africa Platform. Dive into discussions on African-led research, university best practices and vocational opportunities for a sustainable knowledge economy. #PanAfricaSummit