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'Go with the name you know' highlights the media's struggles with diversity
By Grace Burmas
Journalists all have one thing in common — a reliable contact book. But if you're from a diverse background, chances are there are barriers to getting on that call list.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-12/diverse-cald-voices-in-australian-mainstream-media/104724638
#CulturalIdentity #Journalism #Universities #MediaIndustry #Diversity #GraceBurmas
By Grace Burmas
Journalists all have one thing in common — a reliable contact book. But if you're from a diverse background, chances are there are barriers to getting on that call list.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-12/diverse-cald-voices-in-australian-mainstream-media/104724638
#CulturalIdentity #Journalism #Universities #MediaIndustry #Diversity #GraceBurmas
The next spending review seems likely to include a mechanism for linking students' university fees to inflation, immediately prompting a rise to over £10k per year, but this is just papering over the cracks temporarily.
The growing financial crisis that has beset UK Higher Education in the last decades will not be solved (or even really alleviated) by tinkering with fees.
A wholesale reform of university sector financing is required. Until then the crisis will continue!
#universities
h/t FT
The growing financial crisis that has beset UK Higher Education in the last decades will not be solved (or even really alleviated) by tinkering with fees.
A wholesale reform of university sector financing is required. Until then the crisis will continue!
#universities
h/t FT
European Universities started …
.. leaving X
#Universities in #Amsterdam, #Vienna, #Berlin, #Karlsruhe, #Aachen and other cities in Europe have left microblogging service X during the last week(s).
They justify this step with the systematic lack of moderation on the platform, which has resulted in a flood of hate speech, disinformation and cyberbullying.
Some of them have already started to run channels on Mastodon: @univienna, @tuberlin, @KIT_Karlsruhe, @UniOldenburg @unibremen, @freieuniversitaet, @UniUlm , @HTW_Berlin, @uni_paderborn.
X is not a suitable medium for communication in #research and #education. Help get the other #universities to follow suit and sign the petition
👉 https://openpetition.de/Unis4Mastodon
#unis4mastodon 🌻 👩🎓 #eXit
.. leaving X
#Universities in #Amsterdam, #Vienna, #Berlin, #Karlsruhe, #Aachen and other cities in Europe have left microblogging service X during the last week(s).
They justify this step with the systematic lack of moderation on the platform, which has resulted in a flood of hate speech, disinformation and cyberbullying.
Some of them have already started to run channels on Mastodon: @univienna, @tuberlin, @KIT_Karlsruhe, @UniOldenburg @unibremen, @freieuniversitaet, @UniUlm , @HTW_Berlin, @uni_paderborn.
X is not a suitable medium for communication in #research and #education. Help get the other #universities to follow suit and sign the petition
👉 https://openpetition.de/Unis4Mastodon
#unis4mastodon 🌻 👩🎓 #eXit
Man weiß gar nicht, was man schlimmer finden soll: Die Verkommenheit von Teilen der Studierendenschaft oder die Scheinheiligkeit der Uni Leipzig?
https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/bildung/israel-gaza-krieg-universitaet-leipzig-sagt-vortrag-israelischen-professors-ab-a-f695ac8c-5a17-490b-a9d7-271453576e80
Als angemessenen Protest gegen die grassierende Ignoranz und Unwissenheit gepaart mit Hass auf #israel in der „Intelligenzia“ empfehle ich Benni Morris‘ Studie „1948“, in der er die Wurzeln des Nahost-Konflikts offenlegt und die Verbrechen auf allen Seiten klar benennt.
#antisemitismus #universities
https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/bildung/israel-gaza-krieg-universitaet-leipzig-sagt-vortrag-israelischen-professors-ab-a-f695ac8c-5a17-490b-a9d7-271453576e80
Als angemessenen Protest gegen die grassierende Ignoranz und Unwissenheit gepaart mit Hass auf #israel in der „Intelligenzia“ empfehle ich Benni Morris‘ Studie „1948“, in der er die Wurzeln des Nahost-Konflikts offenlegt und die Verbrechen auf allen Seiten klar benennt.
#antisemitismus #universities
Nach Protesten: Uni Leipzig sagt Vortrag israelischen Professors ab
Die Universität Leipzig wollte mit der Einladung eines israelischen Historikers »eine kritische Auseinandersetzung« einleiten. Nun sagt sie den Vortrag nach Protesten ab – und kritisiert eine etablierte »Doppelmoral«.DER SPIEGEL
How Universities Cracked Down on Pro-#Palestinian Activism
Stricter rules and punishments over campus protests seem to be working. #Universities have seen just under 950 protest events this semester, compared with 3,000 in the spring.
from #NewYorkTimes #NYT
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By Isabelle Taft
Nov. 25, 2024 Updated 8:53 p.m. ET
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/25/us/university-crackdowns-protests-israel-hamas-war.html?unlocked_article_code=1.c04.7u24.BzgBMbsnenoS&smid=url-share
#ProtestIsNotACrime
#DefendStudentProtesters
#NotAnotherBomb
#StopArmingIsrael
#BDS
#CeasefireNow #DivestFromIsrael
#Gaza #Israel #Palestine #MiddleEast #WestAsia #politics
#USA #US #USPolitics
#media #news #press @palestine @israel
Stricter rules and punishments over campus protests seem to be working. #Universities have seen just under 950 protest events this semester, compared with 3,000 in the spring.
from #NewYorkTimes #NYT
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By Isabelle Taft
Nov. 25, 2024 Updated 8:53 p.m. ET
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/25/us/university-crackdowns-protests-israel-hamas-war.html?unlocked_article_code=1.c04.7u24.BzgBMbsnenoS&smid=url-share
#ProtestIsNotACrime
#DefendStudentProtesters
#NotAnotherBomb
#StopArmingIsrael
#BDS
#CeasefireNow #DivestFromIsrael
#Gaza #Israel #Palestine #MiddleEast #WestAsia #politics
#USA #US #USPolitics
#media #news #press @palestine @israel
In an unprecendent escalation against pro-#Palestine protestors, #Leicestershire Police arrested eleven people on Friday, 15 February after they occupied Attenborough Tower at University of Leicester.
https://www.leicester.news/students-arrested-after-pro-palestine-occupation-at-attenborough-tower/
#Gaza #UCU #universities #Leicester
https://www.leicester.news/students-arrested-after-pro-palestine-occupation-at-attenborough-tower/
#Gaza #UCU #universities #Leicester
Students arrested after pro-Palestine occupation at Attenborough Tower
The occupation followed a similar protest at the university's engineering building the week before.Rhys Everquill (Leicester Gazette)
#Republicans Are Already Trying to Grant #Trump Dangerous Powers
Opinion by #HafizRashid
November 15, 2024
"House Republicans are trying to push through a bill that would give President-Elect #DonaldTrump powers as president to designate #nonprofit organizations as '#TerroristSupporting' even after it was seemingly defeated earlier this week.
"The Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act #HR9495 would allow the secretary of the treasury the ability to revoke any nonprofit organization’s tax-exempt status by branding it with a terrorism label. Earlier this week, the bill failed to receive the necessary two-thirds majority in the House to advance to the Senate.
"But on Monday, the House Rules Committee plans to hold a hearing that could set up a new vote on the bill, which initially had the support of all but one Republican and 52 Democrats. With the GOP only holding a seven seat majority in the chamber, they would need the support of more Democrats to advance the bill, which was introduced to combat #protests against #Israel’s war on #Gaza.
"Under any circumstances, the bill would threaten #FirstAmendment rights to #FreeSpeech, but after Trump’s election last week, there are now fears that the president-elect could use these new powers to crack down on his enemies with little recourse. Many #universities and #NewsOutlets are nonprofit organizations in addition to #activist groups.
"After the bill’s initial failure on Tuesday, the American Civil Liberties Union [#ACLU] celebrated the rejection of 'new broad and easily abused powers.'
"'The freedom to #dissent without fear of government retribution is a vital part of any well-functioning democracy, and now is not the time to grant the executive branch new powers to investigate and functionally shut down and silence its critics,' said Kia Hamadanchy, senior policy counsel for the ACLU, in a statement.
"Now, the bill could be given a retooling and sent up for a vote again, giving a president who has already threatened to use the #military against his critics even more sweeping powers. The question is if #Democrats will recognize the bill as granting dangerous powers to the presidency, or see it as a chance to clamp down on protesters they have tried to ignore at their peril for the past year.'"
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/republicans-are-already-trying-to-grant-trump-dangerous-powers/ar-AA1uaihv
#ClampDown #WorkingForTheClampDown #Fascism #CharacteristicsOfFascism #DonTheFascistCon #StopHR9495
#CriminalizingDissent #KristiNoem
#Blackwater #ErikPrince #Autocracy
#SilencingDissent #ClimateActivists
#AntiWarActivists #WaterProtectors
#PeaceActivists #ClimateJustice #Protests #StandWithStandingRock
#GazaGenocide #LebanonGenocide
Opinion by #HafizRashid
November 15, 2024
"House Republicans are trying to push through a bill that would give President-Elect #DonaldTrump powers as president to designate #nonprofit organizations as '#TerroristSupporting' even after it was seemingly defeated earlier this week.
"The Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act #HR9495 would allow the secretary of the treasury the ability to revoke any nonprofit organization’s tax-exempt status by branding it with a terrorism label. Earlier this week, the bill failed to receive the necessary two-thirds majority in the House to advance to the Senate.
"But on Monday, the House Rules Committee plans to hold a hearing that could set up a new vote on the bill, which initially had the support of all but one Republican and 52 Democrats. With the GOP only holding a seven seat majority in the chamber, they would need the support of more Democrats to advance the bill, which was introduced to combat #protests against #Israel’s war on #Gaza.
"Under any circumstances, the bill would threaten #FirstAmendment rights to #FreeSpeech, but after Trump’s election last week, there are now fears that the president-elect could use these new powers to crack down on his enemies with little recourse. Many #universities and #NewsOutlets are nonprofit organizations in addition to #activist groups.
"After the bill’s initial failure on Tuesday, the American Civil Liberties Union [#ACLU] celebrated the rejection of 'new broad and easily abused powers.'
"'The freedom to #dissent without fear of government retribution is a vital part of any well-functioning democracy, and now is not the time to grant the executive branch new powers to investigate and functionally shut down and silence its critics,' said Kia Hamadanchy, senior policy counsel for the ACLU, in a statement.
"Now, the bill could be given a retooling and sent up for a vote again, giving a president who has already threatened to use the #military against his critics even more sweeping powers. The question is if #Democrats will recognize the bill as granting dangerous powers to the presidency, or see it as a chance to clamp down on protesters they have tried to ignore at their peril for the past year.'"
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/republicans-are-already-trying-to-grant-trump-dangerous-powers/ar-AA1uaihv
#ClampDown #WorkingForTheClampDown #Fascism #CharacteristicsOfFascism #DonTheFascistCon #StopHR9495
#CriminalizingDissent #KristiNoem
#Blackwater #ErikPrince #Autocracy
#SilencingDissent #ClimateActivists
#AntiWarActivists #WaterProtectors
#PeaceActivists #ClimateJustice #Protests #StandWithStandingRock
#GazaGenocide #LebanonGenocide
Looks like the Govt. has decided the first step to solving the crisis in Higher Education is (after an 8yr freeze) to put up fees in line with the retail price index in Sept. 2025.
While this may offer some (but by no means enough) financial relief to universities, really it just leaves the same broken model in place & merely puts off a proper reconsideration of how we pay for post-18 university education.
At some point something will need to be significantly changed!
#universities
h/t FT
While this may offer some (but by no means enough) financial relief to universities, really it just leaves the same broken model in place & merely puts off a proper reconsideration of how we pay for post-18 university education.
At some point something will need to be significantly changed!
#universities
h/t FT
It will be no news to anyone that universities are in an ongoing financial crisis, with their main opportunity for cross subsidy - international student fees - also n trouble...
As previously posted the Office for Students seems to be expecting around ten universities to merge or close in the next couple of years & VCs are making the same sort of noises.
The experiment with the marketisation of HE looks to be reaching its end stage
h/t @fkamiah17
#universities
https://www.theguardian.com/education/article/2024/aug/09/english-universities-face-autumn-tipping-point-as-financial-crisis-looms
As previously posted the Office for Students seems to be expecting around ten universities to merge or close in the next couple of years & VCs are making the same sort of noises.
The experiment with the marketisation of HE looks to be reaching its end stage
h/t @fkamiah17
#universities
https://www.theguardian.com/education/article/2024/aug/09/english-universities-face-autumn-tipping-point-as-financial-crisis-looms