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Higher Education Inquirer : The US Government Shutdown: “Let Them Eat Cheese”
The stock market is up. Politicians beam on cable news about “economic resilience.” But on the ground, the picture looks […]
October 31, 2025
Advice on Building a Strategic Digital Presence (opinion)
For early-career researchers (ECRs), building a digital research space can feel like another burden piled onto an already demanding schedule. […]
October 31, 2025
Growth is possible in international student recruitment for UK universities
This blog was kindly authored by Viggo Stacey, International Education & Policy Writer at QS Quacquarelli Symonds. It is the […]
October 31, 2025
The network effects of a university collapse
Universities are bound together more tightly than ministers like to admit. They share credit lines, pension schemes, suppliers, and reputations. […]
October 31, 2025
The Experts in My Neighborhood – Teaching in Higher Ed
This post is one of many, related to my participation in Harold Jarche’s Personal Knowledge Mastery workshop. The topic of […]
October 31, 2025
Higher education postcard: Totley Hall Training College
Back in 1943 the UK government knew that more school teachers would be needed. The school leaving age was to […]
October 31, 2025
Ten arguments against free speech
We tackle ten common arguments against free speech. FIRE President and CEO Greg Lukianoff and FIRE Senior Fellow and former […]
October 30, 2025
The global free speech recession
This essay was originally published in The Dispatch on Oct. 28, 2025. Since Charlie Kirk’s murder, the Trump administration has […]
October 30, 2025
How to Get Out of Student Loan Default in 2025 The Student Loan Sherpa
The “Default Cliff” Has Arrived — Here’s What It Means for You Millions of borrowers are inching toward what experts […]
October 30, 2025