Goldsmiths and SOAS latest to face strikes over job cuts
University of London institutions announce plans to restructure departments, affecting dozens of jobs
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UK universities’ Gaza ceasefire silence ‘seems hypocritical’
Adam Habib says institutions that spoke out over Ukraine ‘immediately invoked institutional neutrality’ on Gaza, questioning whether they would have done the same in relation to Nazi Germany
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‘Beyond frustrating’ for Palestinian refugee denied UK PhD visa
Amena El Ashkar was hoping to study a PhD in international relations at the London School of Economics but her visa was rejected
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V-c: Jo Phoenix case ‘astounding indictment of UK universities’
Academic leading sex and gender research review for government also criticises ‘shocking failure of leadership in sector’ after professor’s tribunal win against OU
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Yiddish at SOAS
Yiddish is to be taught by London University's School of Oriental and African Studies following a deal with the Oxford Institute for Yiddish Studies. Oxford staff will teach language and literature...
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‘Endemic’ casualisation ‘a choice, not a necessity’, says UCU
Union ranks institutions on efforts to better support precarious workforce, and finds most failing to get to grips with the issue
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Baroness Amos to lead Soas
The former Cabinet minister and diplomat will be the first black woman to lead a UK university
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London Met/Soas - Mind your language
Two university heads have launched a partnership designed to promote the uptake of foreign languages in the UK's secondary schools. Brian Roper, vice-chancellor of London Metropolitan University, and...
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Universities’ social contract can’t be limited by nation or even hemisphere
Equal collaboration demands investment from the Global North in key research infrastructures in the Global South, say ’Funmi Olonisakin and Jan Palmowski
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Can troubleshooter vice-chancellors turn universities around?
With UK sector in increasing dire financial straits, universities are turning to experienced hands to steady the ship, but is short-termism really what institutions need?
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SOAS pledges ‘stand against antisemitism’ without IHRA definition
Hepi event also hears v-cs argue that free speech rows reflect wider social issues ‘at play in universities’ as key sites of debate
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Carbon-free Soas
Paul Webley calls on the academy to follow the institution’s lead and divest from fossil fuels
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Soas to divest from fossil fuel industry
Soas, University of London, is to divest from fossil fuels within the next three years after the institution’s governing body today approved the decision.
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SOAS blames ‘challenging’ finances as research leave cancelled
Union condemns ‘short-sighted’ suspension of institution-funded research leave, saying move amounts to ‘institutional self-sabotage’
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Southampton and Soas return for TEF regrade
High-profile bronze award winners hope to improve ratings after changes to methodology of UK’s teaching standards audit