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‘No way to invest in a career here’: US academics flee overseas to avoid Trump crackdown

Sunday at 13:00 PM, via The Guardian

Budding scholars pursue overseas jobs amid attacks on education and research, prompting fears of an American brain drain

Eric Schuster was over the moon when he landed a lab assistant position in a coral reef biology lab at the Scripps Institute of Oceanography (SIO). The 23-year-old had recently graduated with a bachelor’s degree in nanoengineering from the University of California, San...

Revealed: Thousands of UK university students caught cheating using AI

Sunday at 09:00 AM, via The Guardian

Guardian investigation finds almost 7,000 proven cases of cheating – and experts says these are tip of the iceberg

Thousands of university students in the UK have been caught misusing ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence tools in recent years, while traditional forms of plagiarism show a marked decline, a Guardian investigation can reveal.

A survey of academic integrity violations found...

Dimming America’s Beacons to the World

13 June at 18:52 PM, via New York Times

Readers respond to articles about setbacks to the Fulbright program and Voice of America. Also: Senator Alex Padilla, handcuffed.

The mainstream media has enabled Trump’s war on universities | Jason Stanley

13 June at 16:00 PM, via The Guardian

For the past decade, the US press has fueled a moral panic over leftists on campus while failing to report on the right’s assault

US universities are facing the Trump regime’s fury. The justification given by the regime is that universities are run by leftist ideologues, who have indoctrinated students to adopt supposedly leftist ideological orientations, as well as hostility to Israel,...

High court dismisses challenges against adding VAT to UK private school fees

13 June at 13:59 PM, via The Guardian

Surcharge was a Labour party manifesto commitment at the 2024 general election

The high court has dismissed a wave of legal challenges against adding VAT to private school fees in the UK, saying that the government’s decision was a rare example of Brexit freedoms.

The judges noted that adding 20% to private school fees would not have been possible under EU law, stating: “This is therefore one...

Africa: UCT Highlights Rights and Climate Justice Globally

13 June at 12:49 PM, via AllAfrica

[UCT] The University of Cape Town (UCT), through the African Climate and Development Initiative (ACDI), participated in the Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit on 5 June. This global 24-hour event brought together institutions from across the world to address the intersection of climate change and human rights.

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