Knee and hip app ‘may make major hospital savings’
A mobile phone app which supports people recovering from hip and knee surgery could save a Devon hospital trust up to £50,000 a year, doctors have said. Read more
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A Judge Ruled Trump Silenced Scholars. Will It Matter?
The American Association of University Professors and other academic groups won a resounding victory on Tuesday when a judge ruled that the Trump administration had “chilled” their members’ rights to express their views. Read more
Is Australia’s latest research review a threat to university autonomy?
The panel’s overriding concern is to ensure that research is used productively. But observers worry that pushing universities to specialise in centrally determined ‘focus areas’ risks inadvertently turning them, in effect, into government agencies Read more
Physical design of universities alienates marginalized students: study
The design aesthetics of American institutions of higher education often make students from lower-socioeconomic and racially minoritized backgrounds feel like outsiders on their own campuses Read more
Gen Z choosing trade schools over college
A growing number of young workers are skipping the traditional college route and finding careers in skilled trades. Four in 10 Gen Z workers say they’re turning to blue-collar jobs for security, according to recent surveys. Read more
Judge rules International student deportation campaign unconstitutional
The lengthy ruling chastises two federal departments for their “invidious” efforts to chill pro-Palestinian speech and declares unequivocally that noncitizens in the U.S. are entitled to the full protection of the First Amendment. Read more
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In 1905, archaeologists at Serabit el-Khadim in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula uncovered mysterious inscriptions carved into the walls of a 4,000-year-old turquoise mine. The strange symbols, later called Proto-Sinaitic, puzzled scholars for decades, until they realised they were looking at the earliest alphabet in history. View more
The Federal Government Has Shut Down. Here’s What It Means for Higher Ed.
The federal government careened into a widespread shutdown shortly after midnight on Wednesday, adding yet another wrinkle to an increasingly acrimonious relationship between the Trump administration and higher education. Read more
Arts degrees ‘more lucrative than working in trades’
Australian study finds that philosophers outearn motor mechanics – on average Read more
Feds move to suspend, defund Harvard over antisemitism allegations
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services took additional steps Monday to strip Harvard University of federal funding based on allegations that it discriminated against Jewish students. Read more
