Tackling use of fixed-term contracts ‘priority’ for Russell Group
Statement issued as union claims fears of ‘reputational damage’ have forced leading UK universities to act
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Amazon’s Ring logs every doorbell press and app action
Amazon keeps records of every motion detected by its Ring doorbells, as well as the exact time they are logged down to the millisecond.
Separate but Equal at the MLA?
The Modern Language Association planned separate panels for scholars of color and their white colleagues.
Conservatives livid after Wyoming lawmakers shoot down bill to repeal ‘gun-free zones’
The Wyoming state senate killed a bill that would have repealed "gun-free zones" in the states.
Protests, disruptions escalate at University of California following mass graduate student firing
Hundreds of grad students pledge not to fill vacant positions
University Housing for Faculty and Staff
Rents in urban areas are skyrocketing, and faculty and staff members at universities increasingly face long commutes and housing insecurity. San José State hopes a creative solution can help.
Chinese government bulldozes ‘publish or perish’ mentality
Move to reduce reliance on SCI citations in decision-making could affect everything from researchers’ careers to university rankings, experts say
Some colleges are bringing the classroom to the workplace
Wrapped in fleece and flannel, the students in a mid-afternoon college writing class look as if they’re about to jump out of their seats and onto a ski lift.
Millions of websites face ‘insecure’ warnings
Some well-known websites could stop functioning properly on Wednesday, 4 March, after a bug was found in the digital certificates used to secure them.
Law students storm out of ‘purely legalistic’ DACA discussion
Students who staged a demonstration in protest of a lecture on the legality of DACA called it an “intellectually cheap and morally affronting topic.”
