explore | Grilled Cheese

The Russell Group’s call to introduce a tiered tuition fee system are “a disaster” that risks leaving the rest of the UK sector behind, a scholar has warned. Rosalind Skillen reports #highered #tuitionfees #edusky
https://ow.ly/tixU50ZSM4Z

In the age of AI we should mark a student’s distance travelled, rather than judging them solely on the absolute quality of a final output, says Emma Ransome #highered #marking #AI #assessment #edusky
https://ow.ly/MPUU50ZSGXS

I’m reading this chapter by Tom Angelo in *University Teaching in Focus* (2013) for a teaching course, and it’s striking that neither the metaphor or hypothetical framing is necessary any more.

If an LLM can pass your course, it’s not a good course!

#HigherEd #AI #Slop #Teaching

📋 Help with a short 5–7 min university study on ethical decisions in medical emergencies.

Participate here:
https://noharm.sc.hpi.de/

Your answers are anonymous (GDPR-compliant). 18+ only. #StudyRecruitment #MedicalEthics #Survey #Research #HigherEd #Academia

1 in 5 students identifies as a parent or caregiver. 34% see themselves as workers who go to school—not students who work.

Perhaps the bigger student-success challenge isn't helping “nontraditional” students adapt to #highered. It's redesigning higher ed around the students who are already here.

Six months of enterprise bargaining at Federation University but little progress so NTEU members are taking action today.
Crushing staff workloads are adversely affecting students and the VC must act - you can tell him now:
www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/fa...
#HigherEducation #AcademicSky #HigherEd

Spectacular fall day for a field trip! GEOG111 and ENSC111 students headed to Shane Lake for a Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS aka drone) mapping demonstration and some fresh air and blue skies after yesterday's rain.

#highered #getoutside #RPAS #mapping

Opinion | AI Slop Coming to a Library Near You

Librarians must hold the gates against machine-generated titles. By Daniel M. Gross: https://bit.ly/3TdSPcp

#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd

Inaugural
#AI Educators Pilot
Summer 2026
#MIT Schwarzman College of #Computing
computing.mit.edu/news/mit-sch...

"...expanding AI education across diverse learning environments..."

#highereducation #highered #STEMeducation #instructionaldesign #pedagogy #artificialintelligence #machinelearning

Student Success | Rethinking the Traditional College Student

A six-part podcast series with higher ed experts explores who today’s college students are and how institutions can better support the realities of their lives. https://bit.ly/4hn8FKQ

#EDUSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky

A pair of #HigherEd activists with enough drive & passion to change the world! This month we spotlight 2 #UCPEA3695 VPs, Amber & Nick. Know an activist like them? Drop a nomination here: tinyurl.com/MeetTheActivistsAFTCT #UnionYES #CTStateWorkers @aft.org @afthighered.bsky.social

With FACCC and CFT sharing several priorities, Zaccc is excited about what’s possible when faculty voices work together. #HigherEd #TrustEducators

Are you a faculty member or senior administrator at a Canadian University? Do you have experience implementing IT platforms at your institution? Please consider completing this survey: brock.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
(about 5 minutes of your time)
#CdnPSE #HigherEd #CdnEd #CDNunis

Cristine Donovan, Racker's Executive Director, kindly accepted to review my book, and after reading it, endorsed it. Her endorsement reads:

#Neurodiversity #HigherEd #Learning #Neurodivergent #Inclusion #Belonging

The federal government wants U.S. colleges to publicly respond to a list of questions about sensitive issues in higher education by year’s end. #trump #highered #college
www.csmonitor.com/USA/Educatio...

Yasemin Copur-Gencturk received two NSF grants. The funding will expand AI-assisted professional development for teachers and examine how educators learn in AI-supported environments.

Read the full story: https://bit.ly/4dQlwCX

#USCRossier #HigherEd

South African HE minister says greater use of student loans could form part of the solution for the trouble-hit National Student Financial Aid Scheme #THEWAS #highered

80% of #CampusSexualAssault goes unreported. 1 in 5 cite fear of reprisal.

Sign here to call for #DoubleBlindTitleIX
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🪜 🎓 📜 🍎 ♀️ #PhDSky #Blackademia #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #MeToo #HigherEd #PhDChat #WomenInStem