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Update. "DOJ Whistleblower Confirms 'Antisemitism' Probes Against Universities Were Sham Investigations."
democracynow.org/2026/8/21/ant…

#Academia #AcademicFreedom #Antisemitism #Censorship #DefendResearch #Trump #TrumpVResearch #Universities #USPol #USPolitics

DOJ Whistleblower Confirms “Antisemitism” Probes Against Universities Were Sham Investigations

Haley Van Erem, a former career attorney in the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, has filed a complaint claiming the Trump administration task force charged with investigating antisemitism pushed universities into massive settlements despit…
Democracy Now!
#censorship #Universities #Trump #Antisemitism #uspol #USPolitics #academia #academicfreedom #DefendResearch #trumpvresearch

For those of you who are interested in my (pre-retirement) academic career, here is an interview that I did earlier this year for the Foundations of IPE project.

I talk about my approach to International Political Economy, how I came to IPE as an early career academic.

It also includes some thoughts on university management (and my work as an Associate Dean), as well as some personal reflections.

#InternationalPoliticalEconomy #universities #LawAndEconomics #politics

youtube.com/watch?v=aTLsWJX83E…

Prof Chris May

Auf YouTube findest du die angesagtesten Videos und Tracks. Außerdem kannst du eigene Inhalte hochladen und mit Freunden oder gleich der ganzen Welt teilen.
Alex Nunn (YouTube)
#politics #Universities #lawandeconomics #internationalpoliticaleconomy

As a welcome counterweight to the waves of negative commentary on Jason Arday before his death (and indeed in some quarters after his death), here is a testament to 'Everything Good About Jason Arday' put together by his students & others....

If nothing else this is a humane & compassionate response to a human tragedy....

#JasonArday #politics #universities #racism

leilacancode.github.io/everyth…

Everything Good About Jason Arday

First-hand accounts from people who knew him. Collected by his students.
leilacancode.github.io
#politics #Universities #Racism #jasonarday

Update. "A leading House Democrat [Jamie Raskin, D-MD] on Tuesday called for an investigation into new whistleblower allegations that the #Trump administration forced #universities it deemed politically incorrect into settling #antisemitism cases despite flimsy or nonexistent evidence."
chronicle.com/article/universi…
(#paywalled)

See Raskin's letter to the Justice Department.
democrats-judiciary.house.gov/…

#Academia #AcademicFreedom #Censorship #DefendResearch #Takedowns #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

#censorship #Universities #Trump #Antisemitism #uspol #USPolitics #academia #takedowns #academicfreedom #DefendResearch #trumpvresearch

#Universities #Trump #Whistleblower #Antisemitism #Law #DOJ #schools #kakistocracy #settlements #legalethics

"Thirty US universities could lose federal funding unless they review and cut foreign academic partnerships the Pentagon considers a national security risk within the next two weeks, under a Pentagon directive aimed largely at ties to Chinese institutions."
theguardian.com/us-news/2026/a…

"A Chinese embassy spokesperson told the Associated Press that Beijing opposed the politicization of “normal scientific, educational, and academic exchanges” and urged Washington to “abandon the cold war mentality and foster an open, fair, and non-discriminatory environment” for academic and scientific exchanges between the two countries."

#Academia #Censorship #China #DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #Universities #USPol #USPolitics

Pentagon threatens to cut federal funding to 30 universities over foreign academic partnerships

Harvard, Yale, Stanford and others face directive to review and cut alliances Pentagon deems national security risk
Joseph Gedeon (the Guardian)
#China #censorship #Universities #Trump #uspol #USPolitics #academia #funding #DefendResearch #trumpvresearch

#Trump doesn’t just love the uneducated, he hates the educated. Probably because their mere existence proves he’s a moron.

#Pentagon orders audit of 30 #universities' partnerships with foreign institutions

The #DoD has ordered 30 #US universities to audit their partnerships with mostly Chinese universities & military training institutions as the Trump admin scrutinizes #China’s growing global influence.

#law #education #AcademicFreedom #AcademicPartnerships #research
apnews.com/article/pentagon-au…

#Education #China #Research #Universities #Trump #Pentagon #US #Law #DoD #academicfreedom #academicpartnerships

During workshops run by a University of Tokyo graduate student, participants recreate in a computer game parts of Hiroshima and Nagasaki before the U.S. atomic bombings to understand how the attacks changed the cities. japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/… #japan #hiroshima #nagasaki #wwii #us #atomicbombings #students #universities #hibakusha

Minecraft workshops build understanding of cityscapes before atomic bombings

University of Tokyo graduate student Misaki Katayama, 27, who researches peace education, has been holding the two-day workshops in Hiroshima and Nagasaki since 2023.
The Japan Times
#hiroshima #Japan #Universities #US #Students #wwii #Nagasaki #hibakusha #atomicbombings

Here is the news from the US: Woke 1.0 is over. But what did progressives do wrong? | Nesrine Malik theguardian.com/commentisfree/… #BlackLivesMattermovement ##MeToomovement #Universities #Socialmedia #Protest(US) #Inequality #Worldnews #Protest #USnews #Race

Here is the news from the US: Woke 1.0 is over. But what did progressives do wrong? | Nesrine Malik

A movement with safety, dignity and equality at its heart has been blamed for the rightwing backlash. But within it were principles worth carrying forwards, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
Nesrine Malik (the Guardian)
#Worldnews #Inequality #SocialMedia #Universities #protest #Race #usnews #blacklivesmattermovement

#Best #Universities #Ranking #Hungary #highereducation #hungarynews #arwuranking #elte #universityofszeged

Cambridge University defends its mental health support for Jason Arday
By Rachel Hall

University says it continued to provide support after resignation of academic, who was found dead this week

theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/a…

#JasonArday #UniversityofCambridge #Academics #Highereducation #Universities #UKnews #Education #TheGuardian #RachelHall

Cambridge University defends its mental health support for Jason Arday

University says it continued to provide support after resignation of academic, who was found dead on Friday
Rachel Hall (the Guardian)
#Education #Universities #theguardian #uknews #academics #highereducation #UniversityofCambridge #jasonarday #rachelhall

At the heart of the tragic case of Jason Arday is the veracity of CVs.

As an academic for 25 years, who sat on plenty of appointments panels, as well as being a dept. & then faculty 'manager' for nearly a decade, let me tell you this:

I know of no academic (and I'd include myself) whose CV was/is not padded & exaggerated in some way, that would not survive (sometimes even the most cursory) scrutiny.

So the real Q. is why did Arday find himself engulfed by criticism?

#racism #universities

#Universities #Racism

Over my academic career (across two universities) I saw the number of students needing paid work during term time to make ends meet grow every year... while some often managed this quite well, as zero-hours contract work began to dominate student working, I also saw an increase in the difficulty that students had balancing the demands of their employers with the needs of university study, often to the detriment of their results.

This trend show no signs of easing!

#universities #workers

Chart: The proportion os students in some form of paid employment has increase significantly. Proportion of students in any paid employment. Shows proportion growing from 35% in 2016 to over 60% in 2025, before dropping back slightly this year.
#Universities #workers

#Education #England #Universities #London #uknews #UniversityofCambridge #jasonarday

#Audits exist for one reason: to identify problems before they become institutional failures.

This article examines multiple audit observations concerning #IITRopar during the tenure of Prof. Rajeev Ahuja and asks a simple question:

Were the issues adequately addressed—or merely recorded?

Read the documents and decide for yourself.

amritkaal.wordpress.com/2026/0…

Accountability begins with transparency.
#India #Corruption #Education #Governance #Universities #Transparency #HigherEducation #Physics

Irregularities highlighted by multiple audits at IIT Ropar during tenure of Prof. Rajeev Ahuja

The analysis presented here is based on various audit reports (see reports here) of IIT Ropar, carried out by the CAG / Director General of Audit (Central), Chandigarh. This analysis based on the a…
R.Trivedi (Truth, Governance & Nation Building)
#Education #India #Universities #physics #Corruption #transparency #audits #governance #highereducation #iitropar

There's (finally) a growing & wider appreciation of the crisis which has been engulfing the higher education sector for the last decade; of course, there's been calls for action before *and* the response from Govt. remains the same lame call for 'value for money' & a focus on teaching quality.

These are symptoms of a much bigger underlying crisis, and if the Govt. cannot see that we can expect our universities to remain in crisis for some time!

#universities #politics
theguardian.com/education/2026…

UK universities face ‘financial crisis’ amid collapse in international students

Higher education figures call on Labour to reverse tax on fees and warn institutions at risk of ‘going under’
Richard Adams (the Guardian)
#politics #Universities

Update. "Judge Dismisses Federal #Antisemitism Case Against #Harvard."
nytimes.com/live/2026/08/13/us…

This is big for many reasons. One is that the #Trump admin has been using litigation about antisemitism to get leverage over unrelated university programs and funding. Another is that it has been aggressive and dishonest in construing criticism of #Israel, and support for #Palestinian rights, as antisemitism.

#Academia #AcademicFreedom #Censorship #DefendResearch #Takedowns #TrumpVResearch #Universities #USPol #USPolitics

#israel #censorship #Universities #Harvard #Trump #Antisemitism #uspol #USPolitics #academia #Palestinian #takedowns #academicfreedom #DefendResearch #trumpvresearch

#Universities #canada

#israel #Universities #indonesia #Gaza

David Miller (on LinkedIn) identifies a key problem with much of universities actions on social mobility (or 'widening participation').... they mistake activity for actual outcomes.

I also have seen a lot of 'box-ticking' among professional services staff that resulted in great metrics on activity, but little actual movement on the underlying issue involved.

Of course, I doubt this problem is limited to Higher Education!

Just more rubbish management!

#universities #inequality #management

The University of Exeter hired the first UK Professor of Social Mobility in 2018 establishing its Centre for Social Mobility in the same year. It employs 15 people with WP in their title, spends millions every year on WP activities, and sends lengthy reports into the OfS annually. Yet the university ranks bottom of the Russell Group for 'underrepresenting students of a lower socio-economic background, even when they meet the entry requirements'. This according to the latest report from the Social Mobility Commission, published yesterday. Too many universities confuse activity with progress. There's lots to admire about Exeter, but when it comes to widening participation, it seems to be a classic case of lots of activity yielding insufficient progress. At a time when all our universities are under severe financial pressure, Exeter needs to consider more radical solutions to its historic over-dependence on the children of well-heeled families from London & the Home Counties.
#Inequality #Universities #management

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