As ever with mathematics, big numbers are only scary if you fail to understand their significance + context. Compare 600k students with 40 million tourists. The UK can accommodate both, and both are inarguably beneficial to our country. Let’s not be scared of our own shadow.

Portsmouth v-c Graham Galbraith on 'brightest and best' policy. 'Many international applicants do not want to pay higher costs at high-ranking universities. They want a quality UK education that aligns with their values, needs and available finance' timeshighereducation.com/blog/mac-repor…

'Now is the time to build a funding model that is fit for purpose, instead of cobbling together a system based on short-sighted policy decisions and driven by migration-orientated political objectives,' says Portsmouth v-c Graham Galbraith.
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Extremely welcome news that the Migration Advisory Committee have found no evidence of abuse of the graduate route and have recommended it stay.

The International Higher Education Commission submitted evidence to the review, arguing for its retention:
ihecommission.uk/event/ihec-sub…

All the key points from the MAC review of the UK graduate visa summarised here by Paddy Jack (no paywall) timeshighereducation.com/news/mac-repor…

Breaking: UK should keep two-year graduate visa, MAC review recommends timeshighereducation.com/news/uk-should… via Times Higher Education

The Migration Advisory Committee review has concluded that the UK’s graduate route should remain in place after it found “no evidence” it was being widely abused #MACreport
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Is mentoring the elixir of academic life? The value of senior faculty advising their juniors is increasingly emphasised. But is guidance fairly shared? Michael S Roth, Srila Roy, Merlin Crossley, Alice Kelly, Eleanor Palser and two other scholars weigh in
bit.ly/3UPlCSm

How to meet students’ soaring mental health needs without soaring funding
Cheryl Regehr and Sandy Welsh explain how the University of Toronto revolutionised its provision without recruiting vast armies of counsellors bit.ly/3QAi43W

How to meet students’ soaring mental health needs without soaring funding
Cheryl Regehr and Sandy Welsh explain how the University of Toronto revolutionised its provision without recruiting vast armies of counsellors bit.ly/3QAi43W

I was really pleased to be asked to write about mentoring for Times Higher Education. My contribution is called 'We must cherish our mentors', which gives a sense of my thoughts on the topic. I hope my mentors - to whom I am indebted - recognise themselves in this piece.

Is mentoring the elixir of academic life? The value of senior faculty advising their juniors is increasingly emphasised. But is guidance fairly shared? Michael S Roth, Srila Roy, Merlin Crossley, Alice Kelly, Eleanor Palser and two other scholars weigh in
bit.ly/3UPlCSm

Pro-Palestinian protests have been broken up by police at universities in the German and Dutch capitals, in scenes reminiscent of those currently gripping US campuses.
timeshighereducation.com/news/police-sh…

Digital surveillance of scholars ‘eroding academic freedom’
Tracking teaching, grades and research productivity with electronic systems is affecting staff independence and well-being, union-backed survey finds. Jack Grove Jack Grove reports bit.ly/3QwyrOR

Times Higher Education wins in King’s Awards for Enterprise: honour for Times Higher Education in The King's Awards international trade category recognises development of global business working with universities, organisations and governments around the world timeshighereducation.com/news/times-hig…

Graduate premium in UK regions ‘hasn’t fallen’, counters study
Rejecting Ed Balls-authored study, new analysis says graduate premium outside London has held up despite soaring student numbers, writes Jack Grove Jack Grove bit.ly/4aZ9Vyd

How young academics are breathing new life into Horrible Histories
As the kids’ historical sketch show marks 15 years, Jack Grove Jack Grove speaks to its head writer, history producer and PhD researchers on how scholarly sleuthing has been crucial bit.ly/3xOIU1E

The number of dependants accompanying international students to the UK has fallen by nearly 80 per cent after the Westminster government introduced stricter restrictions, writes Chris Havergal Chris Havergal bit.ly/4bjmUdW

Australia plans to benchmark vice-chancellor salaries, with executive remuneration one of 10 “priority areas” to be addressed by new “university governance principles and recommendations” to be developed by a yet-to-be-established expert governance council
timeshighereducation.com/news/australia…

American primacy

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