Student protests help bring “justice” for Gaza, says Palestinian Authority minister: university leader turned education minister Amjad Barham pledges to rebuild destroyed campuses. Paddy Jack reports
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Some universities are struggling to close high-earner gender pay gap, reports Paddy Jack
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Number of UK study visas granted halves following dependants ban
Eighty per cent drop in number of family members given permission to come to UK, writes Patrick Jack Paddy Jack bit.ly/3URDQkY

Another delay to the release of key UK student statistics is making planning ahead increasingly difficult for universities during a “volatile” time, a former universities minister has warned timeshighereducation.com/news/delays-vi… via Paddy Jack

Shifting sands: Times Higher Education analysis reveals how university entry rates have improved much faster in Labour-held constituencies than in Conservative ones since 2010
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Chinese students pay about three-quarters of all taught postgraduate tuition fee income at some leading UK universities, according to new estimates that are likely to heighten concern about the sector’s over-reliance on Beijing
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‘State-directed’ public history of Troubles ‘lacks credibility’
Historians to be granted full access to state archives, but critics question relationship to controversial Legacy Act, writes Patrick Jack Paddy Jack bit.ly/3UH0Vb6

Students occupy University of Warwick piazza over university’s “Israel ties”: action to coincide with open day comes after widespread unrest on US campuses. Paddy Jack reports
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Hundreds of academics call on Queen Mary University of London to boycott an Israeli institution after they claim it contributed to the persecution of one of its academics and “endangered” her life
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Safety fears and cost push Gulf students away from US, towards UK
Significant drop in North American enrolments mirrored by increased recruitment by UK and Australia, writes Patrick Jack Paddy Jack bit.ly/3JoUT8D

One story which combines #MarchMadness basketball, higher ed and Taylor Swift all at once - how Caitlin Clark changed the game for University of Iowa and US colleges 🏀

Bounceback in number of days UK academics spend at public events:
HESA UK data reveals the amount of time academics devote to public events, but have scholars become “apathetic” towards civic engagement activities? Paddy Jack reports
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English universities report fewer overseas master’s enrolments
Early data suggest number of international students starting taught postgraduate courses is down 6 per cent, but some individual campuses hit much harder, writes Patrick Jack Paddy Jack bit.ly/3J82pVk

Long-ish read on the state of higher education in prisons - with help from The Longford Trust, Prisoners' Education Trust, Vera Institute of Justice and of course, Paul.

Some elite universities in England continue to admit just a fraction of their student body from within their own region, HESA UK analysis reveals, while other institutions in NI and Scotland have little if any intake from outside their borders
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Amid fears over Israel's ' #educide ' policy in Gaza, academics and MPs, led by Caroline Lucas, have called for the expansion of the Researchers at Risk scheme to Palestinian academics

Spoke with Joseph Nye on his career moving between academia and government, creating the concept of soft power, and his new book.

City St George’s “wants to be something different” for London: Sir Anthony Finkelstein, leader of soon-to-be-merged university, tells Paddy Jack that mergers have to be the right strategic fit because financial savings don’t always come straight away
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University applications from white British students “lowest since 2008”: UCAS Corporate figures also show application gap between London and UK region with lowest rate has reached record level. Paddy Jack reports
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