Cover feature of mine on the long history of threats to the study of modern languages - and what role the rise of AI might play

Digital transformation is inevitable, but as #THEDigitalUK heard, getting it right is complex and fraught with challenges, writes John Gill

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‘Set clear boundaries’ for healthy industry-academia partnerships
Companies must understand that it is not the job of a university to conduct commercial product development, summit hears. John Gill John Gill reports bit.ly/3JBkATq

Congrats Anton on an exceptional tenure - without doubt one of the most successful, thoughtful leaders of a rollercoaster period. Glasgow has been lucky to have you, but the wider sector has benefited from your very human approach too. I am sure retirement will offer a rich menu!

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Research time at risk as nine in 10 post-92 universities cut jobs. Thomas Williams reports. timeshighereducation.com/news/research-… via Times Higher Education

The jaw-dropping mess of UK higher education is starkly revealed by a series of news stories all on the Times Higher Education website in the last week or so:

1.) There are job cuts right across the sector (44 universities and counting): timeshighereducation.com/news/portsmout…

Kent v-c to depart after restructure and deficit warning timeshighereducation.com/news/kent-v-c-… via Times Higher Education

Campus statues for ‘anti-woke’ champions divide UK academia - Avril Olof reports for Times Higher Education timeshighereducation.com/news/campus-st… via Jack Grove

Portsmouth to cut jobs and merge faculties in ‘academic reset’ timeshighereducation.com/news/portsmout… via Times Higher Education

Not only is Luke Hall the 9th higher education minister in 10 years, by my reckoning he's the first in two decades - since Alan Johnson - to have not gone to university timeshighereducation.com/news/luke-hall…

Robert Halfon quits as UK higher education minister timeshighereducation.com/news/robert-ha… via Times Higher Education

Breaking: higher education minister Robert Halfon steps down, saying he will quit as a Tory MP at the next general election. More soon Times Higher Education

A personal statement from the Rt Hon Robert Halfon MP, Member of Parliament for Harlow and the villages and the Minister for Skills, Apprenticeships and Higher Education. 👇

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There’s some great positive individual stories here but they’re not ‘ditching uni’ so much as making positive choices like millions before them to join professions that don’t need a degree. They wouldn’t have gone to uni in the past either. telegraph.co.uk/money/jobs/tee…

Party city to tech hub: Miami’s shift bodes well for University of Miami, says its president, Julio Frenk, who tells Jack Grove how his institution is reaping rewards from the tech and finance influx to south Florida
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“The biggest probability for universities is they are part of the election campaign in a way they do not want… all eyes will be on you very, very fast.” Rachel Wolf warns to be ready for culture war tactics. John Morgan reports. timeshighereducation.com/news/tory-cult… via Times Higher Education

Oxford’s chancellor on parents of private school pupils thinking they’re “buying their way” into Oxbridge…

Story: timeshighereducation.com/news/patten-bo…

UK funding crisis forces three more universities to cut jobs timeshighereducation.com/news/uk-fundin… via Times Higher Education

Michelle Donelan apologises for tweeting letter to UKRI. Claim that tweet was 'never motivated by any political desire' may raise eyebrows (she is a politician, after all). Story from John Morgan timeshighereducation.com/news/donelan-a… via Times Higher Education