I wrote a post for the Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE ) blog: srheblog.com/2024/08/27/res… - on how we might think about GAI in the University...

On 7 May we will be hosting peer review workshops with Taylor & Francis Research Insights. The sessions will over all the essentials of how to be an effective peer reviewer for researchers in all areas. Registration details below.

Join us on 13 May for an interactive session to explore critical perspectives on evaluating and assessing the quality of contemporary doctoral programmes. With Rosemary Deem, Pam Denicolo & Gill Houston. Register here: srhe.ac.uk/civicrm/?civiw…

We're pleased to share the completed report from the Newer Researchers Award project, "Conceptualising and envisioning the ‘sustainable teacher’ within the contemporary university" by Vily Papageorgiou. Read the full report here 👉srhe.ac.uk/wp-content/upl…

What is a ‘governing document’ in the University of Sussex? - latest post on srheblog.com by GR Evans at srheblog.com/2025/04/22/wha…

In the latest post on srheblog.com @robcuthbert looks back to HE in the 1960s and reminisces on 60 years of the Society for Research into Higher Education via the musical soundtrack of the time srheblog.com/2025/04/24/edi…

The Special Issues editors for Studies in Higher Education are inviting proposals from colleagues interested in guest editing a Special Issue of the journal, to be published from 2026 onwards. Proposals by 15th May - see tandfonline.com/journals/cshe2… T&F Education Research

Do we really empower sabbatical officers to be the voice of students? Latest post on srheblog.com by Rebecca Turner, Jennie Winter & Nadine Schaefer srheblog.com/2025/04/30/do-…

⏰ Final week to submit your papers, symposia and posters for #SRHE2025! Details of the full CFP and how to make a submission: srhe.ac.uk/international-… Deadline: 15 May 2025 (23:59 GMT+1) #HigherEducation #ResearchConference #CallForPapers

1) Join us July 2nd, 2025 (12–3pm, incl. lunch) in central London for “In Conversation with Syed Farid Alatas: Re-Thinking Knowledge, Intellectual Canons & Decolonisation of Academia.” An in-person event hosted by SRHE Register srhe.ac.uk/civicrm/?civiw…

What the experience of neurodivergent PhD students teaches us, and why it makes me angry - latest post on srheblog.com by Inger Mewburn Prof Inger Mewburn srheblog.com/2025/05/20/wha…

Join us on 19 June to examine the challenges and opportunities of moving from a research/teaching background in the ‘hard sciences’, towards the softer sciences underpinning education research: bit.ly/43BVIob #PedagogicalResearch #HEResearch

Join us at this upcoming workshop on 20 June to explore AI and the current thoughts, practice, and applications of AI tools in higher education research. Register here: srhe.ac.uk/civicrm/?civiw… #AI #AITools #NewerResearchers #HigherEducationResearch

📣 Upcoming event: On Wednesday 2 July we will be joined by Syed Farid Alatas, Shuchen Xiang 项舒晨 and Ibrar Bhatt, PhD to discuss Re-thinking Knowledge, Intellectual Canons, and #DecolonisingAcademia. Find out more and register here: srhe.ac.uk/civicrm/?civiw…

Congratulations to this year's Newer Researcher Award winners Betzabé Torres, Jess Pilgrim-Brown, Yabing Liu! Learn more about their projects on our website: srhe.ac.uk/research/lates…

📣 Research & Scoping Awards 2025 - submissions now open! We invite applications for: - Member Awards for research on HE policy/HE practice/HE & society - Scoping Awards for projects on emerging areas of HE research Visit bit.ly/4kzWk4u for details. Deadline 1 September

"...proximity to students is not the same as access, and … transnational education requires more than exporting curricula across borders, it demands building relevance across cultures." Blog post: Branch campuses and the mirage of demand by Kyuseok Kim 👉 bit.ly/3IRFl06

In the latest SRHE blog post, Rob Cuthbert highlights how Trump‑era interventions are reshaping US higher education, from legal wrangles over abolishing the Education Department, to funding threats against Columbia and Harvard. Read it here 👇bit.ly/4ohsJzy #HEPolicy

📢 Open calls for papers: Studies in Higher Education Special Issues on: Learner Agency and Human-AI Collaboration, Advancing Female Academics into Executive Leadership Positions, Reconciling Marketisation. Find out more: bit.ly/4mmzxed #HEresearch #HEpolicy #CFP

Some (important) features of today's GCSE results that were not in the official press release... BBC News (UK) BBC Radio 4 Today The World at One BBC Radio 4 PM BBC Newsnight ITN Channel 4 News Sky News The Times and The Sunday Times The Guardian The Telegraph The Independent The Observer Financial Times Financial Times edcentral.uk/edblog/four-fe…