Senior Vacancies - Scottish Funding Council is in the market for talented, collaborative and can-do leaders who want to play a key role in developing our organisation and Scotland’s tertiary education sector. Find out more at: sfc.ac.uk/jobs

The resource spending review was yesterday. HE will face cuts to 2026/27. We say: "It’s hard to feel anything other than disappointment and deep concern for the medium-term future based on today’s resource spending review allocations." Read our response: rb.gy/hpxdt1

Scottish university spin-outs top UK equity investment league. New figures from the British Business Bank show campus-led startups in Scotland are attracting growth capital at a higher rate than rivals south of the border. ⬇️ futurescot.com/scottish-unive…

The Chip has clearly been reeling since I left the west end in October...and, on news that I've bought and am moving out the city entirely, they've hit the nuclear button and sold up: bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla…

Fantastic news. James has done great things at OU, GCU and delighted we'll be working together again UWS!

Two new exciting positions in UWS Quality Enhancement and Standards Team have gone live on our website today. If you have a passion for evidence based enhancement in a collegiate environment, please apply to join us UWS Quest jobs.uws.ac.uk

🆕 We are recruiting. We are looking for a Senior Policy Officer Research, Innovation and Health (Maternity Leave cover). You will lead on Research, Innovation and Health policy for Scotland's 19 universities. Find out more: universities-scotland.ac.uk/vacancies/

Scotland's universities are a success story. We punch well above our weight and we’re one of the best higher education sectors in the world. But that position is under threat due to lack of public funding.

I shall witter on...but my learned friends @erica_hensens and James Dunphy will have some pearls of wisdom, I'm sure. Join us!

A sophisticated algorithm and a simple phone call have proved a formula for student retention, Jonathan Powles of UWS says on #THECampus. The institution’s Student Success Team is shortlisted for Tech/Digital Innovation of the Year #THEAwards 2022 bit.ly/3DDkZSc

And a potential double-whammy for Universities Scotland members: caught between Scottish Government underfunding which makes international income essential, and UK Govt potentially restricting that.

Just did an early morning interview on LBC with Andrew Castle where he (completely fairly) asked me to prove that universities lose money on educating home students. I promised to put the numbers on here. So here is the high-level TRAC data (source: officeforstudents.org.uk/publications/a…)

From nurse to v-c: how diversity up top helps HE escape silos James Miller takes helm at University of the West of Scotland after ‘unconventional’ career path bit.ly/3ETDzWy

BACK TO FRONT Can you identify 12 of our 19 members from Google Street View images taken looking away from the university? We'll be back at 4.45pm with the answers.

Harder than you'd think Universities Scotland ....

🆕We welcome the appointment of Professor John McKendrick as new Commissioner. This is an important role for Scottish higher education and society more widely. universities-scotland.ac.uk/fairaccess/

The UWS is home to many remarkable #WomenInScience 👩‍🔬 I was delighted to highlight some fascinating contributions from staff & students 🔬 Keep up the good work on increasing female participation in science👏👇

In the 2022/23 session UWS has launched our Green Campaign across all campuses helping all staff and students to make everyday changes to be more sustainable. Find out more here: uws.ac.uk/uwsgreen/

🆕International students boost Scottish economy by £4.75bn. Today’s report reveals the growing importance of international students to local economies throughout Scotland. Read more below👇 universities-scotland.ac.uk/hepimay23/

Great couple of days at HESPA conference - not just because I won a box of Heroes.* *and I’m sure there’s some twee comment about planning ‘heroes’, too. 🤷