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We're looking for a Chief Financial Officer who will: - play a pivotal role in Medr's senior leadership team. - oversee all aspects of financial management, ensuring fiscal responsibility. - provide strategic financial guidance to support our mission. 1/2

Higher education in the UK is running out of money, and facing a drop in student numbers. Do we have too many universities? Do we need a more flexible form of tertiary learning? Chris Millward Uni of Birmingham gives me and Phil Dobbie a picture of the dilemma whycurve.com/episode/univer…

Selective universities’ student bonanza ‘troubling’ for the rest, plus regional access disparities highlighted on A-level results day. I've been speaking with Mary Curnock Cook, Johnny Rich, Chris Millward & Nick Hillman about today's acceptance data. researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-uni…

How did BPP University become a £2.5 billion behemoth? Partnerships and flexibility seen as key to company’s continued growth but others may struggle to follow in its path, writes Tom Williams Thomas Williams bit.ly/3SYhFtc

Closing date - 12 noon, Thursday 5 September. ⬇️

What to expect from the Labour conference. We will have e a team of journalists on hand in Liverpool next week, but what might be on the agenda? Harriet Swain takes a look. #labour24 researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-pol…

🧵 UUK has just published its highly anticipated blueprint, laying out what universities want government to do to tackle crises in university and research funding. Our coverage: 1. Want to understand it? Here, free to read, is where you need to start: researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-pol…

The Marshall Sherfield Fellowships competition for 2025 is now open! The Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission will offer one Marshall Sherfield Fellowship for 2025. Applications are due 1 November 2024. More details here: linktr.ee/marshallschola…

Thanks to Harriet Swain and ResearchProfessional for the chance to write about mission-led policy across higher education, skills and research. researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-vie…

We're hiring a PhD Studentship to work on the Research Evaluation of the Head Start into HE Programme at University of Birmingham jobs.ac.uk/job/DJX927/phd…

Thanks to Grace Allen and The Conversation for the chance to write about the choices facing the new UK government on higher education. theconversation.com/universities-a… via The Conversation

Braf cael croesawu Vikki Howells AS, Y Gweinidog Addysg Bellach ac Uwch, i'n swyddfa ddoe i sgwrsio gydag aelodau staff ac i ddysgu mwy am waith ac uchelgeisiau Medr ym maes addysg drydyddol ac ymchwil. Byddwn yn cyflwyno ein Cynllun Strategol cyntaf i'r Gweinidog ym mis Rhagfyr.

⏰Get your tickets today! Join us next week for the next #HigherEdSeminarSeries event with Ka Ho Mok, Chris Millward, Christopher Newfield and Michael Tomlinson on #Massification & #HigherEd 📅Wed, Oct 30th 🕐1:00 p.m. (GMT) 📍This is an ONLINE event. Register here ▶ tinyurl.com/mr2rukam

Thanks to SKOPE for co-ordinating this Higher Education Policy Institute publication. It proposes a unified approach to strategy across all forms of tertiary education, which will be needed to address the priorities set out by Bridget Phillipson earlier this week.

The British Academy recently held a series of roundtables in conjunction with @NCIA_collab to explore the role of universities in creating or maintaining social and cultural infrastructure. Read the full summary here: thebritishacademy.ac.uk/publications/u…

New Campaign for Social Science report foregrounds social science research to help shape UK public policy. See the report, featuring contributions from Uni of Birmingham social scientists: acss.org.uk/news/new-acade…

Great overview here from LPIP Hub and Kostas Kollydas of the evidence on nurturing skills ecosystems, with the emphasis on local collaboration and considering the take-up as well as supply of skills.

🔏 New vacancy Director of Statistics and Analysis ❗ Closing date: Tuesday, 3 December. £70,456 - £80,840 As our Lead Official for Statistics, you will be responsible for leading the delivery and development of statistics and analysis in Medr. civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cgi?…

Closes tomorrow!

Fantastic news! Uni of Birmingham's Prof. Karen Guldberg has been appointed Chair of a new government Neurodivergence Task and Finish Group to drive support for neurodivergent children and young people in mainstream education. Learn more: birmingham.ac.uk/news/2024/univ…