Chaired by Suzanna Tomassi, higher education specialist from the Department for Business and Trade, experts on Panama and its “city of knowledge” – or Ciudad del Saber – showcased the destination to UK institutional representatives. Tomassi explained that a growing amount of interest prompted the necessity of a webinar to provide institutional representatives for TNE…
SCOTUS NEWS By Amy Howe on Jun 17, 2024 at 10:49 am There are now 16 cases scheduled for the court’s 2024-25 term, which will begin in October. (Anthony Quintano via Flickr) The justices on Monday morning added four new cases to their docket for the 2024-25 term. In a list of orders from the…
(Photo by Hannes Magerstaedt/Getty Images) The Democrats are up in arms. Joe Biden’s consistently behind in the polls. He’s too old to be president. There’s nothing he can do to turn the tide. Kamala Harris is even less popular than Biden. If Biden is incapacitated, no one trusts Harris to serve as president. A disaster’s…
It’s in the news and on your campus. Professional education associations are sounding the alarm. More teachers are leaving the profession, and the pipeline of new educators is shrinking. As schools of all kinds—public, private, K–12, and higher ed—struggle to recruit faculty, they must also work harder to retain them. Many cite burnout as the…
The name University of Otago will remain but the Reo name of the 155-year-old institution has now been changed to Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka – meaning ‘a place of many firsts’. Based on New Zealand’s South Island, Otago has always been a key trading outpost and centre for cutting-edge research. “We had an old Māori name….
WHAT WE’RE READING By Ellena Erskine on Jun 17, 2024 at 9:56 am Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Monday morning read: Coming up: On Thursday, June 20, the court expects to issue one or more opinions from the…
* Law firms increasingly look to lateral whole groups at a time. [American Lawyer] * Attorney for the lawyer suing Netflix over Baby Reindeer thinks they can win. [Hollywood Reporter] * Lawyer shows up drunk to DUI sentencing. [CBS News] * Congress keeps throwing around contempt and it’s mostly making voters roll their eyes. [NPR]…
* Law firms increasingly look to lateral whole groups at a time. [American Lawyer] * Attorney for the lawyer suing Netflix over Baby Reindeer thinks they can win. [Hollywood Reporter] * Lawyer shows up drunk to DUI sentencing. [CBS News] * Congress keeps throwing around contempt and it’s mostly making voters roll their eyes. [NPR]…
Some 2,000 education agencies across 125 countries have now been vetted through ICEF’s Agency Status program. The program, which aims to provide a global benchmark of education agency quality, prides itself on its “rigorous vetting process” which includes reference checks and annual reassessment, which the organisation said “has the rigour to give governments, educators, and…
“It became very apparent to me that times are changing in higher education, and family members are now true partners in their students’ journey, and we need to align with the times. How do we shift the narrative so that our partnership with parents is just that — a partnership with parents and families — and…