Good news!

The #University of #Amsterdam has also decided to "no longer actively post on #Twitter"!

The news item says: "... we are looking for a suitable alternative."

Let's do our best to convince the university to at least *also* have a presence here on social.edu.nl!

@SLURF @SURF @wlaatje @RaulInzaurralde @OpenTech_AUC @vtijms @bon @foxy @mfmcl

Maybe @vuamsterdam can help convince the UvA to join us?

I have a lot of sympathy for students who see themselves getting bad value from their degrees & find trying to balance staying financially solvent & studying a sometimes impossible challenge;

But I also have sympathy with university staff trying to encourage in-person attendance (knowing as I do how degraded on-line learning can be).

Sadly, this crisis in higher education is driven by external forces that are pitting students & staff against each other.

#university

https://www.theguardian.com/education/article/2024/may/28/i-see-little-point-uk-university-students-on-why-attendance-has-plummeted

‘I see little point’: UK university students on why attendance has plummeted

About half the students who got in touch skip lectures, with many ‘disappointed’ with the experience and others forced to prioritise paid work

^{Jedidajah Otte (The Guardian)}

We have two tenure track #lecturer positions available at the #University of #Edinburgh, to support and develop #teaching and #research linked to the undergraduate Dual Award Honours programmes in Integrative Biomedical Sciences and Biomedical Informatics jointly developed in partnership with Zhejiang University, China.

For more info and to apply see the ads here

https://elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1001/job/9999/

https://elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1001/job/10000

Academic Track Lecturer in Integrative Biomedical Sciences (Zhejiang)

Edinburgh Medical School: Biomedical Sciences wishes to appoint an Academic Track Lecturer in Integrative Biomedical Sciences to support and develop teaching and research linked to the undergraduate Dual Award Honours programmes in Integrative Biomed…

^{University of Edinburgh}

**Wo bleiben die Universitäten im Fediverse?**

Warum betreiben Universitäten nicht schon längst eigene Mastodon-Instanzen?

Warum bekommen Studierende nicht mit der Immatrikulation auch einen Mastodon-Handle?

Warum hosten Universitäten Vorlesungsvideos nicht über PeerTube im Fediverse?

Es gibt einiges, das für ein stärkeres Engagement von Universitäten im Fediverse spricht.

Ein Aufruf den man nur unterstützen kann! #boost
#fediverse #university @leonido
https://netzpolitik.org/2023/aufruf-hochschulen-aller-laender-ins-fediverse/

Aufruf: Hochschulen aller Länder ins Fediverse! – netzpolitik.org

Während viel über ein mögliches Engagement öffentlich-rechtlicher Medien im Fediverse diskutiert wird, sind die Potenziale von Fediverse-Instanzen von Hochschulen bislang kaum Thema.

^{netzpolitik.org}

English Version
**Where are the universities in the Fediverse?**

Why don't universities have their own Mastodon instances yet?

Why don't students get a Mastodon handle when they enrol?

Why don't universities host lecture videos on PeerTube in the Fediverse?

There is a lot to be said for universities getting more involved in the Fediverse.

A call that can only be supported! #boost

#fediverse #university @leonido
https://netzpolitik.org/2023/a-call-to-action-universities-of-the-world-into-the-fediverse/

A Call to Action: Universities of the World, Join the Fediverse! – netzpolitik.org

While there is a lot of discussion about new Twitter alternatives and the relevance of journalists and other critical groups of users, the potential of university-based Fediverse instances has hardly been addressed.

^{netzpolitik.org}

Latest cartoon: Quackery Quotas

The right's cries for "ideological diversity" sound fair to well-meaning people who believe in good-faith debate as a way to arrive at the truth. But truth is not the goal here; the goal is power.

#education #science #college #university #climatechange