Israel critic finds job offer revoked after Gaza tweets
By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed

By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed

The medical journal The Lancet has defended its decision to publish an open letter condemning Israel’s military action in Gaza

MPs warn it is “highly doubtful” the Scottish government’s position on tuition fees would be legally sustainable if the country became independent

Scientific publishers producing model copyright licences will make it harder for academic research to be a “first class citizen of the web”.
ߣߣƵ has launched a survey to see whether Scottish university staff believe leaving the UK would be good for their institutions

A University of Cambridge student has accused the NUS of encouraging Hamas to ensure “as many children as possible die” through its Israel boycott
The Wikimedia Foundation has spoken out against “the right to be forgotten” enshrined in European law, likening it to removing an index from a book.

The number of students at private colleges accessing public tuition fee loans more than trebled in just two years, a study says.

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THE analysis reveals no correlation between applications and leaders’ pay as performance targets remain shrouded in secrecy

Former minister’s proposal for universities to buy share of student debt has divided opinion

John Allen, who wrote to The Lancet about the role of metrics in redundancies, has been dismissed for refusing to teach a course

The English are not seriously contemplating the effects of Scottish independence. They must, writes Danny Dorling