Rob Cuthbert

Emeritus prof HE management, editor SRHE News/Blog; previously deputy VC, journal editor, Chair SRHE, policy/mgt consultant UK/Europe/N America/Africa/China

[SRHE @SRHE73]

📢 CfP now open for the SRHE International #Conference 2026! We're inviting submissions reflecting on the theme Future Ready Higher Education. We welcome submissions for:
🔍 Research Papers
🗣️ Symposia
🖼️ Posters
#CfP here: https://t.co/a1GvF3jq2L Deadline: 15 May 2026 #SRHE2026

[Rob Cuthbert @RobCuthbert]

@nickhillman @guardian SRHE News 63 January 2026 said: "can you use syllabi as the plural for syllabus? Some dictionaries say syllabi or syllabuses are both ‘correct’ usage, but syllabus is 4th declension in Latin, so the plural is actually syllabanti (or maybe syllabus)."

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In case you missed our 'weekend read' SRHE News editor @RobCuthbert explains what you need to know to make sense of the row about student loans https://t.co/qevhxXH6Aw

[Rob Cuthbert @RobCuthbert]

@TomHCalver @annaperryparis Weekend read: What you need to know to make sense of the row about student loans – SRHE Blog https://t.co/GtyjhhKxVU

[Dennis Sherwood @noookophile]

My thanks to Oliver Sullivan and @TeachingTimes for posting my analysis showing that about 50% to 55% of GCSE, AS and A level grades have marking errors. @miss_mcinerney @heymrshallahan @cazjwheeler @CommonsEd @Appg_Schools @HMC_Org @NEUnion @SFCA_info

https://t.co/nljaFQmN26

[Dennis Sherwood @noookophile]

What do you do when you are a witness to wrong-doing? My thanks to @RobCuthbert, Rob Graham and all @SRHE for publishing today's blog.
@nickhillman @cazjwheeler @CommonsEd @Appg_Schools @DanWorth @FCDWhittaker @miss_mcinerney @louise_eccles @poppyeh

https://t.co/u5jmzcm5do

[David Webster @davidwebster]

I wrote a post for the Society for Research into Higher Education (@SRHE73 ) blog: https://t.co/72UKOwjSGm - on how we might think about GAI in the University...

[Dennis Sherwood @noookophile]

Some (important) features of today's GCSE results that were not in the official press release...
@BBCNews @BBCr4today @BBCWorldatOne @BBCPM @BBCNewsnight @itn @c4news @SkyNews @thetimes @guardian @Telegraph @Independent @ObserverUK @FinancialTimes @FT

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[SRHE @SRHE73]

📢 Open calls for papers: Studies in Higher Education Special Issues on: Learner Agency and Human-AI Collaboration, Advancing Female Academics into Executive Leadership Positions, Reconciling Marketisation. Find out more: https://t.co/mUVum4rXDf #HEresearch #HEpolicy #CFP

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In the latest SRHE blog post, @RobCuthbert highlights how Trump‑era interventions are reshaping US higher education, from legal wrangles over abolishing the Education Department, to funding threats against Columbia and Harvard. Read it here 👇https://t.co/hzAMRz5xSp #HEPolicy

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"...proximity to students is not the same as access, and … transnational education requires more than exporting curricula across borders, it demands building relevance across cultures." Blog post: Branch campuses and the mirage of demand by Kyuseok Kim 👉 https://t.co/QVmChRkdNe

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📣 Research & Scoping Awards 2025 - submissions now open! We invite applications for:

- Member Awards for research on HE policy/HE practice/HE & society
- Scoping Awards for projects on emerging areas of HE research
Visit https://t.co/r4W2fw5qPT for details. Deadline 1 September

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Congratulations to this year's Newer Researcher Award winners @BetzabeTorres_O, @JessBrown_UK, Yabing Liu! Learn more about their projects on our website: https://t.co/MYEHP1QdJT

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📣 Upcoming event: On Wednesday 2 July we will be joined by Syed Farid Alatas, @shuchen_xi71290 and @ibrar_bhatt to discuss Re-thinking Knowledge, Intellectual Canons, and #DecolonisingAcademia. Find out more and register here: https://t.co/MXJtJkDICY

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Join us at this upcoming workshop on 20 June to explore AI and the current thoughts, practice, and applications of AI tools in higher education research. Register here: https://t.co/jUxXQDXSDN
#AI #AITools #NewerResearchers #HigherEducationResearch

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Join us on 19 June to examine the challenges and opportunities of moving from a research/teaching background in the ‘hard sciences’, towards the softer sciences underpinning education research: https://t.co/zOxaHBYEhr
#PedagogicalResearch #HEResearch

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What the experience of neurodivergent PhD students teaches us, and why it makes me angry - latest post on https://t.co/F1Do1lhOYb by Inger Mewburn @thesiswhisperer
https://t.co/0bJ3SemRDR

[Ibrar Bhatt, PhD @ibrar_bhatt]

1) Join us July 2nd, 2025 (12–3pm, incl. lunch) in central London for “In Conversation with Syed Farid Alatas: Re-Thinking Knowledge, Intellectual Canons & Decolonisation of Academia.” An in-person event hosted by @SRHE73
Register
https://t.co/7Y6Jagoz98

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⏰ Final week to submit your papers, symposia and posters for #SRHE2025! Details of the full CFP and how to make a submission: https://t.co/9Is6uvMNG8
Deadline: 15 May 2025 (23:59 GMT+1)
#HigherEducation #ResearchConference #CallForPapers

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Do we really empower sabbatical officers to be the voice of students? Latest post on https://t.co/F1Do1lhOYb by Rebecca Turner, Jennie Winter & Nadine Schaefer https://t.co/8BeD8tS5Mo