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Want a job at Cambridge?

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Fixed-term contracts have long been the norm for research-only contracts, which are usually dependent on short-term funding from a external grant. However, the Equality Act of 2010, making it discriminatory to enforce retirement by age, has helped to discourage contracts promising ‘permanence’.

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The Helen Perkins era

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Before Helen’s appointment the Society was facing serious challenges, with parlous finances, uncertainty over its office accommodation, and a limited range of activities for members, despite its established annual conference, its leading journals and a respected book series.

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Using Faculty Satisfaction Data for Strategic Change in Higher Education: Changing Higher Ed podcast 254 with host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and guest Dr. R. Todd Benson

The Change Leader, Inc.

He is the co-author of a new book: Evaluating Educational Development: A Comprehensive and Data-Driven Approach for Colleges and Universities, (Carol A. When that grant ended, what they realized is they had this very interesting diagnostic tool for understanding the academic workplace. Hurney, Bonnie B. Mullinix and R.

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Higher Ed Cybersecurity, MOVEit Hack, and 3rd-Party Risk: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 163 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Brian Kelly

The Change Leader, Inc.

Institutions must annually vet employees granted access to information and ensure more people haven’t been granted access. I finished that program, and I talked to an Air Force recruiter. You know that joke; how do you know when your recruiter is lying to you? They can also contract with third parties.

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The Good, The Bad & The Ugly of Microcredentials

Parchment

And if you look at research like Adam Grant out of Wharton School of Business, and you know, it says that we’re really bad at it. And, you know, right now the system is akin to the bookshelf is there, you know, but, but it’s just book covers. but the pages are not actually inside of the book covers on the bookshelf, right?

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The Good, The Bad & The Ugy of Microcredentials

Parchment

And if you look at research like Adam Grant out of Wharton School of Business, and you know, it says that we’re really bad at it. And, you know, right now the system is akin to the bookshelf is there, you know, but, but it’s just book covers. but the pages are not actually inside of the book covers on the bookshelf, right?

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Surviving and thriving in HE professional services

SRHE

Rachel Reeds short but comprehensive book, Surviving and Thriving in Higher Education Professional Services: a guide to success (Routledge, 2025), is both an instruction manual for the professionals it was written for and an illuminating account of what they do for the academics and students who benefit.