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Meet the Syllabus: engaging in current research

Teaching Matters Student Employment

Sabrina is working for the think tank, the German Society for International Cooperation; Joel for Full Fact, an organisation that checks claims made by politicians and the media. Joël Reland Joël graduated from Edinburgh in 2017 with an MSc in International Political Theory.

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Campus closures, mergers, cuts, and crises at the start of 2025 (Bryan Alexander)

Higher Education Inquirer

As a result, they tend not to get much media attention nor to attract resources. The University of Connecticut (public, land grant) is working on closing roughly two dozen academic programs. Note, too, that many of the institutions Ive touched on here are not first tier campuses. The existence of some may be news to some readers.