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Liudvika Leisyte

@liulei14.bsky.social

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Professor of Higher Education, Member Academia Europaea, Co-Convener NW 22 @EERA, Board member SKVC, ZEVA Web: https://hdhf.zhb.tu-dortmund.de/en/professorship/team/liudvika-leisyte/

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Janja Komljenovic @jkom.bsky.social · Dec 11

Less than 2 hours to go before my webinar on the assetization of academic content. I think registration is still open. Join me and @liulei14.bsky.social, if you have time this afternoon. See here: tinyurl.com/y2nw6m2w

Talk by Dr. Janja Komljenovic

'Who profits from my lectures and why it matters?' – Talk by Dr. Janja Komljenovic at the zhb Higher Education Research Colloquium.

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Su-ming Khoo @sumingkhoo.bsky.social · Dec 14

😱💔 horrible to see what is happening to our friends and colleagues in UKHE. Some of the hardest working, good people I know. It just keeps getting worse and worse.

QM_UCU @qmucu.bsky.social · Dec 11

So compulsory redundancies are happening / have happened at:
⚠️ Goldsmiths
⚠️ Huddersfield
⚠️ Hull
⚠️ Keele
⚠️ Kent
⚠️ UCLan
⚠️ Brookes
⚠️ Arts University Plymouth
⚠️ Plymouth
⚠️ Sheffield Hallam
⚠️ York

And threatened in many others. Did we miss anyone? Or any that were avoided in the end? #UKHE

UK HE shrinking

This is a live page of all the redundancies, restructures, reorganisations, and closures taking place across the sector at the moment. Solidarity to all. This sector is vital to the country’s…

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European Educational Research Association - EERA @ecer-eera.bsky.social · Jan 15

Did you know that EERA supports emerging researchers via a wide variety of activities, including bursaries, season schools, mentoring and awards? #EmergingResearchersGroup #EduSci #ECRchat #PhDchat #ERG Learn more here: eera-ecer.de/about-e...

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Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie e.V. @dgsoziologie.bsky.social · Jul 8

Aus den Sektionen:

CfP für gemeinsame Frühjahrstagung der Sektionen „Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung“ und „Sozi- ologische Theorie“ in der DGS, 12.-13.03.2026

CfP für die gemeinsame Frühjahrstagung der Sektionen „Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung“ und „Sozi-ologische Theorie“ in der DGS, 12.-13.03.2026, Dortmund Geschlechter des Sozialen: Dialoge zu Verortungen und Perspektiven soziologischer Theorien

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Liudvika Leisyte @liulei14.bsky.social · Jun 21

Thanks! It was a great publishing process!

Liudvika Leisyte @liulei14.bsky.social · Jun 5

📣 I am very excited about my new book "#University #Governance, #Management and the #Academic #Profession" is out!

🙌 Thank you so much to co-editors Prof. Monica Marquina and Prof. Glen Jones for great collaboration !

📘 Check it out through Springer:
👉 link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

University Governance, Management and the Academic Profession

Explores issues and trends regarding the transformation of governance, Is written by scholars engaged in largest comparative studies of higher education

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Rachel Brooks @rachelbrooks.bsky.social · May 16

We're currently advertising for a 3+ year post-doc position @education.ox.ac.uk working on the ESRC-funded @studentspolitics.bsky.social project with @rilleraaper.bsky.social, Tom Fryer & me - to start ASAP

Deadline: 9 June

Please repost- thanks!

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Job Details

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Liudvika Leisyte @liulei14.bsky.social · May 16

🎓We invite you to the guest talk of Prof. F. Dobbin, Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences @harvard.edu
“Which Faculty Diversity Programs Work? Evidence from 600 U.S. Universities”
📅 Tuesday, May 20, 2025
🕒 2:15–3:30 p.m. (online)
📩 Register: hdhf.zhb.tu-dortmund.de/en/professor...

Guest Talk by Professor Frank Dobbin, Harvard University

As part of the INTERSECT project it is our pleasure to invite you to a guest talk by Professor Frank Dobbin, Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences at Harvard University.

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anil oza @aniloza.bsky.social · Mar 7

Full crowd at @standupforscience.bsky.social about halfway in

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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · Feb 19

Second university cutting jobs today is the University of South Wales. In the medium term, the Welsh HE system is basically done with and gone unless there's a large-scale intervention. It's got no chance.
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/educati...

University of South Wales announces plan to axe 90 jobs and cut courses

The announcement has been made on the same day Bangor University announced 200 job losses

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European University Association (EUA) @eua.eu · Feb 19

On 30 January, the European Higher Education Sector Observatory (EHESO) was officially launched.
EUA has played an active role in this initiative through its participation in the policy advisory board, working groups. and ongoing feedback processes.

European Higher Education Sector Observatory and Scoreboard launched to support evidence-based policy making

EUA - European University Association

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Science Magazine @science.org · Feb 19

Scientists are now organizing events, called Stand Up for Science, on 7 March in Washington, D.C., and state capitals.

So far, they have attracted more than 100 volunteers from some 30 states who are hoping to rally support for research as a public good. scim.ag/4328LAD

‘I really wanted something to happen.’ The students behind the Stand Up for Science protests

New group hopes to turn out researchers for 7 March demonstrations against Trump administration policies

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European University Association (EUA) @eua.eu · Feb 10

University leaders should work to shield research and teaching communities from undue external pressure and interference.

Read EUA's position paper on 'How universities can protect and promote academic freedom' at https://buff.ly/40KI1SJ

#AcademicFreedom

How universities can protect and promote academic freedom

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Juliette Rowsell @julietterowsell.bsky.social · Feb 10

🚨📰 Union members at Newcastle University have become the latest to vote in favour of strike action, seeing them join a growing wave of unions announcing industrial action across UK higher education

@newcastleucu.bsky.social @timeshighered.bsky.social

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Newcastle University staff vote to join wave of strike action

Newcastle University votes in favour of industrial action, joining Dundee and East Anglia in achieving successful ballots

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · Feb 6

Coventry University is in crisis:

👉 300 jobs at risk
👉 Severe cuts across faculties

Yet the vice-chancellor:

👉 Received an £80,768 bonus on £300k+ salary
👉 Rewarded with position at the DBT

Sign the petition, urge the govt to rescind his role 👇
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Remove Coventry University vice-chancellor from government role

Coventry University is facing an unprecedented jobs and debt crisis under the leadership of vice-chancellor John Latham. The institution is threatening to sack 300 staff and rehire some of them in its...

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Liudvika Leisyte @liulei14.bsky.social · Feb 5

I am happy that key insights from my talk at #NYU last October based on #Erasmus+ #InterHED project got featured on the #I-LAB SPS NYU website, highlighting actionable insights on transforming wellbeing through #intersectionality in #higher #education! 🙂
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Transforming Well-Being Through Intersectionality: Insights from NYU’s “Intersectionality in Action” Event

How can intersectionality reshape our understanding of well-being?At the recent “Intersectionality in Action: Transforming Well-being in Education & Business” event hosted by NYU SPS, leading research...

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Richard Budd @ddubdrahcir.bsky.social · Jan 31

Great @mol-etheridge.bsky.social paper on how academic mothers intentionally (often spontaneously) obfuscate their circumstances/caring responsibilities to remain or appear productive, masking their challenges and inadvertently helping the system to stay as it is.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Agency and cruel optimism in the care obfuscations of UK-based academic mothers - Higher Education

This article introduces the concept of “care obfuscation”, developed from interviews with 32 UK-based academic mothers about their experience of the transition to parenthood. Care obfuscation refers t...

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Liudvika Leisyte @liulei14.bsky.social · Jan 15

For those in higher education research - EERA conference ECER deadline is end of January, check our also their support for ECRs!

European Educational Research Association - EERA @ecer-eera.bsky.social · Jan 15

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Sebastian Stier @sebstier.bsky.social · Jan 15

🚨 Reminder: The application deadline for two open positions @gesis.org department Computational Social Science is approaching quickly!

📅 Application deadline: January 20

Sebastian Stier @sebstier.bsky.social · Dec 19

🚀 Two open positions in our project “Developing AI-Powered Survey Infrastructures” 🚀

🔬 Postdoc: www.hidden-professionals.de/HPv3.Jobs/ge...
📚 Doctoral researcher: www.hidden-professionals.de/HPv3.Jobs/ge...
🌟 Be part of an interdisciplinary team and combine surveys, digital behavioral data and LLMs

Postdoc in Social Data Science

GESIS – Leibniz-Institute for the Social Sciences is an internationally active research institute, funded by federal and state governments and member of the Leibniz Association. Starting on April 1st ...

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Liudvika Leisyte @liulei14.bsky.social · Jan 10

Consider submitting an abstract to our 07 track of EU-SPRI 2025 conference in Dortmund on the Role of universities in shaping societal futures! We welcome researchers as well as higher education practitioners to share their research or experiences euspri2025.de/index.php/to... Deadline: January 31!

Topic 07 – EU-SPRI 2025

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Johnny Rich @johnnyrich.com · Jan 7

'Who pays for HE and how?' promises to be a big debate over the next few years.

I'm honoured to be speaking on this at @hepi-news.bsky.social/CDBU's landmark symposium next week (16/1/25) at Birkbeck Uni.

Attend in person or online: www.hepi.ac.uk/2024/12/18/c...

CDBU / HEPI Symposium, Thursday 16 January 2025: 'Who Pays? Exploring Fairer Funding Models for Higher Education' - HEPI

The UK’s higher education system faces many challenges, of which the largest is student fees. Many proposals are circulating but none commands a consensus. The CDBU (Council for the Defence of British...

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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · Dec 30

This is what will happen in the university sector:
*Shared services
*Mergers
*Widespread redundancies
*Big cuts to STEM and R&D
*Big unis get even bigger
*Squeezed cities, angry voters
*Huge geographical cold spots
www.politicshome.com/news/article...

Why 2025 Could Be A Pivotal Year For Universities

Securing the future of UK universities will be one of many major challenges for the Government next year.

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Higher Education Research and Development @herdjournal.bsky.social · Dec 26

Getting through the day and still having a smile on my face! How do students define success in the university learning environment?
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Getting through the day and still having a smile on my face! How do students define success in the university learning environment?

The expression ‘student success’ has gained traction in the university sector and has been applied to various aspects of the higher education (HE) learning trajectory. Yet, ‘success’ is an amorphou...

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