The University of Tokyo has reached its highest place yet in the Times Higher Education's World University Rankings at 26th, the only Japanese university to crack the top 50. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/japan/university-of-tokyo-top-50-global-universities-ranking/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #universityoftokyo #universities #education #surveys
Björn Brembs
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Dear Friends in the #US 🇺🇸 ,
the number of followers of #Mastodon accounts belonging to universities and #research institutes in #Germany has surpassed the 180k mark today and continues to rise
👉 https://mastodon-listen.playground.54gradsoftware.de/?liste=institute-DE
This is a fantastic achievement, and we would like to congratulate everyone involved! 👏
It shows that the social networks of the #Fediverse can replace the increasingly antisocial networks of #BigTech.
We don't have to legitimize the spread of hate and incitement by contributing to these platforms.
We have alternatives. 🌞
And we would like to encourage you in the #USA to make stronger use of these alternatives.
In our appeall to HRK we have written: „By supporting the expansion of Fediverse services such as Mastodon, #universities can make an important contribution to strengthening our #democracy and to the #sustainable development of #science and #society.“
https://openpetition.de/Unis4Mastodon
Dear Friends in the #US 🇺🇸 ,
the number of followers of #Mastodon accounts belonging to universities and #research institutes in #Germany has surpassed the 180k mark today and continues to rise
👉 https://mastodon-listen.playground.54gradsoftware.de/?liste=institute-DE
This is a fantastic achievement, and we would like to congratulate everyone involved! 👏
It shows that the social networks of the #Fediverse can replace the increasingly antisocial networks of #BigTech.
We don't have to legitimize the spread of hate and incitement by contributing to these platforms.
We have alternatives. 🌞
And we would like to encourage you in the #USA to make stronger use of these alternatives.
In our appeall to HRK we have written: „By supporting the expansion of Fediverse services such as Mastodon, #universities can make an important contribution to strengthening our #democracy and to the #sustainable development of #science and #society.“
https://openpetition.de/Unis4Mastodon
Jonathan Schofield
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What the funk do these universities Glasgow, Loughborough and Herriot Wattthink they are doing.
Prospective student should shun them.
What the funk do these universities Glasgow, Loughborough and Herriot Wattthink they are doing.
Prospective student should shun them.
Japan is preparing to overhaul its graduate education system in a bid to boost enrollment and increase the number of highly skilled professionals in its dwindling workforce. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/08/japan/masters-degree-five-years/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #universities #education #students #mext
Undergraduates from Japan and South Korea are coming together to tackle geopolitics, making space for grassroots dialogue — and friendship. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2025/10/06/issues/japan-korea-student-conference/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #community #issues #southkorea #southkoreajapanrelations #students #education #universities
In the latest move by U.S. colleges to cope with the disruptive policies of President Donald Trump, DePaul University told faculty it will reduce spending following a 30% decline in international enrollment this fall. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/03/world/us-colleges-financial-pinch/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #us #schools #education #donaldtrump #universities
The White House sent a memo titled "A Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” to nine U.S. universities, detailing policies schools can follow to receive preferential treatment in receiving federal funds. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/03/world/trump-college-ideology/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #us #donaldtrump #schools #education #universities
Jonathan Schofield
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Although there are around 160 universities in the UK, and only a small minority of students attend Oxford & Cambridge, in the world of British fiction it seems the vast majority of students attend Oxbridge.
This reflects both the laziness of authors in their building of incidental detail & the stranglehold these two universities have over the literate arts....
It really annoys me & each time I see it in a book I feel like stopping reading right there & then...
Although there are around 160 universities in the UK, and only a small minority of students attend Oxford & Cambridge, in the world of British fiction it seems the vast majority of students attend Oxbridge.
This reflects both the laziness of authors in their building of incidental detail & the stranglehold these two universities have over the literate arts....
It really annoys me & each time I see it in a book I feel like stopping reading right there & then...
U.S. President Donald Trump said his administration is close to finalizing a deal with Harvard University, which could defuse one of the highest-profile fights between his administration and U.S. higher education. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/01/world/trump-500-million-harvard-deal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #harvard #universities #us #donaldtrump
From a geoeconomic standpoint, building a stable and functional relationship between government and academia is essential in every modern nation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/09/29/japan/trump-vs-universities/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #donaldtrump #universities #education #dei #research
Jorge Saturno
and 6 others
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If you still have an account on academia.edu, you should probably delete it.
I'm not sure how their new terms are legal: they give the site the right to use your data *in any manner*. This is mainly to help them scrape academic work and republish/mangle parts of it through AI without credit: but these terms go way beyond that into your likeness, your voice, even your signature.
Please boost this to academics you know. Further PSA elements in thread:
