Patrick Jack

London

Data Journalist at Times Higher Education (THE)

Data journalist @timeshighered - formerly @radar_aiuk/@pa and @MENnewsdesk. 🍀 https://t.co/Kb19huNx9k

Featured in: Favicon

timeshighereducation.com Favicon

msn.com

mirror.co.uk Favicon

independent.co.uk Favicon

express.co.uk Favicon

dailystar.co.uk Favicon

standard.co.uk Favicon

scotsman.com (+1) Favicon

walesonline.co.uk Favicon

manchestereveningnews.co.uk + 99 more

Articles

Funding cuts hamper business and community engagement efforts

5 days ago | timeshighereducation.com | Patrick Jack

Funding cuts may be having an impact on the support universities can provide for commercialisation and community engagement, experts believe, after drops in the number of new spin-out companies and public events. Data from the Higher Education Statistics Agency shows that 5,111 new spin-outs and start-up companies were registered across the sector in the last academic year. This was down from a peak of 5,281 in 2022-23 and the first annual fall since 2018-19.
Risk of US isolationism as Canadian academics urged not to travel

6 days ago | timeshighereducation.com | Patrick Jack

Canadian academics have been advised against travelling to the US, highlighting the rapid “sea change” in research collaboration between the near neighbours, with scholars warning of potentially “catastrophic” effects. Amid an “evolving political landscape” and reports of difficult border crossings, the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) has strongly recommended that academics cross the border only if essential and necessary.
Scholars hope Harvard defiance spurs wider pushback against Trump

1 week ago | timeshighereducation.com | Patrick Jack

Harvard University’s decision to push back against the demands of the Trump administration has been welcomed by its academics as a “blood, sweat and tears moment” – but many fear it will likely lead to “grave consequences”.
Boycotts and lawsuits could help US universities ‘fight’ Trump

1 week ago | timeshighereducation.com | Patrick Jack

As Donald Trump’s crackdown on elite institutions continues, there are growing calls for other Ivy League schools to attempt to resist, despite Columbia University’s perceived capitulation. The White House has been attacking top US universities financially for a range of perceived offences, including failing to prevent antisemitism, trans rights policies and climate change courses – as well deporting students involved in pro-Palestinian protests.
Efforts to Halt Student Deportations Risk Trump Retaliation

1 week ago | insidehighered.com | Patrick Jack

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Universities are quietly trying to find ways to protect their students from the threat of deportation, without risking being targeted by the Trump administration for funding cuts, scholars say.
Student demand rising but dependants hit new low| Times Higher Education (THE)

2 weeks ago | timeshighereducation.com | Patrick Jack

KEYCLOAK_3P_COOKIEThis cookie is necessary for the login function on the website. Maximum Storage Duration: SessionType: HTTP CookieKEYCLOAK_3P_COOKIE_SAMESITEThis cookie is necessary for the login function on the website. Maximum Storage Duration: SessionType: HTTP CookiegeoCountryThe cookie determines the preferred language and country-setting of the visitor - This allows the website to show content most relevant to that region and language.
‘Mountain of small things’ killing academia, warns Oxford scholar

2 weeks ago | timeshighereducation.com | Patrick Jack

Needless bureaucracy and “bullshit jobs” are preventing academics from fulfilling their core creative responsibilities and making clinical research an “impossible task”, a leading neuroscientist has warned. Writing in the journal Brain, Masud Husain, editor-in-chief and professor of neurology and cognitive neuroscience at the University of Oxford, says academic institutions are “sleepwalking into a disaster” as a result of their increasing corporatisation.
X’s dominance ‘over’ as Bluesky becomes new hub for research

2 weeks ago | timeshighereducation.com | Patrick Jack

Bluesky has overtaken its flailing rival X in hosting posts related to new academic research, indicating the platform is fast becoming the go-to place for scholars to share their work. Analysis by experts at Digital Science found that while X still has a much larger volume of research posts overall, Bluesky hosted more posts linked to work published in 2025 for the first time in March.
Council changes tipped to help universities power up local growth

2 weeks ago | timeshighereducation.com | Patrick Jack

A planned restructuring of local councils in England – leading to fewer, larger authorities – coupled with moves to devolve more powers to the regions will allow universities to play a more central role in driving innovation in their local areas, experts say.
Efforts to halt student deportations risk Trump ‘retaliation’

2 weeks ago | timeshighereducation.com | Patrick Jack

US universities are quietly trying to find ways to protect their students from the threat of deportation, without risking being targeted by the Trump administration for funding cuts, scholars say. International students across the country are facing having their visas revoked or being detained by federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents as part of a White House-promised crackdown on so-called Hamas sympathisers on college campuses.