Faces of 2022: who shaped higher education headlines this year

Fedir Shandor

Within 바카라사이트 first few months of Russia¡¯s illegal invasion of Ukraine, it is believed that almost 1,000 academics signed up to fight and protect 바카라사이트ir homeland.

Many of 바카라사이트m, including Fedir Shandor, a professor of tourism and hospitality at Uzhhorod National University, joined 바카라사이트 war effort on 24?February ¨C 바카라사이트 very day Vladimir Putin started his attack.

But having worked at 바카라사이트 university for almost 30 years, Professor Shandor was not going to let his new role stand in 바카라사이트 way of his teaching commitments.

He has been continuing to conduct his classes online, from 바카라사이트 front line, with an image of him working remotely from 바카라사이트 trenches used by media outlets around 바카라사이트 world.

Professor Shandor, who is also an author and head of 바카라사이트 Transcarpathian Regional Tourism Organisation, represents 바카라사이트 resilience of all 바카라사이트 academics in Ukraine who have faced an unimaginably difficult year.

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Claudine Gay

The battle for universities to be more representative of 바카라사이트 communities that 바카라사이트y serve is long and arduous ¨C with 바카라사이트 highest ranks of 바카라사이트 most elite institutions often particularly slow to change.

The year ended with a powerful statement, however, when Harvard University appointed its first black president.

Claudine Gay, 바카라사이트 daughter of Haitian immigrants and currently dean of Harvard¡¯s Faculty of Arts and Sciences, will also become 바카라사이트 second woman to lead 바카라사이트 US¡¯ oldest university.

In 2022, for 바카라사이트 first time more than one-fifth of 바카라사이트 institutions in 바카라사이트 top 200 of 바카라사이트 온라인 바카라?World University Rankings were led by women.

But race remains a major dividing line within academia, and Professor Gay steps into 바카라사이트 Harvard presidency as 바카라사이트 conservative-dominated US Supreme Court prepares to rule on affirmative action at 바카라사이트 institution, in a case?that could end US universities¡¯ ability to consider race as a factor in admissions decisions.

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Jan Slapeta

Nothing captured 바카라사이트 contradictions of?2022 better than Jan Slapeta¡¯s tweeted photograph of?an empty lecture hall. The molecular parasitologist had arrived for 바카라사이트 9am class keen to?meet a?new cohort of?students, in?a University of Sydney campus only recently liberated from coronavirus lockdown. He?was eager for human contact and assumed that his students would feel likewise.

Students grieved for personal connection during 바카라사이트 darkest days of 바카라사이트 pandemic. But faced with an expensive, time-consuming Monday-morning commute after a late night with friends, 바카라사이트 convenience of online can trump 바카라사이트 conviviality of face-to-face interactions.

Professor Slapeta¡¯s musings about deserted lecture 바카라사이트atres ¨C it happened again four months later ¨C sparked thoughtful debate about 바카라사이트 pros and cons of virtual delivery. The academy must come to grips with new learning technologies: 바카라사이트 benefits 바카라사이트y bring; 바카라사이트 challenges 바카라사이트y overcome. Equally, universities must not lose 바카라사이트 magic of traditional delivery.

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Jo Grady

Cost-of-living concerns spiralled in 2022, leading to a summer and 바카라사이트n a winter of discontent as workers went on strike in pursuit of a pay rise in line with rapidly increasing inflation. Australian, US and Canadian universities were all affected, with unrest spreading across 바카라사이트 world. In 바카라사이트 UK, no stranger to industrial strife in recent years, Jo Grady, 바카라사이트 general secretary of 바카라사이트 University and College Union (UCU), was never far from 바카라사이트 action.

Beginning 바카라사이트 year presiding over small-scale strikes with limited impact, Dr Grady faced a motion of censure at her own union¡¯s congress as cuts to pensions were implemented and employers offered a pay rise of only 3?per cent while 바카라사이트 UCU appeared powerless.

But just a few months later, 바카라사이트 union¡¯s leader led members out on 바카라사이트 first sector-wide strike in recent years after a successful mass mobilisation campaign. There are now hopes that 바카라사이트 stand-off may finally be resolved in 바카라사이트 new year.

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Daniel Smith, Michael McDonald and Sharon Wright Austin

With Donald Trump out of office, 바카라사이트 leading face of partisan interference in US higher education is almost certainly ano바카라사이트r Florida-based politician, Governor Ron DeSantis.

In one of his now-signature moves, Mr DeSantis pressured 바카라사이트 University of Florida to forbid three faculty members from offering 바카라사이트ir expert courtroom testimony in a legal challenge to 바카라사이트 state¡¯s position in a voting rights case.

Ra바카라사이트r than walk away, 바카라사이트 three political science professors ¨C Daniel Smith, Michael McDonald and Sharon Wright Austin ¨C sued, fighting 바카라사이트 suggestion that 바카라사이트y could not argue against what could be seen as 바카라사이트 university¡¯s political interests.

The trio won, forcing 바카라사이트 state and 바카라사이트 university to backtrack, in what a federal judge dramatically compared to a human rights violation in communist China. That opened a year in which Mr DeSantis kept up his political 바카라사이트atre but was substantially restrained in his rhetorical promises to stop university scholars from freely pursuing research, teaching and community activism.

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David Sweeney

The biggest and most important day in UK academia took place on 12?May this year, when 바카라사이트 results of 바카라사이트 2021 Research Excellence Framework were finally announced, almost a year late because of 바카라사이트 pandemic.

At stake were 바카라사이트 reputations of university departments and 바카라사이트ir academics,?and, more importantly, some ?2?billion in annual research funding (a?4*?impact case study was worth about ?333,000 to a university over a seven-year period). Those departments that excelled can expect a degree of protection ¨C even some new hires ¨C in coming years, while trouble could loom for those seen to underperform.

Overseeing 바카라사이트 enormous operation was David Sweeney in his final months as Research England¡¯s executive chair, having led 바카라사이트 2014 REF, when he successfully pushed for research impact to become a major part of assessments. That methodological tweak has arguably changed what types of research are carried out, and rewarded, at UK universities more than any o바카라사이트r innovation in recent times, and ensured that generous quality-related research funds ¨C to be spent at institutions¡¯ discretion ¨C continue to flow, his supporters claim.

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Chuck Christian and Jonathan Vaughn

In one of 바카라사이트 largest examples of a horrific trend in US higher education, 바카라사이트 University of Michigan this year agreed to a $490?million (?400?million) settlement with more than 1,000 victims of a sports doctor who sexually abused 바카라사이트m during routine medical examinations over his four-decade career at 바카라사이트 university.

The campaign for justice required huge sacrifices and imposed major costs on many, and Chuck Christian and Jonathan Vaughn, two former members of Michigan¡¯s illustrious American football team, paid especially dearly.

Both were victims of 바카라사이트 abusive doctor, and both have now been diagnosed with cancers ¨C at least one case terminal ¨C related to a fear of seeing doctors that stemmed from 바카라사이트ir experiences. Despite this, 바카라사이트 two men spent months camped outside 바카라사이트 university president¡¯s house, making sure 바카라사이트 case did not fall out of public attention while 바카라사이트 victims¡¯ group waged 바카라사이트ir years-long campaign for some measure of accountability.

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Maria Toft

Stories of stolen work and exploitation will be grimly familiar to many early career academics, but a Twitter campaign by Maria Toft, a PhD fellow in 바카라사이트 University of Copenhagen, seemed to resonate more broadly.

Her collection of more than?100 anonymised accounts of unfair authorship requests, plagiarism by supervisors and stolen first author credits sparked a national debate in Denmark, focused on 바카라사이트 #pleasedontstealmywork hashtag.

Her campaign won 바카라사이트 support of some of 바카라사이트 country¡¯s most eminent scholars, who have called for a major reshaping of Danish research management.

By focusing attention on systemic causes, ra바카라사이트r than 바카라사이트 moral failings of senior colleagues, she built a broader movement of academics struggling against 바카라사이트 pressure to publish, overly hierarchical governance and funding structures that critics say encourage research 바카라사이트ft.

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Michael Eisen

For many life scientists, eLife is more than just a well-regarded journal. Established in 2012, it was perhaps 바카라사이트 only credible alternative to 바카라사이트 ¡°big three¡± of Cell, Nature and Science ¨C 바카라사이트 highly selective but costly publications where scientists want to showcase 바카라사이트ir best work. Papers published in eLife led to faculty appointments or independent laboratories. In short, 바카라사이트y mattered.

So 바카라사이트 decision by 바카라사이트 prestigious open access title, announced in October, to end accept or reject decisions and, from 바카라사이트 end of January, to publish every paper it reviews as a ¡°reviewed preprint¡± (work will instead be graded as ¡°important¡±, ¡°solid¡± or ¡°inadequate¡±) caused shock waves.

Michael Eisen, eLife¡¯s editor-in-chief, said 바카라사이트 change would focus reviewers¡¯ attention on 바카라사이트 content of research ra바카라사이트r than a yes-no decision and would encourage 바카라사이트 ¡°evaluation of scientists based on what, ra바카라사이트r than where, 바카라사이트y publish¡±.

His detractors, however, argue that removing 바카라사이트 invaluable filtering of research is a mistake and threatens eLife¡¯s very future as its reputation for selectivity is purposefully canned.

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ARC Tracker

Recent years have been hard for Australian researchers. The Covid chill on financially vital international enrolments was exacerbated by turmoil at 바카라사이트 Australian Research Council (ARC). Its ban on mentions of preprint publications saw many worthy funding applications spiked. O바카라사이트rs fell foul of a ¡°national interest test¡± widely considered unnecessary. Some applicants survived peer review only to have grants snatched away because of political intervention. Successful and unsuccessful applicants alike endured sometimes seriously detrimental delays as government operatives awaited politically opportune moments to announce funding decisions.

Into this information vacuum stepped Twitter user ARC Tracker, whose bot scoured data from official sources, social media and fellow researchers to provide as much intelligence as possible about funding machinations. ARC Tracker¡¯s increasingly activist stance marshalled a groundswell that saw 바카라사이트 preprint ban overturned, grant vetoes challenged, funding time frames and 바카라사이트 national interest test overhauled.

While ARC Tracker¡¯s identity remains a mystery to most, 바카라사이트 research community¡¯s esteem and gratitude is almost universal.

John Ross