"A Statement by Members of the Teachers College, #Columbia #University Faculty

The Attack on American #Education, ..

The intention of the Trump administration is clear. By gutting important systems of education, they can shape our thoughts and words, creating a new generation without the skills required to actively participate in our #democracy ...

We call on university leaders, on our #campus and beyond, to use all of the tools at their disposal, including collective efforts across the sector and litigation, to stand for academic #freedom, and for First Amendment rights of #freespeech, inquiry, and debate, and thus to stand for our democracy."

docs.google.com/document/d/1ZH…

A Statement by Teachers College, Columbia University Faculty

A Statement by Members of the Teachers College, Columbia University Faculty The Attack on American Education, from our Perspective as Teachers College Faculty March 19, 2025 We are a group of Teachers College faculty with expertise in the areas of ed…

^{Google Docs}

Dutch researchers get questionnaires from the US government about political views – if you are a European scientist who has received such a letter, please DM me.

staff.universiteitleiden.nl/an… #Trump #sciencepolicy #universities #university #research

there is also voteswiper from #freiburg #university voteswiper.org/de/deutschland/…

#wahl #bundestag #tool #wahlomat

Bundestagswahl 2025 - WahlSwiper

Wir helfen dir einen Überblick über wichtige Themen und Positionen zu aktuellen politischen Wahlen zu geben.

^WahlSwiper

Berlin is going down, down, down, down, down, down.

Machine translation:
Lecture canceled at the Free #University of #Berlin
The #UN Special Rapporteur should speak at the Free University of Berlin. Then Berlin's mayor interfered. It is the second university to cancel.
Berlin's Governing Mayor Kai Wegner (CDU) spoke of a „shame “. Ron Prosor, the Israeli ambassador to #Germany, asked whether the Free University in Berlin was a „training camp for #Hamas supporters “.
FU Berlin is not the first German university to cancel a lecture by Albanese. The Ludwig Maximilians University had February planned lecture canceled a room promise and their decision also justified with security concerns.
taz.de/UN-Berichterstatterin-F…
#zionistterrorism #zionazis #zionism

UN-Berichterstatterin Francesca Albanese: Vortrag an der Freien Universität Berlin abgesagt

Die UN-Sonderberichterstatterin sollte an der FU Berlin sprechen. Dann mischte sich Berlins Bürgermeister ein. Es ist die zweite Uni, die absagt.

^{Daniel Bax (taz)}

👋 #elearning Mastodon!

📝 Can anyone here share experiences from their #university (preferably in 🇩🇪) about using #moodle for regular large summative exams?

Some German #rexams users are looking advice on pros/cons/caveats/etc.

Also „The University of Oulu leaves X“

👉 oulu.fi/en/news/university-oul…

The #University of #Oulu will discontinue university-level communications in the X. … Some Finnish universities, many public administration organizations, associations, and #companies have made the decision to abandon the channel.
"X's reach has dropped considerably. The platform's nature has become unpredictable and an instrument of a certain kind of policy. As a university, we want to participate in a #democratic and constructive debate that includes appreciating #science and #research. Now #X does not seem to offer such a platform," says Marja Jokinen, Director of Communications at the University of Oulu.

Bravo, UniOulu. Great decision! 🎇
#eXit #Unis4Mastodon

The University of Oulu leaves X - focuses on other social media platforms

The University of Oulu will discontinue university-level communications in the X. The decision concerns the university's main account (@UniOulu).

^www.oulu.fi

When the term's grading is finally done.

#humor #humour #cat #cats #catstodon #catsOfMastodon #teaching #university #college #grading

In Switzerland, the #University of #Berne is very active: @unibern and @CDEunibe

Other science-y institutions in #Switzerland include: @snsf_ch @zbzuerich @SIB @taswiss

Did I miss any (active ones)?

Please give all of these European universities a warm #Fediverse welcome!

@univienna @tuberlin @KIT_Karlsruhe @UniOldenburg @unibremen @freieuniversitaet @UniUlm @HTW_Berlin @uni_paderborn

Good news!

The #University of #Amsterdam has also decided to "no longer actively post on #Twitter"!

The news item says: "... we are looking for a suitable alternative."

Let's do our best to convince the university to at least *also* have a presence here on social.edu.nl!

@SLURF @SURF @wlaatje @RaulInzaurralde @OpenTech_AUC @vtijms @bon @foxy @mfmcl

Maybe @vuamsterdam can help convince the UvA to join us?