£3.4 million project to assess use of AI in doctoral research
Aston and Leeds plan to create resources and training tools for students, supervisors and examiners Read more
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Oregon universities oppose community college proposal to create new education degrees
Five Oregon community colleges want to offer a Bachelor of Applied Science in Education – but they are facing pushback from four-year universities in the state. Read more
New Federal Caps Could Lead Students to Take Out Private Loans, Studies Show
Multiple analyses show that in certain programs, like dentistry, as many as half of students may need to take out more debt than a new federal limit allows. Read more
Children hacking their own schools for ‘fun’, watchdog warns
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has issued a warning about what it calls the "worrying trend" of students hacking their own school and college IT systems for fun or as part of dares. Read more
Education Dept. to End Funding for Minority-Serving Institutions, Affecting Hundreds of Colleges
The Education Department announced its intention Wednesday to end grant funding for minority-serving institutions, a move affecting hundreds of colleges that serve a disproportionate number of students from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups. Read more
‘Urgent need’ to address lack of working-class medical students
More support needed for disadvantaged students during medical studies to compensate for lack of ‘insider knowledge’ Read more
Trump’s idea to let in 600,000 Chinese students is ‘bad deal for America,’ experts say
President Donald Trump’s plan to admit 600,000 Chinese college students over the next two years is a “bad deal” according to foreign policy experts Read more
Harvard is back to school for a year students and staff say will be a test case in free speech
It was the first week of school at Harvard, and students were posted up at a usual spot in front of the library taking carefree selfies—steps away from a flyer calling for the “Fall of the Trump Fascist Regime.” Upperclassmen fell back into the familiarity of old friends— while freshmen from abroad, many stepping on campus for the first time as students, asked orientation advisers what to do if they encountered immigration agents. Read more
Pensacola State College Inks ICE Agreement
Pensacola State College is the latest Florida institution to sign an agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to allow its campus police department to enforce immigration laws, following the lead of more than a dozen other public institutions across the state. Read more
Life on Mars? ‘Leopard-spot’ rocks could be biggest clue yet
Unusual rocks discovered on Mars contain the most tantalising evidence yet of potential past life on the Red Planet. Read more
