Moving international education online ‘risky’
As Australian minister calls for an online shift to reach 10 million foreigners, insiders warn such offering wouldn’t meet students’ needs
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The wrong kind of free speech can stifle minority voices
In the late 1980s, just before I went to university, I worked for nine months as a health care assistant in a spinal injuries unit.
Precarity means top students quitting academia, warns OECD expert
Report author says increasing funding would only lead to more insecurity, and culture shift is needed instead
European researchers ‘losing interest’ in UK university jobs
Headhunters and scientists have reported waning interest in UK research roles, citing high cost of visas and healthcare as a key deterrent
Be there or be square: the strange art of lecturing
A PowerPoint marathon or a ‘captured’ lecture will always be a pale imitation of a live experience, in which an expert practitioner taps into ‘the dangerous energy of all those watching eyes’
US fails in first Trump-era prosecution over China ties
Jury can’t agree on Tennessee associate professor Anming Hu after FBI admits deceitful pressure campaign to get him to spy
Universities overreacting to online cheating, experts warn
Dartmouth case seen as exposing national unpreparedness for online exams that predated Covid and still needs fixing
AI-powered virtual student enrols at Chinese university
‘Hua Zhibing’ to study alongside and interact with human learners
Death of three-hour exam looms as pandemic reshapes assessment
Many UK institutions say they do not plan to return to pre-pandemic methods and will use next academic year to test new approaches
US backing for university-led regional technology hubs ‘notable’
Calls to use US federal research spending in universities to boost heartland regions gain political traction
