Pearson turns artificial intelligence attention to essay marking
New tool will learn how academics grade papers and replicate their approach
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Google is making a foray into college admissions
It can be one of the most important — and often stress-inducing — decisions of a young person’s life. And now, Google is getting involved.
Deepmind co-founder Shane Legg gives London teen top AI tips
A teenager from London has been given some extra homework for the school holidays by the co-founder of Artificial Intelligence firm DeepMind.
Spies in the suburbs: Inside the CIA’s secret defector unit
Years after defecting from Russia and resettling in the US, former KGB officer Alexander Zaporozhsky was lured back to the country he had once betrayed. The CIA warned him not to go.
‘Straight A’s’
Authors discuss their new book on the experience of Asian American students at Harvard University
World ‘should follow Australia’s lead’ on staff-student sex
Ad hoc approaches inadequate to deal with a widespread issue, campaigners say
Electric scooters on collision course with pedestrians and lawmakers
Electric scooters are appearing in many major cities across the country, bringing fun to riders, profits to scooter makers — and lots of potential risks to walkers and riders.
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Call to rethink China branch campuses over academic freedom risks
Experts say long-running joint ventures should be seen as a ‘litmus test’
‘The University We Need’
Author discusses his critique of higher education as too liberal -- and the idea of creating a new university with another perspective.
