Computer science

Increasing focus on sustainable development agenda must be matched by evaluation of student learning, says expert

Tech platform chief is proponent of locally grown AI talent, as Asian superpower focuses on industry-academia collaboration

Labour’s wholehearted support for Aria chair Matt Clifford’s artificial intelligence blueprint promises more funding for scholarships and fellowships

Impact of AI on education may be overestimated unless used to rethink traditions, says technologist

Science secretary voices ‘intense frustration’ at having to apologise for pausing ‘unfunded’ £800 million exascale computer project

Outgoing Erasmus University Rotterdam president discusses the underappreciated value of the social sciences, managing student protests and the differences between Dutch and German higher education

Office for Students investigation finds computing courses are failing to meet learners’ needs, but university claims it is based on old data

Departments can no longer be singularly tied to their mathematical and engineering foundations, focused only on what can be built, says Beth Mynatt

The president of Aalto University talks about leading a nationwide flexible learning effort, and why he’s been standing up for an ‘international Finland’

Classes at world’s first postgraduate AI institution can pivot mid-course to explore breakthroughs, says MBZUAI acting provost

Project 101 based around classroom observations and development of home-grown educational resources

Cambridge-based chipmaker Arm warns of ‘clear mismatch’ between graduate skills and industry needs

The former vice-chancellor of the University of Johannesburg on the complexities of leading an institution in Africa 

The president of Harvey Mudd College discusses smashing glass ceilings and how to get more women into STEM subjects 

Teaching students to hack is necessary to show them how to defend against it – but we need to do more to instil ethics, says Andy Farnell  

The grip of Silicon Valley on commerce and culture is huge and ever-growing. But as concerns mount about tech firms’ ethics, is there anything that universities – with vastly lower research and salary budgets – can do to put them on a more responsible trajectory? Four experts give their views

In John Gilbey’s seasonal tale, life imitates on-screen romance when a film crew is duped into choosing the distinctly unphotogenic University of Rural England as the location for its next blockbuster

The brain drain from academia to industry is just one of the glitches that need addressing, says Greg Slabaugh

Universities known for their focus on technology are improving in the arts and humanities

Australian universities make strong progress in both subjects, while Californian institutions are on the rise in computer science

Google Translate’s limitations spell out why we must revisit old questions about artificial intelligence, says Lionel Tarassenko

Tributes paid to ‘an innovator, activist and passionate teacher’ who provided essential support to Chinese NGOs

AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton tells THE summit that non-science disciplines are vital to shaping how tech is used

Educators now accept that digital tools are neither inapplicable to educational settings nor incompatible with sector values, says Jo Johnson

Michael Marinetto applauds an attempt to consider the challenges of our technological future without lapsing into moral panic

Artificial intelligence will soon be able to research and write essays as well as humans can. So will genuine education be swept away by a tidal wave of cheating – or is AI just another technical aid that teaching and assessment will evolve to take account of? John Ross reports

Secret lists of preferred papers have been circulated prior to computer science meetings to help favoured scholars get ahead, says US professor

‘Hua Zhibing’ to study alongside and interact with human learners

The computational biologist and Royal Society prizewinner on empowering neurodiversity, academic humour and why emotions are key to problem-solving

John Gilbey is fascinated by a richly detailed account of attempts to reach the holy grail of technological innovation

Technical incompatibilities and privacy law risk preventing universities communicating to optimise individualised learning, says Gerd Kortemeyer

The pandemic brought out the best in teaching staff in many universities. Yet countervailing forces are stamping out their creativity, warns Andy Farnell

Ransomware victims must either line the pockets of criminals or face the financial penalties and PR disaster of a data breach, says Chris Cobb

Panel stresses importance of ethics training for field that generates moral questions ‘on steroids’

Research finds that young Indians particularly ‘resilient’ in their pursuit of education

Polytechnic pilots curriculum, rebuilt from scratch to develop flexible graduates, that principal says could be tailor-made for post-Covid world

A fascinating insider’s account of launching a tech start-up engages Martin De Saulles even if it does not quite cohere as an agenda for change

Authors Carl Bergstrom and Jevin West put the case for scepticism at a time when science has become deeply polarising

John Gilbey is fascinated by an ambitious attempt to analyse and address the disastrous human impact on the biosphere

Tanja Sihvonen enjoys a collection of interviews with the queer game makers who are transforming the whole world of video games

Catherine Rottenberg discovers how progressive causes can harness the power of ‘counter-data’ to challenge the status quo

Graduates’ common lack of deep understanding about how AI works is hindering industry take-up, says Min Wanli

Tributes paid to a ‘contract cheating detective’

Brussels wants to create centre hosting ‘the best talents in the field’, but some researchers doubt that a single organisation can tackle all the challenges

Tributes paid to a ‘visionary’ and ‘far-sighted’ computer scientist

John Gilbey is impressed by a bold attempt to assess just where AI is likely to lead us

David Longman urges us to pay closer attention to the changes educational technology is bringing down the line

Caught up in a national anxiety about falling behind technologically, universities have recruited hundreds of new professors including data experts and digital humanities professors

Academic experts amazed at the speed of development in AI that enables new technology delivering financial services

Kalwant Bhopal finds that the brave progressive new world technology enthusiasts have promised us is just as tainted by racism as the familiar analogue world

Martin De Saulles appreciates a subtle analysis of consciousness and what it means for artificial intelligence

Ivor Gaber is left wanting more in this account of how Facebook became a linchpin of today’s ‘surveillance capitalism’

Nathan Schneider would like more detail about how we can escape the embrace of the technological giants

Machine learning pioneer on how he became obsessed with stars as a child, why many AI predictions are just hype, and whether he is tempted to join big tech full-time

Institutions across the region have soared up a Times Higher Education ranking focused on the discipline

John Gilbey enjoys a quirky tour of the communications tool we seem unable to do without

Academics are wary of directly verifying whether videos are faked, and warn they need social media companies to cooperate

Europe and Japan take different approach to US and China on potential risks of technology

Event hears how machine learning can aid student progress and curriculum design – and that academics should let AI ‘take over’ admissions

Nesta finds proportion of female AI researchers was higher in the mid-1990s – although universities fare better than tech firms