Immersive technology’s potential to transform education is enormous
Using AI, a teacher with little coding experience could design a virtual environment to deliver a specific lesson to a specific student, says Nick Clegg
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Pioneer’s ‘really bold’ fellowships still on cards, hints Freeman
Science minister tells researcher conference to ‘watch this space’ on plans for longer fellowships to rival Max Planck’s decade-long offers
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UT San Antonio launches medical degree paired with AI master’s
Students encouraged to be at the forefront of technological advances in healthcare with new dual-degree programme
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28 September 2023 digital edition
World University Rankings 2024
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Australian universities ‘seek clarification’ on TAFE degree plan
Representative body backs collaboration between tertiary education sectors but questions TAFEs’ ‘instrumental’ role in degree-level apprenticeships
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OfS trials surveying students on prevalance of sexual misconduct
English regulator expects to publish the outcomes of its consultation on sexual misconduct in the coming months
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UCU calls off Newcastle strikes in error
Union mistakenly sends withdrawal notice to university amid confusion over who is and isn’t taking part in latest walkouts
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Talking leadership: Daniel Diermeier on institutional neutrality
Daniel Diermeier reflects on traversing the increasingly polarised US political landscape and on disagreeing with staff and students pressing for the university to take sides
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Alaska university system rebounds, but remains badly wounded
Four years after massive budget cuts, enrolment starts perking up, but with doubts that it can help the remote state recover a dire exodus of talent
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Fragmented UCU strikes leave reballot campaign ‘in the balance’
Union attempts to rally members to renew the fight but few branches opt to take part in industrial action planned for start of new academic year
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Universities baulk at target for parity of outcomes for Māori
We support the idea but it needs funding, New Zealand universities say
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Whatever happened to the CUDOS of academic values?
Over the past century, capitalism, relativism, egoism and social advocacy have fuelled the decay of traditional academic commitments, says Bruce Macfarlane
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European institutions concerned by Chinese data protection rules
The authoritarian country has rich datasets for research collaboration, but while some new regulations may feel familiar to European eyes, any comfort must come with big ethical caveats, an expert...
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My academic education was not enough to navigate the real world
Experiences in the Congo and the US Congress taught Stephen Weissman that adventurous academics need self-examination and thoughtful adaptation
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India-Canada spat ‘could hit international student flows’
New Delhi could wreak considerable damage to Canadian universities by playing on Indian families’ concerns over student safety abroad, says academic