The liberal arts can counteract polarisation – but there are caveats
Higher education must double down on the liberal education values of interdisciplinarity, experiential learning and critical thinking, says Eric Skipper
Higher education must double down on the liberal education values of interdisciplinarity, experiential learning and critical thinking, says Eric Skipper
Interdisciplinarity really matters now that automation is approaching its ‘crossover point’, Australian forum hears
Narrow exemption could risk public health, Northeastern warns
US university president tells THE summit that institutions need to ‘rethink’ their operations
College has been ‘limited and frustrated’ by UK’s ‘regulatory labyrinth’ and ‘pressure to conform’ with ‘conservative’ universities, says founder
Continuous retraining is widely seen as the answer to the coming job losses caused by automation and artificial intelligence. But are universities the best places to provide it? And are their courses...
Boston university wants to develop one-to-one tutorial model as it creates ‘global university system’
Joseph Aoun says campuses in North America and Europe are heeding his call for curriculum change
Critics of his initiative to make the University of Buckingham drugs-free are missing the point about the power of education, says Anthony Seldon
Manolis Mavrikis enjoys a reasoned appeal to universities to meet the teaching challenges posed by AI
The value of a traditional, campus-based degree is being eroded by rising confidence in online courses, a US survey has revealed.
As many US universities stop hiring or cut posts in the downturn, others see a chance to snap up the best and the brightest - particularly those with their own grants. Jon Marcus reports