Asia-Pacific universities missing AI’s full potential, says study
Less than one-third of institutions are utilising technology that could boost innovation and fundraising, report finds
Search
-
-
Caltech wins record $750 million gift to tackle climate change
Donation comes from billionaire producers of plastic-bottled water
-
What are you reading? – 26 September 2019
A fortnightly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
-
Great State: China and the World, by Timothy Brook
Jonathan Mirsky applauds a bold attempt to take the long view of Chinese history
-
The Quality of the Archaeological Record, by Charles Perreault
Susan Greaney has reservations about reducing the discipline’s human interest factor
-
Remembrance of Things Present: The Invention of the Time Capsule, by Nick Yablon
Steven Groarke reflects on the strange process of trying to preserve a historical instant for posterity
-
On Trial for Reason: Science, Religion, and Culture in the Galileo Affair, by Maurice Finocchiaro
Geoffrey Cantor on a pioneering natural philosopher whose conflicts with doctrine became the stuff of myth
-
Righting wrongs: that’s what universities are good for
Universities should be engines that drive social well-being and mobility, but this noble purpose can so easily be hampered by inappropriate incentives
-
Reliance on foreign PhD students ‘could harm US research’
Data show US has relatively low number of domestic PhD graduates, leaving it reliant on potentially fragile international recruitment
-
The week in higher education – 26 September 2019
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
-
Toward a Global Middle Ages, edited by Bryan C. Keene
Book of the week: Rachel Moss is intrigued by a bold attempt to demonstrate that the medieval world is much larger than we tend to think
-
Anne Monius, 1964-2019
Tributes paid to a scholar whose passions ranged from Tamil Buddhism to Bob Marley
-
New US free college plans show pitfalls of local options
Cornell, New Mexico and Morehouse schemes highlight importance of debate at federal level, say experts
-
The art of the rebound for international students
Helping students with mental health issues requires an approach that teaches them resilience, argues Frank Haber
-
Is it time to pursue ‘interculturalisation’?
The international, multicultural attitudes vital for living and working in diverse environments can be developed without travelling abroad, writes Elspeth Jones