The age of the influencer?
A new government interested in solutions not dogma should be fertile ground for those with ideas to sow – but there will be limits on blue-sky thinking
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THE Awards Arab World 2024: shortlist announced
Universities from across 15 countries and territories submitted more than 400 entries
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Malaysian university seeks approval for AI-taught degree
New technology that allows AI avatars to deliver lectures could be used to ‘democratise’ access to higher education, says professor
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PhD students ‘spending entire stipends on childcare’
Postgraduates with children ‘fall between the cracks’ as ineligibility for government support ‘disincentivises’ study, report warns
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Labour told to use key appointments to reset sector relationships
Search for new leaders at OfS and UKRI offers chance for new government to break from the past in its approach to universities and research
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The week in higher education – 18 July 2024
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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New Ucas application questions out, as applications fall further
Applications now down 1.6 per cent year-on-year, with bigger drop among international applicants
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University summer schools are an antidote to the marketisation of HE
Summer schools are sometimes dismissed as money-spinning playgrounds for rich overseas students. But with academic life increasingly characterised by heavy workloads and regulation, faculty should...
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How Black Lives Matter and Covid reshaped university syllabuses
References to equality, diversity and inclusion all rising sharply, according to Open Syllabus database
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Interview with Tom Lee
Goldsmiths creative writing lecturer talks about the difficulties of revisiting his psychological breakdown for his acclaimed memoir The Bullet
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Academic success should not depend on cultivating strategic incompetence
Those who take on vital academic housekeeping should be acknowledged as champions of good practice and rewarded accordingly, says Eleanor Baker
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18 July 2024 digital edition
End of their tether: Will New Zealand’s universities see their fortunes rebound?
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Are better days ahead for New Zealand’s storm-lashed universities?
Years of tight funding settlements, exacerbated by high inflation and recent research cuts, have left New Zealand’s higher education and research sectors in a parlous state. Will the comprehensive...
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Given a choice, students pick a harder assignment
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University find that giving students more control increases the time they spend studying and improves their performance in tasks
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Mindfulness course ‘reduced student exam stress’
Cambridge study finds long-lasting benefits to mindfulness sessions, but these did not extend to improved academic performance