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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  

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

Holding university showcases online makes a lot of sense, but a stir-fry banquet with colleagues beats rushed laptop lunches, says Jacob Lotinga 

Hybrid working may suit some disciplines, but Gary Macfarlane fears that the convenience will come at the cost of creativity and collegiality

Universities are a juicy target for hackers, and online working has made them easier prey, says Laura Marsden

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

The focus of research evaluation on papers and grants excludes far too many vital contributions. We must change that, says Simon Hettrick

Cyberpsychology expert Linda Kaye says it’s crucial that we understand the personal, social and educational implications of the shift to online teaching and learning

Essay mills’ opportunism, preying on student anxiety about online assessment methods, strengthens the case for legislation, says Douglas Blackstock

Some locked-down students have no electricity at home, never mind broadband service, say Abdur Rehman Cheema and Mehvish Riaz

The establishment of online learning and the routine use of email were long overdue, argues Ali Adnan Mohammed

Online courses should be easily adaptable to post-Covid circumstances – whatever they may be, says An Jacobs

Done properly, teaching in front of a webcam is more effective than teaching from behind a visor, says an anonymous academic

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

With the Covid-19 pandemic likely to prolong the need for mass online learning for some time, we seek the experts’ advice on how to do it well – from designing courses and maintaining engagement to choosing applications and carrying out experiments remotely

Video conferencing is a reasonable substitute for lectures, but that is where it must end, say Robert Zaretsky and George Alliger

Students in the Netherlands are resisting use of software to stop cheating on exams, citing concerns about consent, intrusion and security of personal data

Good online pedagogy is all about readability, comprehension checks – and endless clicks, says Nicholas Murgatroyd

The sudden closure of university campuses across China and elsewhere has necessitated the virtual delivery of vast numbers of courses. And while there have been inevitable teething problems, observers are wondering whether the future might just have become the present. Joyce Lau reports

Universities in the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium have all suffered recent attacks, prompting calls for institutions to join forces

Universities must improve their career development support for professional and support staff, says Alex Holmes

Bureaucracy is the bane of every academic’s life. But who is to blame for its proliferation – and how can it be kept in check? Six academics have their say – while a registrar offers an equal and opposite reaction 

Stronger ties between educators and companies will be essential if humans are to thrive in the fourth industrial revolution, says Adenekan Dedeke

John Brinnamoor’s floundering doggy-paddle is no match for the voracious jaws of his university’s antiquated data-gobblers 

Immersing students in an entrepreneurial and innovative environment will allow them to thrive in an AI world, says Sethuraman Panchanathan

Latest hearing due next month in case of Tony Brown, who refused to shut down unmoderated staff email list

Artificial intelligence may be threatening employment but it could also be key to helping humans find alternative jobs, argues Shigeru Miyagawa 

Those on the ground are often able to recognise the folly of supposed efficiency measures imposed from on high, writes Peter Barry

The jury is out on the educational value of recording, but universities prize its ability to project them as accessible and inclusive, says Simon Fokt

Driverless cars are limited in their understanding and inherit their coders’ biases, warns John Gilbey

Experts in technology and education must work hand in hand if genuinely innovative teaching is to be delivered in the digital environment, says Simone Buitendijk

Do you feel you’re just winging it, waiting for the day when your incompetence is exposed? Six academics show that you’re far from alone

We unveil the top 250 universities under 50 years old and explain our generational and nuanced approach to young institutions

Young universities appreciate diversity and are particularly adept at responding to the needs of society, says Judy Genshaft

Universities should emulate the private sector in a positive way by eliminating costly duplication, says a worker in professional services

Jack Chappell launched distributed denial of service attack against Janet service

Two UK institutions lead our ranking of the best universities for the first time in its history, with Oxford holding on to the number one spot for the second year in a row, while Cambridge has risen to second place

Advocates say that the technology will cut out degree fraud – but could it actually help to fracture universities?

Spreading the word on social media about research can help academics get ahead, but is it too much of a distraction, asks Brooke Erin Duffy

Paul Feldman explains why the UK must be ready to embrace research collaborations on an increasingly international scale

Company accused of profiting from students’ intellectual property

Spanish university’s new teaching space mixes videoconferencing and online collaboration with data analysis and emotional recognition technology

FutureLearn's Simon Nelson says universities must go through ‘organisational pain’ of prioritising learning technology or suffer the consequences 

The historic UK referendum result is a challenge to the core beliefs of those attending this year’s EAIE annual conference, says Jack Grove

Women's submissions to a leading seminar were viewed more warmly once a gender-blind process was introduced

People, and not just technology, are key to building a successful university website, explains Joe Hoyle

Senior management do not recognise support staff’s pivotal role in achieving positive student outcomes, administrators say

Daphne Koller says online platform reached millions of learners largely because of the publicity, both good and bad, about Moocs

Leeds and OU programmes signal significant change in online platform’s pricing structure

McGraw-Hill Education chief executive says companies must work to allay ‘legitimate concerns’ of higher education staff

'Tesla’ initiative will combine anti-plagiarism software with facial, voice and keystroke identification technology

New ‘world-first’ Jisc project will allow students to compare their performance against their classmates’

More than a third of institutions suffer successful cyber attack every hour, study suggests

Sharing data on students’ academic activities will bring the field to a tipping point, says Martin Hall

Professor Webley was ‘inspired leader’ and will be ‘sorely missed’, say colleagues of the acclaimed academic

Survey finds support for tools that could improve grades and reduce risk of dropping out

Technology-enhanced learning must have quality and a sound business model at its core, says Rajay Naik

A recent report shows the potential for learning analytics in higher education, says Jisc chief executive Paul Feldman

Tsinghua University web page was changed to feature terrorist group fighters on horseback

Survey finds one in five heads of IT and library services facing a budget cut this year