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AI-powered glasses may boost learning but they also pose obvious threats to privacy, academic integrity and the sanctity of the seminar room as a safe space to explore ideas. Are universities doing enough to head off the risks, asks Georgia Luckhurst – while Kieran Phelan suggests they are not

Amid an anglophone crackdown on overseas enrolments, several East Asian nations have set and surpassed ambitious recruitment targets of their own. But are they getting what they want from those students – and is there a risk of a Western-style public backlash? Rosalind Skillen reports

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