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Will the cockroach movement achieve lasting change in Indian HE?

India’s largest protest in years was sparked by the leaking of a medical entrance exam and ended with the first senior political resignation of the Modi era. But it is unclear whether a change of minister and a review of entrance exam oversight will relieve young people’s frustrations. Rosalind Skillen reports  

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The University of Manchester’s recent announcement that all its students will do work experience as part of their courses came as the city’s former mayor, with a focus on local skills needs, became prime minister. So is this academic ‘Manchesterism’ the model for other universities? Georgia Luckhurst reports

Artificial intelligence is already having a huge impact on research, and the technology is advancing so quickly that some suggest it could soon be capable of directing its own research programmes. But will human input ever become truly obsolete, Jack Grove asks several Nobel laureates

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