Brian Cox and Andre Geim to be keynote speakers at THE World Academic Summit 2024
Professor Brian Cox and Sire Andre Geim to give keynote speeches at THE World Academic Summit 2024
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Are universities doing enough to support neurodivergent students?
Thousands more students on the autism spectrum are entering universities thanks to improved diagnosis and support from schools. John Ross examines how institutions are adapting to this challenge and...
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Interview with Sam McAlister
The Newsnight producer who persuaded Prince Andrew to give that interview reflects on why her law degree helped to impress in the media, the Netflix film about her ‘journalistic underdog’ story and...
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‘Places need renewal or they disappear’: Warburg Institute reborn
A £14.5 million revamp of the unusual Bloomsbury library has also prompted a rethink about its mission, says director Bill Sherman
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Call to force AI firms to help universities catch essay cheats
Essay mills pivoting to offering low-cost services to avoid plagiarism checks
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Employer levy ‘could fund universities and maintenance grants’
Economist who invented furlough scheme shares expansive blueprint to redraw English higher education funding
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The week in higher education – 26 September 2024
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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UK ‘interested’ in joining ‘good value’ Horizon Europe successor
Submission from new administration on future European research funding programme urges continuing focus on excellence
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‘We’re on the wrong side of AI partnership’: technology and the future of learning
If AI is to transform education, assessment must be rebooted and developers must make leaps in understanding the learning process, experts say. Rosa Ellis reports
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Publishers must not feed the machine munching through the academy
Allowing Big Tech to train AIs on academic output will only exacerbate the threat posed to teaching and research, says Martyn Hammersley
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26 September 2024 digital edition
Spectrum of need:Â Adapting for neurodiverse students
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Lebanese universities suspend teaching as Israeli attacks mount
Government orders week-long closure of higher education institutions in south of country
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University of Canberra calls in old hand as interim v-c
Veteran leader Stephen Parker recalled as institution battles deficit blowout and questions over governance
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English universities ‘lose £3 billion real income’ in three years
Fees worth £9,250 gave institutions £13,000 in today’s money just seven years ago, finds dataHE analysis
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Excessive secrecy ‘undermining security’ of Australian research
Code-of-silence mentality encourages blunt measures that hamper benign activities while overlooking legitimate threats, says expert