Academic minds ‘vital’ as fears grow over ‘out of control’ AI
‘Infinite’ research budgets have allowed industry to surge ahead of academia, but scholars will be essential for steering new technologies towards common good, say experts
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The week in higher education – 11 May 2023
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Leading America’s ‘most important university’
Georgia State’s transformation of student outcomes has been praised by Barack Obama and Bill Gates. Jack Grove talks to its president, M. Brian Blake, about the trailblazing institution’s incredible...
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Doctors, scientists, did the quacks get your tongue? Time to take it back
Experts must push back against politicians who feel free to supplant or distort their views for ideological gain, says Arthur Caplan
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11 May 2023 digital edition
ÌÇÐÄVlog economics: How can universities address the student housing crisis?
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Wharton: new OfS powers make registration fee hikes ‘necessary’
English regulator’s chair says registration fees will rise as its activities expand
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Rise in working students ‘should prompt radical teaching rethink’
Cost-of-living crisis has driven many more to find paid work alongside studies, with universities reassessing practices as a result
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Australian migration plans ‘threaten international education rebound’
Government crackdown on student ‘poaching’ could curb legitimate university activities and hit enrolments, experts warn
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Hampshire tallies gains from DeSantis
Florida’s partisan attack on New College bolsters iconoclastic Massachusetts campus as it rebuilds from near closure
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Undergraduate tutors help local school pupils ‘double grades’
Organisers of pilot study call for nationwide student tutoring effort after working with Exeter school
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Why are social scientists so uninterested in the super-rich?
Disparities of wealth are becoming ever more extreme, yet researchers continue to focus their attention on the poor, laments Michael Marinetto
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Berkeley professor admits wrongly claiming to be Native American
Elizabeth Hoover faces calls to quit after failing to check family stories about her heritage
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Australian budget: slim expectations exceeded
Sector looks to Universities Accord to consummate budget’s ‘down payment’
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UCU’s Jo Grady to pay damages after ‘wild and reckless’ tweets
General secretary settles legal case after being sued by trade union activist Paul Embery, who said she had ‘portrayed him as a misogynist’