Boosting prosperity and solving challenges is not all about STEM
The latest A-level data show concerning long-term trends in the popularity of humanities subjects, says Julia Black
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Non-elite universities claw back ground in admissions race
‘Tentative signs’ the worst is over for lower tariff institutions after difficult decade since number controls lifted
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Stand-up research: academics use comedy to explain their work
Researchers say using improvisational comedy can improve their ability to communicate findings
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Biden slashes $300 billion in student debt
As administration approves $10,000 baseline of loan forgiveness after long deliberation, universities promise hard look at pricing and value
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Cintana seeks million-strong global student network
US education firm involving ASU has 12 global partners and foresees future growth bringing scope to collect student learning data on mass scale
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Academics must speak up about research that could cause harm
The regulations can be ambiguous, but the masturbation paper furore is a result of supervisors’ and reviewers’ lack of vigilance, says Michelle Shipworth
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UK higher education’s funding model is not ready for the tech revolution
The pandemic forced universities to rethink their digital strategies but bolder strategies for IT training and investment are still required, says Liz Bacon
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Embassy website removes link to essay writing firm
Australian High Commission in India web page on education had link to US company offering to write dissertations, application letters and more
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World’s top journals ‘limiting critiques’
In holdover from print-dominant era, top 330 academic science titles too often seen as banning or hindering published rebuttals of their articles
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Is scanning students’ brains the next frontier in education?
Study that used MRI scans to measure neural change in students bills itself as offering path for neuroscience to aid curriculum development
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Hong Kong universities ‘could suffer’ as population shrinks
But academics note silver lining, with larger number of qualified local high schoolers gaining access to city’s high-quality institutions
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Students should be defined by their creativity, not their governments
Closing down branch campuses in countries with questionable human rights practices, or restricting student intakes from these nations, would be a grave mistake, says Bashir Makhoul
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High-profile merger of Japanese universities could augur more
Two top institutions plan to join forces in potential bid for ¥10 trillion fund, amid concerns over widening gap between sector’s ‘rich and poor’
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Remote working ‘led to missed collaborations and groupthink’
First study of its kind estimates lack of in-person interactions hampered innovation as academics spoke only to those they knew already