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Long read: 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 #highered #AI #smartglasses
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Roles that centre diversity, equity and inclusion research and practice should be filled by candidates with lived experience. For recruitment teams outside these communities, however, it is not always clear what to consider or what to ask in an interview: ow.ly/oiXv50ZR468 #EDI
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Digital humanities is about more than adopting new technologies. It depends on bringing people, expertise and ideas together – and creating the structures to help them thrive, says Mara Oliva: timeshighereducation.com/cam… #Highered
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Academics have expressed dismay after AI was used to reject half of the grant proposals in a UK Research and Innovation-funded call
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There is more to teaching than simply delivering content. Anggi Maisarah explains what she’s learned from her students and her advice for better teaching: timeshighereducation.com/cam… #Highered
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By turning AI output into an object of collective enquiry, educators can teach a valuable habit: rather than simply asking whether an answer is correct, asking what makes it credible, writes Mert Can Atar: ow.ly/ekLp50ZRmxO #Highered #GenAI
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Closer attention should be paid to what happens once students walk out of an event or workshop or complete a project – this is where the real impacts can be seen and further developed, writes Tosin Adebisi: timeshighereducation.com/cam… #Highered
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A new paper has explored the wider impact of paper retractions within China’s research system, revealing a substantial waste of public funding #highered #retractions #research
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The University of Edinburgh has been accused of prioritising generalist programmes which attract international students at the expense of degrees focused on Scottish interests, as it embarks on wide-ranging course cuts #highered #coursecuts
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OpenAI’s solving of an iconic challenge to flex its technological muscles raises deep questions about how mathematicians view their subject, says Jon Keating
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Heightened research security measures can have a “chilling effect” on collaboration, a report says, ahead of an anticipated UK government focus on the topic #highered #security #collaboration
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Johnny Rich, the head of new ResearchPlus mission group for smaller “research-led” universities, rejects minimum entry tariff and differential tuition fee plans endorsed by larger institutions. @jgro_the reports
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Autism can manifest differently in women and girls. Learn how small changes, such as warning students before making changes to classroom layouts, can make all the difference: timeshighereducation.com/cam… #Highered #Autism
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The catch-all term ‘authentic’ can distinguish certain teaching, practical and assessment tasks as being more valuable than others, but educators need to ask what assumptions underpin the label, writes J. Patrick Williams: timeshighereducation.com/cam… #Highered #Authenticlearning
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When universities ask their staff to do more with less, is it really a test of individual fortitude? Rachelle McKay explains why we should stop praising endurance: timeshighereducation.com/cam… #Highered
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Donald Trump has been urged to raise the detention of American scholar Min Zin during his meeting with Xi Jinping in Washington, potentially giving academic freedom a key spot in the state visit’s agenda #academicfreedom #detention
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News Talks podcast: Will Indonesian HE take the world by storm?
We discuss internationalisation efforts at Indonesian universities and whether the archipelago’s institutions will achieve global recognition on a par with its East Asian neighbours #highered #internationalisation
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New report suggests Australians, particularly women, are educating themselves more than ever to avoid going backwards
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Raising tuition fees in England is the least popular education policy Andy Burnham could adopt, while universities are the lowest priority for government investment, new polling reveals. @CHavergalTHE reports #tuitionfees #highered
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A campaign group has criticised universities that are “unable or unwilling” to say how many of their students were raped last year, but academics have questioned whether institutions are doing anything wrong
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Marie Skłodowska Curie fellow Maryam Aslany has just published a high-profile book on peasants for a general audience. But even though she is determined to raise the profile of the countryside in public discussion, she tells Matthew Reisz she is also committed to putting in the academic hard yards
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