2+ week, 5+ day ago   (470+ words) For many students, the transition to university is the biggest they have experienced so far. The extent of it varies between individuals but generally, as a minimum, students are entering a new type of educational experience at a large institution…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (587+ words) The Ministry of Education’s multi-stage response is unusually forceful. Institutions operating “as if they were schools” will need to register properly, as licensed alternative schools or private academies, or face legal action. This is, first of all, a Korean consumer…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (663+ words) The days when a lecturer could stand at the front of a room, talk for an hour and expect students to remain attentive throughout are gone. The conditions in which students learn have changed. They now study amid digital interruption,…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago   (370+ words) Whatever else it may be, the Jason Arday affair is an illustration – and an acceleration – of the cultural right’s attacks on universities for supposedly being eroded by a fashion for inclusivity that overrides academic merit. At the same time, however,…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (1618+ words) Times Higher Education - Collect information about your geographical location which can be accurate to within several meters - Identify your device by actively scanning it for specific characteristics (fingerprinting) Some of the data collected by this provider is for the purposes…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (404+ words) On my computer is a small sticker that reads: “Make mistakes faster.” Students usually laugh when they notice it. I keep it there because it captures two beliefs that have shaped my career. The first is that university should be…...