2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (701+ words) Times Higher Education AI’s fluent answers hide bias. Here’s how to teach students to see it You may also like How to redesign a university curriculum at scale Make AI literacy a foundational element of course design When I ask…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (778+ words) The UK’s new science minister Chris McDonald has criticised the process used to select research grants as a “value-destroying activity”, saying he wants to see “faster outcomes” that will ultimately mean that “a smaller number of bigger, longer-term investments” are…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (760+ words) Imagine you are submitting a research paper on Friday afternoon. Before clicking “submit”, you need to answer several questions. Does your funder require open access? Does your institution have a transformative agreement with the publisher? Which licence should you choose?...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (212+ words) Defining open research isn’t always easy. Historically, we might have viewed it as a series of practices tied to specific phases of the research life cycle – like the open-access publishing that dominated our early forays into openness over the past…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (567+ words) For many students, the convenience of using AI is difficult to ignore. Why work through a complex problem when a solution is available within seconds? Rather than treating AI solely as a productivity tool, we explored how customised AI agents…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (353+ words) The president’s aspiration to build world-class academic excellence – underscored by his invitation to world-renowned UK institutions to explore institutional partnerships in Indonesia – is necessary for a nation aiming to escape the middle-income trap. Nevertheless, the mismatch between aspiration and execution…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (561+ words) You might’ve come across words like “transparency” or “reproducibility” in the past few years. Perhaps you’ve overheard colleagues talking about data sharing or preregistering a study plan. If you aren’t familiar with open science, it can sound like a collection…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (928+ words) Growing numbers of US universities are making some of their courses “device free”, drawing mixed enthusiasm from edtech experts. In the latest move the University of Chicago is introducing a no-laptops and no-phones policy on three of its 15 required undergraduate…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (152+ words) Times Higher Education Enhancing student success in the AI era Studiosity is a world leader in formative feedback and purposeful peer connection Ensuring sustainable student success is a priority for higher education leaders.Empowering students for an AI-driven world requires…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (402+ words) Chatbots can now produce a passable essay in seconds. In response, we can ban the tools, revive closed-room exams, use AI detectors or ask students to prove that every sentence is their work. Each may have a place, but none…...