Wonkhe
FEBRUARY 4, 2024
Claire Taylor makes the case for a corporate social responsibility levy to fix the country’s ailing public sector The post Public services are in crisis, and universities are part of the solution appeared first on Wonkhe.
Faculty Focus
FEBRUARY 4, 2024
Artificial intelligence (AI) has led to the development of sophisticated conversational systems known as chatbots. These AI-powered programs can provide information, answer questions, and even complete tasks. Chatbots are increasingly common in customer service, healthcare, and education; however, in education, chatbots have been used to generate false or misleading information called “hallucinations” and create fake students.
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Wonkhe
FEBRUARY 4, 2024
New data analysis from David Kernohan shows that, contrary to popular belief, more staff may not be the most important way to keep students engaged and satisfied with their experience The post Student-staff ratios may not have an impact on the student experience after all appeared first on Wonkhe.
HEPI
FEBRUARY 4, 2024
This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Ellie Russell , Deputy Head of Policy at University Alliance. Degree apprenticeships. They’re Skills Minister Robert Halfon’s “two favourite words in the English language” and we’re at the beginning of a whole week dedicated to raising awareness and celebrating the many benefits of apprenticeships at all levels (yes this year’s National Apprenticeships Week does clash with World Nutella Day , but that aside…).
Wonkhe
FEBRUARY 4, 2024
Health education is a complex and shifting landscape – with enormous ambitions. Denise Baker and Susanna Kalitowski set out suggestions for better coordination The post Universities, the NHS, and health workforce transformation appeared first on Wonkhe.
Leader of Learning
FEBRUARY 4, 2024
Episode 165 of the Leader of Learning Podcast features John Sowash, an expert in all things Chromebooks, Google apps, and Google Workspace for Education live from the FETC conference in Orlando, Florida. John discusses the future of technology in education, specifically focusing on the impact of AI and the latest developments in Google’s educational tools.
Wonkhe
FEBRUARY 4, 2024
Kate Strudwick, Talia Adams, and Hannah Coleman argue that authentic student partnership is needed to define first - and then to build - a sense of belonging The post Students can build their own belonging appeared first on Wonkhe.
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Wonkhe
FEBRUARY 4, 2024
As mass higher education attempts to find ways to boost investment in itself, Jim Dickinson argues that waiting for the political pendulum to swing towards the past is no way to do it The post There are better ways to fund and govern universities as quasi-public services appeared first on Wonkhe.
Jon Boeckenstedt
FEBRUARY 4, 2024
I’m sick of this crap. To reiterate, I don’t care about tests, other than to point out repeatedly the essential absurdity of the very concept. Use them if you want, Love them if you want. I work at a university that doesn’t require them, and I work on the west coast, where they’re essentially meaningless.
Wonkhe
FEBRUARY 4, 2024
Graduates want to work in the public sector, and the public sector wants to employ them. David Kernohan investigates what the data tells us about how these two UK success stories link together The post The public sector needs graduates appeared first on Wonkhe.
EdTech Magazine - Higher Education
FEBRUARY 4, 2024
Higher education institutions are vulnerable to cyberthreats because of the valuable data they store, including student records, research and financial information. The open nature of academic environments amplifies the risk. Zero trust is a cybersecurity paradigm shift, operating on the principle of “never trust, always verify” instead of assuming that everything behind the firewall is safe.
Faculty Focus
FEBRUARY 4, 2024
Artificial intelligence (AI) has led to the development of sophisticated conversational systems known as chatbots. These AI-powered programs can provide information, answer questions, and even complete tasks. Chatbots are increasingly common in customer service, healthcare, and education; however, in education, chatbots have been used to generate false or misleading information called “hallucinations” and create fake students.
Leader of Learning
FEBRUARY 4, 2024
Episode 165 of the Leader of Learning Podcast features John Sowash, an expert in all things Chromebooks, Google apps, and Google Workspace for Education live from the FETC conference in Orlando, Florida. John discusses the future of technology in education, specifically focusing on the impact of AI and the latest developments in Google’s educational tools.
The Guardian - Higher Education
FEBRUARY 4, 2024
My friend John Hyatt, who has died aged 65 after a long illness, was an artist, musician and educator. John taught for many years at Manchester Metropolitan University, initially as head of fine art, from 1991, before being appointed professor in 1994. While there, he set up Miriad (Manchester Institute for Research and Innovation in Art and Design), since dissolved due to restructuring.
Economics and Change in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 4, 2024
An administrator at University of North Carolina at Greensboro is stepping down to protest the way the public institution is going about eliminating 19 academic offerings. In a resignation letter made public, Charles Bolton, associate dean of UNCG’s College of Arts and Sciences and interim head of its anthropology department, accused university officials of not being transparent in how they determined which programs they plan to cut.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 4, 2024
America is at a crossroads. Our nation must choose one of two alternative futures. We will either choose to become the world’s first truly multiracial democracy, or we will choose to sustain or even strengthen existing patterns of segregation and inequality. At the center of this national future-choosing is urban public education Dr. Curtis L. Ivery In my recent book, Detroit and the New Political Economy of Public Education (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2022), I use Detroit as a national template to exp
Economics and Change in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 4, 2024
Carnegie Mellon University leaders said the institution was hit by a cyberattack over the summer that impacted more than 7,300 people. The global research university, which is in Pittsburgh and has a student population of about 14,000, revealed the news in a statement last Friday.In the statement, a spokesperson said the university suffered a data breach to its computer system last Aug. 25, potentially compromising the personal information of former and current students, employees, applicants an
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