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 timeshighereducation.com/dep…

Campus project could lead to recipe book, in ‘important’ example of collaboration between professional services staff and researchers timeshighereducation.com/new…

Educators should embrace their role as advocates for higher education and the critical thinking skills it imparts, argues Sarah Birrell Ivory. Here, she shares a classroom exercise that compares the learning benefits of a written source with generative AI: ow.ly/lXSO50ZRmy2 #Highered #GenAI

How can our degree programmes prepare future graduates to be employable and equipped? Chathura Sooriya-Arachchi envisages a better way: timeshighereducation.com/cam… #Highered #Employability

Australian student visa applications continue to be denied at unprecedented levels, making ban on dependants seem all but meaningless. @JohnRoss49 reports ow.ly/9CPc50ZRnHL

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

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

Academics have expressed dismay after AI was used to reject half of the grant proposals in a UK Research and Innovation-funded call timeshighereducation.com/new…

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

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

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

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 timeshighereducation.com/new…

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 timeshighereducation.com/new…

OpenAI’s solving of an iconic challenge to flex its technological muscles raises deep questions about how mathematicians view their subject, says Jon Keating ow.ly/PlIA50ZQTWi

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 timeshighereducation.com/new…

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 timeshighereducation.com/new…

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

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

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

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 timeshighereducation.com/new…

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 timeshighereducation.com/opi…