Providing opportunities for entrepreneurism and learning from start-up culture is no longer a cool optional extra for universities ? it is a necessity, says Sam Robertson
Cyberpsychology expert Linda Kaye says it¡¯s crucial that we understand the personal, social and educational implications of the shift to online teaching and learning
Adam Batstone has been making podcasts for more than 20 years. Here he chooses the best university podcasts out there and, with the need for online engagement growing by the week, provides tips on how to do it yourself
Struggling financially, the private Jacobs University is seeking new backers, but academics have been left shocked by plans for it to be turned into an AI institute by software giants
Chemical engineers at Imperial College London have developed an innovative way of teaching real-world experiments at a distance, and say it also improves learning outcomes
The pivot to online learning during the coronavirus pandemic has shown why university educators should embrace artificial intelligence, says Y. J. Jang
With the Covid-19 pandemic likely to prolong the need for mass online learning for some time, we seek the experts¡¯ advice on how to do it well ¨C from designing courses and maintaining engagement to choosing applications and carrying out experiments remotely
Sustainable changes in digital learning will result from best practice alongside bold experimentation, say Friedrich Hesse, Volker Meyer-Guckel, Bitange Ndemo, Alexandros Papaspyridis, Rahim Rajan and Suzanne Walsh
Some data suggest institutions are devoting little to their defences and, as attacks become routine, experts say that open, decentralised universities are vulnerable
The virtual reality technology market is booming thanks to the coronavirus pandemic. Jack Grove asks whether it might finally catch on in higher education
Many universities have begun to teach online amid concerns that traditional classes could spread the coronavirus. Yale-NUS lecturer Catherine Shea Sanger explains how it can be done quickly and effectively
Brussels wants to create centre hosting ¡®the best talents in the field¡¯, but some researchers doubt that a single organisation can tackle all the challenges
Joybrato Mukherjee says Chinese researchers ¡®not always on the same page¡¯ over IP ¨C and looks forward to a VR-enabled ¡®entirely virtual semester abroad¡¯
Information collected from educational tools can be highly sensitive, and very valuable ¨C triggering calls for learners to have more say in what happens to it