Research sleuths are turning to new tools to tackle the growing problem of artificial intelligence-generated or forged images in scientific publications, which has emerged as a major form of academic misconduct in recent years. Rosalind Skillen reports #research #AI https://ow.ly/OkSb50ZBqfz

Opinion: Neuroscientist Claudia Schrauwen says doctoral students are too eager to apologise for the limitations of their research rather than celebrate what they have found #highered #perfectionism #PhDs #PhDchat https://ow.ly/WyLx50ZAZVp

Narendra Modi’s centralisation of power means that his government takes all the blame when things go wrong. The success of the cockroach movement reflects how Indian youth’s hopes for a better future are tied to a flawed system of exams, writes Saikat Majumdar #edusky https://ow.ly/bscy50ZBrkB

Students at a provider of postgraduate psychotherapy courses say they have been left in limbo after it suddenly announced its closure, reports Juliette Rowsell #highered #courseclosure #psychotherapy https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/students-left-dark-psychotherapy-academy-goes-bust

UK higher education staff may have to wait to receive a pay rise this year amid uncertainty over whether unions plan to strike over the deal, reports Juliette Rowsell #highered #pay #unions https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/pay-rises-uk-universities-hold-unions-consider-strikes

"Sure, a robot can lift 600 pounds much more easily than I can – but that doesn’t much help me if I’m trying to work out.” What a wonderful quote from a recent US student who is all too aware of the damage that AI can do to your learning and 'thinking muscles'.

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Threatening sanctions for unauthorised AI use is having no impact on rampant student cheating. Only a ban can save critical thinking in classrooms, says Deborah Rogers https://www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/banning-student-ai-use-allows-original-thinking-flourish-again

Several organisations have urged UK Research and Innovation to reform its eligibility rules, which they say prevent newer research bodies competing directly for its funding. @seher-education.bsky.social reports

UKRI urged to loosen funding rules for new research bodies

Funder told to change its eligibility criteria described as a ‘de facto ban on supporting new organisations’

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Just over a week on from an earthquake which killed at least 300 people, Colombian universities have been rallying their communities to assist disaster efforts. Georgia Louise Luckhurst reports #highered #earthquake #edusky https://ow.ly/yA7t50ZBoUf

Renaming an MBA an EMBA sounds like a branding tweak. It isn’t. Here’s what we learned about stakeholder buy-in, message sequencing and what a single letter can mean: http://timeshighereducation.com/campus/adding-e-mba-what-executive-rebrand-costs-real-terms #Highered Academicsky

Adding an E to an MBA: what an ‘executive’ rebrand costs in real terms

Renaming an MBA an EMBA sounds like a branding tweak. It isn’t. Here’s what we learned about stakeholder buy-in, message sequencing and what a single letter can mean

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If we want the best researchers, educators and professional services colleagues to choose our institutions, we need to scrutinise whether the processes designed to recruit them are helping or hindering us, writes Angela Goff: https://ow.ly/Jqto50ZAZ15 #Highered Academicsky

Recruitment isn’t an endurance test – universities should stop treating it like one

If we want the best researchers, educators and professional services colleagues to choose our institutions, we need to scrutinise whether the processes designed to recruit them are helping or hindering us, writes Angela Goff

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New £500 million Bristol campus development built on site once compared to a war zone gears up for autumn launch, reports Georgia Louise Luckhurst #highered #edusky https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/round-lecture-hall-and-recording-booths-inside-new-bristol-campus

Opinion: The rush to integrate artificial intelligence indiscriminately across the curriculum ignores the true purpose of higher education, say Jelena Belic and Kritika Maheshwari #highered #AI #edusky https://www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/reshaping-universities-suit-untested-ai-economy-wrong

A Russell Group university will no longer use ubiquitous anti-cheating tools provided by Turnitin because of concerns that the company might use students’ work to train artificial intelligence, reports Georgia Louise Luckhurst #highered #AI #Turnitin https://ow.ly/KvHw50ZAZOZ

Australia needs an “ombudsman” to champion research institutions whose work attracts attention from national security agencies, according to former Australian National University vice-chancellor Brian Schmidt #highered #nationalsecurity https://ow.ly/1hot50ZAXpi

Hear four academics from Campus+ partner institutions in the UK, Morocco and Kazakhstan discuss how to build a reputation as an expert in your scholarly field: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/campus-webinar-lessons-academic-profile-building-those-who-know-how #Highered #Academicsky

Campus webinar: Lessons in academic profile building from those who know how

Hear four academics from Campus+ partner institutions in the UK, Morocco and Kazakhstan discuss how to build a reputation as an expert in your scholarly field

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The difference between the cost of doing research and the income gained from these activities has continued to rise for English and Northern Irish universities, reaching almost £5.5 billion, reports Juliette Rowsell #academicsky #research #Trac https://ow.ly/g6Ta50ZB0Nv

Interactive, computable lecture presentations offer students autonomy and the chance to flex their creativity. Find out how: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/harness-power-what-if-stem-teaching #Highered #Academicsky

Harness the power of ‘what if?’ in STEM teaching

Interactive, computable lecture presentations offer students autonomy and the chance to flex their creativity. Find out how

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Canberra is using visa fees extracted from would-be international students to bankroll improvements for their domestic peers, a Sydney conference has heard #highered #visas #edusky https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/australian-visa-fees-paying-domestic-reforms-minister

A specialist provider of jewellery courses is closing with immediate effect, leaving hundreds of students scrambling to find alternative options to finish their degrees, reports Georgia Louise Luckhurst #highered #courseclosure https://ow.ly/3Wj850ZAWH5

Universities should end the use of unsupervised remote exams “immediately” or risk undermining public confidence in the value of a degree, according to a report that found four-fifths of institutions are relying on assessments that could be vulnerable to cheating #highered https://ow.ly/VUmL50ZAyT1

First-year university student numbers in Taiwan are projected to fall by a quarter by 2041 owing to the country’s falling birth rate, with experts warning the country will struggle to fill the gaps with international enrolments. Rosalind Skillen writes #edusky #demographics https://ow.ly/EfIW50ZAzrg

Threatening sanctions for unauthorised AI use is having no impact on rampant student cheating. Only a ban can save critical thinking in classrooms, says Deborah Rogers https://www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/banning-student-ai-use-allows-original-thinking-flourish-again

Australian educators fear Canberra could impose a UK-style restriction on overseas students’ dependants, in the latest policy changes to drive down net migration https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/uk-style-student-visa-dependant-ban-looms-australia

On your bike: vice-chancellor swaps campus life for top cycling job, reports Chris Havergal #highered #cycling #edusky https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/your-bike-v-c-swaps-campus-life-top-cycling-job

A group representing black academics has called on the UK press regulator to examine the media coverage surrounding Jason Arday’s private life before his death

Black academics condemn ‘ridicule and vilification’ of Arday

Coverage that went beyond ‘legitimate’ questions of academic integrity should be investigated, says group of black leaders

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On Jason Arday: The man I met was kind and engaging. While the questions we asked of him were justified, that doesn’t make his death any less tragic, writes our news editor Tom Williams #Arday #highered #academicsky https://ow.ly/GO4p50ZAxy2

Long read: Amid all the debates about student employability and academic integrity, the question of how AI mandates square with universities’ commitments to addressing climate change has been largely neglected. Juliette Rowsell reports #highered #AI #netzero #edusky https://ow.ly/pJiY50ZA0ts

Opinion: Star-studded and surprisingly dark, Christopher Nolan’s retelling of Homer’s epic is resonating with students at a deep level, says Robert Zaretsky #highered #Odyssey #Homer #edusky https://www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/gen-zs-embrace-nolans-odyssey-boon-scholarship

Early career academics feel unsupported when working with students who use AI, saying the technology has exacerbated existing issues around confidence and uneven institutional support. Juliette Rowsell reports https://ow.ly/oFZa50ZzUqV

Venezuela’s deadly earthquakes have derailed students’ study plans, with international funders stepping up efforts to support people to continue their courses. Georgia Louise Luckhurst reports https://ow.ly/1BGQ50ZzQoG