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International Embracing the town and gown revolution | The myth of the ivory tower was shattered. The conference illustrated that there is no longer a zero-sum calculation between civic engagement and academic excellence. In fact, it was revealed that in the Global North the closer the co-operation and the betterContinue Reading

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International In age of AI, universities will need to rethink their purpose | There are multiple challenges facing education in a future digital society. The digital university will see the rise of artificial intelligence, deep learning (machine learning), robotisation, ‘intelligent systems’ in manufacturing and ‘Industry 4.0’ strategies, sometimes called theContinue Reading

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International Is internationalisation creating inequality in higher education? | If we assume that internationalisation of higher education improves the quality of education and research and if this process is undertaken only by higher education institutions that are already engaged in it and not by those that are not and areContinue Reading

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International In Brexit uncertainty, universities face cash crisis as EU student numbers fall | The decline in EU student numbers, including a 9 per cent slump in postgraduates, has sparked fears that enrolments will be down across the rest of the sector which could push some universities closer to theContinue Reading

International Nontraditional but More Collaborative: Edtech Trends for 2019 | One frustration frequently expressed by Top Hat customers has to do with a lack of coordination among edtech solutions. Because the tools have not been designed to work together, faculty often have to juggle several platforms at once. Revealed: theContinue Reading