In his new book, “Degrees of Risk: Navigating Insecurity and Inequality in Public Higher Education,” sociology professor Blake R. Silver examines some of many ways that college students can slip through the cracks at public colleges and universities. In the following Q&A with The Conversation U.S., Silver expounds on what he discovered while doing research […] … learn more→

During September, many Australian universities start making early offers to Year 12 students for a place next year. This is ahead of the main rounds of offers, due in January. These early entry schemes have been around for many years. But offers soared during COVID, with more than 40,000 school-leavers estimated to have received an early offer […] … learn more→

The university sector in Aotearoa New Zealand is at a tipping point due to chronic underfunding, shifting enrolments and increasing costs from inflation. In response, the government has established two working groups to assess the health of the sector and provide recommendations for the future. Meanwhile, universities find themselves increasingly beholden to the education technology (EdTech) industry, which claims […] … learn more→

Open source surveys – based on the collection of information available on the Internet – are increasingly used by the news media as well as by propaganda communication. They raise many ethical and methodological questions. On April 5, 2024, Le Monde published a very detailed investigation , showing, through multiple sources accessible online, the destruction of Palestinian hospitals, schools […] … learn more→

All Gen Z slang might sound like “skibidi” to older generations, but every era has had its own confusing slang. For every “gyatt” today (originally a variation of “god damn”, now referring to a curvy woman) there was a “dog my cats” or “od’s fish” in the Victorian era (both also meant something like “god […] … learn more→

Among the fantasies raised by AI and new technologies, predictive justice tools promise to eventually replace the judicial system, by deducing from legal texts the judgment to be rendered on a new case. Ongoing experiments to introduce these legal techs into the courtroom show that it is not so simple, and that magistrates welcome them by confronting […] … learn more→

Despite ongoing worries about how artificial intelligence will affect jobs, research shows that employers increasingly value something that only human workers can provide – soft skills. These include knowing how to communicate with co-workers, put others at ease and navigate conflict. However, these essential skills are often neglected in traditional higher education. Colleges and universities’ primary […] … learn more→

Knowing how to speak and express yourself in public is not only a useful skill in the workplace. It goes much further: it serves to trigger thought, to develop empathy and listening, and to conserve the energy that we all have. The conviction that true and complete communication necessarily involves knowing how to speak in […] … learn more→

More people in the UK now access news online than on television, according to new survey data from the media regulator, Ofcom. This is the first time Ofcom’s annual news consumption poll found online media use ahead of TV news. The immediate press reaction to the survey suggested television is in terminal decline, with online media replacing TV news. […] … learn more→

“Tum pa, tum pa, tum pa pa”… This is an example of what you hear when you enter one of the body expression and dance classes in the Degree in Physical Activity and Sports Sciences. In the style of Stomp , that famous show in which a group of dancers used brooms or garbage cans, these sounds […] … learn more→