When the Facebook data of 50m users was collected by Cambridge academic Aleksandr Kogan, his actions reportedly came to the attention of colleagues who regarded his subsequent use of the data as unethical. The university revealed that Kogan had unsuccessfully applied for ethics approval in 2015 to use data collected on behalf of GSR, a commercial enterprise he set […] … learn more→

I generally teach mathematics. While this subject is usually considered brutally objective, in a real sense it’s an ideology: the ultimate goal of my class is, indeed, to get all my students to chant the same thing at the same time, like a pack of local news journalists (and I use that word with maximum […] … learn more→

Buѕіnеѕѕ travel іѕ on thе rіѕе as аn іnсrеаѕіng numbеr оf companies hаvе customer bаѕеѕ аll оvеr thе wоrld; the Intеrnеt whіlѕt making the wоrld ѕmаllеr has increased the роtеntіаl markets аvаіlаblе; It іѕ buѕіnеѕѕ trаvеlеrѕ though whо are feeling thе ѕtrаіn with іnсrеаѕіng ѕtrеѕѕ аnd fаtіguе lеvеlѕ. There аrе ѕоmе thіngѕ you can do […] … learn more→

The importance of higher education in our lives is undoubtedly high. To gain a respectable job, one must possess certain qualification certificates. Only if a person has well recognized certificates to back its higher educational skills, he can get a good job. This so called not only strengthens you with monetary support but also elevates […] … learn more→

If you go by the ads for some language learning apps, you can “have a conversation in a new language in three weeks”. But the experience of most Australians when trying to learn a new language is more likely to resemble that of our prime minister who, a few years ago, wrote: Learning any language at school is…difficult […] … learn more→

My complicated relationship with libraries dates to my childhood. I love books, but sometimes returned them late feeling a naughty child under the librarian’s stern gaze. Last December, when I tried to borrow books, I realised a freeze was placed on my library card. Internally I groaned. At the library desk, the librarian suggested checking […] … learn more→

My Nordic colleagues often say that the thesis has to have a red thread, a line of argument that holds things together. So what’s this red thread? Think of the red thread as a sturdy rope that guides the reader up the rocky mountain that is the thesis, making sure that they don’t fall down a […] … learn more→

Here’s a quick quiz for you: In the biblical story, what was Jonah swallowed by? How many animals of each kind did Moses take on the Ark? Did you answer “whale” to the first question and “two” to the second? Most people do … even though they’re well aware that it was Noah, not Moses […] … learn more→

It’s been a while since I discussed the core issue which has done so much harm to higher education: the student loan scam (so long, in fact, that a reader asked me to explain what I meant by it, and so here we are). The Rise of the Jumbo Student Loan Most students with loan […] … learn more→

As reported in Politico’s Morning Education today, the Department of Education will be pursuing yet another regulatory agenda in the coming year, to include rewrite (or remove)  the state authorization rules, the credit hour rule, accreditation regulations, and the requirements for regular and substantive interaction with instructors in distance education programs.  This action comes while Congress is […] … learn more→