Technology and new media

Sector’s digital ambitions not matched by training, investment and support for staff in transition to more online learning, finds Jisc survey

Those forced to surrender their technology at the door show higher rates of comprehension and mindfulness, plus less anxiety

Thousands of students participated in the Ucas survey on digital resources

Technology will never be properly integrated into teaching if it is seen as separate from the physical classroom, says David Puttnam

Edinburgh’s finance chaos exposes deeper problems with the tools institutions rely on to function day-to-day

Computer scientist on his company’s foray into testing, competing with TikTok and lessons from being a university professor

Data theft from health insurance giant stokes fears that students could be targeted by hackers or their impersonators

Foreign interference and cybersecurity are ‘right problems’ for university leaders to be focusing on, minister tells chancellors

But administrators must weigh the risk of hanging on to data against getting rid of it too soon

Research England examining study on how AI might be used to predict quality of research outputs

As oversubscribed classes become painfully commonplace, students with computer skills test marketplace to bypass administrators

NSA used 40 programmes to hack into aerospace university, Beijing claims

First driven by necessity due to the pandemic, broadcasting from ecological sites has many advantages, says academic 

The perception of technicians as non-intellectual workers contributes to the undervaluing of technical career paths, says Urszula Pawlicka-Deger

A new scheme will see West African and Australian universities co-create courses that can be replicated across the region, says Joanna Newman

The myths underlying politicians’ insistence on a blanket return to face-to-face teaching must be busted carefully, says Alistair Jarvis

Leap into advanced cloud-based system doubles in single year, though big costs and complications still leave larger institutions on the sidelines

Disabled, disadvantaged, introverted and international students may all appreciate ongoing online options, says Robert Phillips

Mahidol University is focusing on nurturing academic talent and introducing more flexible education in a bid to attract a wider pool of students, says its president Banchong Mahaisavariya

Merger of two of the biggest plagiarism checkers will help combat more sophisticated forms of cheating, Andreas Ohlson says

Scholars question whether open access platforms could step in to replace dominance of China National Knowledge Infrastructure

Academics warn against ‘technocratic’ solution when venues for publishing in languages other than English are struggling

Naviance, available to nearly half of nation’s high school students, admits years of Caucasian filtering for campuses building candidate lists

Non-fungible tokens offer US higher education the prospect of major profits, but mostly in sports and with threat of long-term losses

Academics experiment with allowing undergraduates to text each other during assessments, and get positive response

EU officials want to take money for Chips Act, but government purseholders have ruled out using unspent project funds to replace it

Philosopher A. C. Grayling says scholars should not fight digitisation but should seek to protect academic freedom and avoid the creation of a gig economy

Informatics faculty turns its hand to creating tools to help civilians and hamper Russian attacks

College Board promises digital exam will be easier for all and again asserts equity advantages as colleges increasingly abandon its mandatory use

Creating unique datasets for online exams preferable to ‘naive’ honour codes or faulty online surveillance, experts say

Cypriot university to launch degree focusing on Zuckerberg-backed virtual worlds

Barely half of victims report threats to police, says Finnish study, which finds perpetrators of harassment are not infrequently colleagues of those they target

New partnership with institutions in north-west should drive innovation and even recruitment

Anti-plagiarism giant’s acquisition of a key rival ‘will not substantially lessen competition’, ACCC finds

The abolition of publishers and the bypassing of Big Tech is a prerequisite for maximising the power of science, says Andy Farnell

UCL president says the move back to in-person teaching has been complicated by huge costs sunk into digital learning

Ghanaian university president Patrick Awuah says local academics and students should welcome expertise that remotely based scholars bring

Interdisciplinarity really matters now that automation is approaching its ‘crossover point’, Australian forum hears

EUA report imagining scenarios for 2030 also paints picture of higher education being squeezed by markets and authoritarianism   

MPs tell Australian government to consult more on onerous aspects of its ‘critical infrastructure’ power push

Note-sharing platform accused of cashing in on students uploading teaching materials

University synonymous with Silicon Valley careers now sees long battle with companies over corporate culture

Buyout could remove ‘particularly innovative competitor’, watchdog warns

Top HBCU is latest victim in ransomware onslaught that has institutions globally struggling to counter

For all the talk about the digital revolution, the demand for in-person education is stronger than ever, says Nick Hillman

Educators now accept that digital tools are neither inapplicable to educational settings nor incompatible with sector values, says Jo Johnson

Universities recognise the need for flexible and continuing education but are still seeking the most appropriate strategy. Anna McKie reports

Founder hopes that Acaudio will help students and others keep up with the latest findings while on the move

Students are not being pushed to consider imaginative ideas that would truly tackle global warming, argues Peter Sutoris

Academics’ reading lists are increasingly directed by algorithms. But are the recommendation services of platforms such as Google Scholar, ResearchGate and Mendeley distorting science? And might AI ultimately lead it to a disastrous echo chamber? David Matthews reports

Departing Australian human rights commissioner expects v-cs to be among the students of his new AI ethics initiative

Offloading virtual learning to third-party ‘partners’ doesn’t always work for students but remains a blind spot for quality assurance, says Nora Carrol

Students from Syria and Sudan unable to progress because of lack of access to certificates

Our innovative, empathic and cooperative approach to the pandemic needs to be used to address more deep-seated problems such as poverty and inequality, says Chantal Jouannet Valderrama

Transitioning to remote and hybrid modes has made the university experience about more than the transmission of knowledge, says Sergio Pulgarín Molina

Artificial intelligence will soon be able to research and write essays as well as humans can. So will genuine education be swept away by a tidal wave of cheating – or is AI just another technical aid that teaching and assessment will evolve to take account of? John Ross reports

Authorities probe competition implications, as plagiarism giant insists it needs scale to meet customer demands

Sheffield corporate services head to join UK sector technology body

Deal will enable for-profit provider 2U to reach almost 40 million learners on edX 

Calls to use US federal research spending in universities to boost heartland regions gain political traction