Artificial Intelligence and the Environmental Crisis: Can Technology Really Save the World?, by Keith R. Skene
John Gilbey is fascinated by an ambitious attempt to analyse and address the disastrous human impact on the biosphere
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Global health leaders voice stark warning on Covid-19 cooperation
Collaboration between the UK and China – and beyond – is needed more than ever to fight a pandemic in a politicised world
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Crisis ‘may have impacted’ UK student perceptions of value already
Hepi/Advance HE annual survey highlights small decline in satisfaction following crisis-driven shift to online teaching
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HE financial crisis risks ‘lost generation of researchers’
Support for early career scholars must be explored to avoid research being damaged in the long term, experts warn
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The gender researchers teaching us about ourselves
Matthew Reisz reflects on the researchers who have brought us powerful stories about how gender manifests – from remote Himalayan villages to the nightclubs of the French Riviera
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Interview with Sarah Ann Kennedy
Animation academic and Peppa Pig voice actor reflects on her character Miss Rabbit and why we need more female characters in children’s TV
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Oxford v-c: ‘hiding your history is not the route to enlightenment’
Louise Richardson says universities should have ‘robust debates’ about the role of historical figures
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11 June 2020 digital edition
Peak performance:Â Do university excellence initiatives work?
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THE Asia University Rankings 2020 digital edition
View the THE [!Asia University!] Rankings 2020 supplement digital edition
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Scientific breakthroughs: it takes a village
The global race against coronavirus to develop a vaccine cannot be won by principal investigators alone, says John Tregoning
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Champagne sociology: probing power relations on the global party circuit
Ashley Mears brings personal experience as a model to her academic work on the gender politics of beauty. For her latest book on mega-rich men’s use of beautiful women as a form of currency, she went...
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Do university excellence initiatives work?
Nations are increasingly making conscious efforts to propel a subset of their universities into the global elite. But are such aspirations ever met? And, if they are, is that a blessing or a curse...
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English regulator: 'universities must be clear about online delivery'
UUK also calls for OfS to clarify ‘what constitutes a breach of registration conditions’ during the pandemic
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‘Prioritise professional subjects in Covid-19 recovery’, says poll
University Alliance survey suggests public support is highest for applied degrees, with university support for NHS also valued
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Michael Crow: crisis should herald cooperation and differentiation
Reform-minded Arizona State University president shares vision for a successful university model in wake of pandemic, saying institutions have done an ‘inadequate job of social empowerment’