Could Distributed Peer Review Better Decide Grant Funding?
The landscape of academic grant funding is notoriously competitive and plagued by lengthy, bureaucratic processes, exacerbated by difficulties in finding willing reviewers. Distributed […]
Women Will Inherit Trillions in the ‘Great Wealth Transfer’ – What Will They Do With It?
In the November edition of The Evidence, Josephine Lethbridge explores an historic shift in global wealth – and its potential to reshape charitable giving. Over the coming decades, […]
A Box Unlocked, Not A Box Ticked: Tom Chatfield on AI and Pedagogy
In a new white paper by Tom Chatfield, the philosopher of tech and critical thinking outlines a practical roadmap for integrating artificial intelligence into […]
Devyani Sharma on Accents
What does your accent – and yes, every speaker has one – say about you? Or perhaps the better question is, what […]
Less Academic Freedom Will Mean Fewer Collaborative Breakthroughs
Since President Donald Trump took office for the second time, many researchers across academic disciplines have had their funding cut because of […]
AI Gaming of Some Online Courses Threatens Their Credibility
Distance learning far precedes the digital age. Before online courses, people relied on print materials (and later radio and other technologies) to […]
Vaccination: A Child’s Right?
One of the big cultural differences between the US and most of Europe is the nature of the legal relationship between parents […]
Is the Dissertation Still Considered a Rite of Passage?
As a lecturer, I have observed increasing discussion among colleagues concerning the continuing value of the dissertation as an essential component of […]
The Accelerated University: Power, Governance, and the Loss of Academic Purpose
It might seem that the constant crisis of universities is best captured through their most visible excesses such as managerial frustration, disciplinary […]
