Two higher education leaders reflect on what they have learned in the two years since the pandemic struck
As we reach the two-year anniversary of the global pandemic, two university leaders and innovators tell Miranda Prynne and Sara Custer what they've learned about institutional resiliency, teaching practices and what the future holds for higher education, online and in-person.
Peter Mathieson, the principal and vice-chancellor at the University of Edinburgh, and Anant Agarwal, CEO and co-founder of edX, the chief open education officer at 2U and a professor at MIT, both offer their own unique perspectives on a tumultuous period for global higher education.
Immersive technology expert Monica Arés explains how the combination of artificial intelligence and extended reality in education has the potential to unlock curiosity and learning, the costs that come with these tools and what she thinks teaching technology will look like in 2034.
Academic, practitioner and policy commentator Mark Thompson shares his concern that UK higher education is drifting from its true north of research, teaching and impact in the wake of complex digital change and the prisoner’s dilemma of whole-sector transformation
Two Australian academics take on the role of person-to-person contact in student success and well-being in higher education – whether that’s the benefits of in-person teaching or the effects of using AI for academic work
Experts demystify what open access and open research are, tips for best practice, and where the movement and research culture are heading.