“5G is coming.” We’ve heard it repeated by telecom giants and smartphone OEMs for years now. The fifth-generation network promises lightning fast download speeds, an IoT revolution, and rapid streaming with essentially zero latency,…
‘People thought I was too young to protest’:…
A decade ago, students protested over austerity. Now they’re campaigning against racism, climate breakdown and equalityIn June, Simukai Chigudu stepped up on a plinth in front of thousands of people blocking the streets outside Oriel…
‘It’s my calling’: new teachers in a pandemic…
One has left the navy to pursue a dream. Another feels his working-class roots will be a boon. We talk to three new teachers about their hopes for the jobAfter years of teacher shortages the…
Is This College? Students and Professors Reflect on…
College classes are back in session around the country, or at least something that resembles them.The word “weird,” was how several professors and students described their classes during the first week of this pandemic semester.At…
What Colleges Can Learn From Campuses That Opened…
It’s been a rocky start of the fall semester for several colleges that have already resumed in-person instruction. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill lasted only one week before shifting to online instruction,…
Thousands of UK public sector jobs to be…
In 2019 there were 44,000 nursing vacancies across the NHS after years of austerity Thousands of nurse training places and probation officer jobs will be created as part of a new government recruitment drive for…
Should Colleges Rethink Final Exams in the COVID…
As the pandemic hit and colleges shifted instruction online, professors were forced to quickly adapt, often throwing out their plans and hitting reset. For some educators that sudden shift led to some soul searching about…
Here’s How Colleges Should Help Close the Digital…
San Antonio, Texas, the place my family currently calls home, ranks high among major cities with the fastest-growing number of COVID-19 infections. Add in Houston, Austin, and Dallas, and Texas now accounts for over 7…
Oxford investigates former Iranian president’s son over DPhil…
Mehdi Hashemi Rafsanjani denies claims that thesis proposal was written by others after academic complains of insider help The son of the former Iranian president Akbar Rafsanjani is being investigated by Oxford University after claims…