“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,…
Student artists exhibit their final shows online – in…
Most universities and colleges have cancelled or postponed this year’s final degree shows as a result of Covid-19, to the frustration of art students who have worked toward them for years. Many have turned to…
Michigan State scraps in-person undergraduate classes for fall,…
Two more major research universities are walking back plans to resume in-person undergraduate instruction, continuing a rocky rollout for fall reopening plans across higher education. The University of Notre Dame announced Tuesday afternoon it will…
‘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…
The future of education or just hype? The…
A Silicon Valley startup could offer a template for universities shifting their courses online due to coronavirus No one could accuse CEO and businessman Ben Nelson of lacking ambition. “I wanted to create a university…
Two private colleges have distinctly different plans for…
Last week, two of America’s leading liberal arts colleges, Bowdoin and Middlebury, announced their fall reopening plans. It’s hard to imagine how, faced with the same facts, they could have come to such different conclusions…
University of Oxford Announces Largest Project in its…
© NBBJ The University of Oxford and internationally-renowned architecture practice NBBJ have unveiled images of the new Life and Mind Building. The development, the University’s largest building project in its history, will be the new…
‘Students want to confront it’: academics on how…
Students have been calling for decolonised curriculums for years, yet few UK universities have made meaningful changesThe Black Lives Matter movement has turned up the pressure on all areas of UK society to confront its…
Universities must do more for black students, warns…
Data shows wide variations in attainment levels in England while students with mental health issues are more likely to drop outUniversities in England have been warned they need to improve their treatment of students, after…