Web Articles

Over the past month, industrial action by academics has seen picket lines outide many universities in the UK. Supported by members of the student body and a range of other education workers, academics have stood outside in the cold, encouraging their colleagues to not enter the buildings, and to instead join the strike outside.

Student lie in at the White House to protest gun laws crop. Lorie Shaull/Wikimedia Commons

Equity and social justice, International issues, Students

#NeverAgain: do student protests work? History tells us they can

Claire Cooke, University of Western Australia

Student lie in at the White House to protest gun laws crop. Lorie Shaull/Wikimedia Commons When 17 students and teachers were […]

Equity and social justice, Students

Whiteness characterises higher education institutions – so why are we surprised by racism?

Remi Joseph-Salisbury, Leeds Beckett University

Rufaro Chisango, a black student at Nottingham Trent University, tweeted a video of students chanting “we hate the blacks” outside of her […]

International issues

University lecturer explains why UK academics are striking over pension cuts

Ania Zalewska, University of Bath

University staff across the UK are striking over changes to their pensions. Academics at 64 universities, who are members of the University […]

International issues, Online education, Teaching and learning, Technology

Why the web has challenged scientists’ authority – and why they need to adapt

Andrew J. Hoffman, University of Michigan

Academia is in the midst of a crisis of relevance. Many Americans are ignoring the conclusions of scientists on a variety of […]

International issues

Four ideas for reforming higher education policy-making in Australia

Gavin Moodie, RMIT University

Just about everyone (including the government) agrees the government’s most recent higher education reform package would not have addressed the biggest issues confronting Australian tertiary education. The failure of the government’s Big Bang proposals announced in the 2016 budget to uncap fees and extend subsidies to private providers led the government not to change direction but to proceed far more modestly. Even that failed.

Equity and social justice, Health and safety

Ensuring equity for LGBTQ Canadians on the road

Kaela Jubas, University of Calgary

Some LGBTQ Canadians who travel for work may purchase an extra laptop or cell phone to ensure no personal photos or […]

Why learning from experience is the educational wave of the future

Ishwar K. Puri, McMaster University

The university experience has changed. It used to be enough for students to spend four years working hard on assignments, labs and […]

Research and innovation, Technology

Here’s how Canada can be a global leader in ethical AI

Fenwick McKelvey, Concordia University and Abhishek Gupta, McGill University

Canada’s research expertise in artificial intelligence (AI) has led to significant recent investment. But far fewer resources have been dedicated to the governance, ethics or social responsibilities of this new technology, leaving many different local initiatives to try to fill the gap.

Funding