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Enabling dialogue and sharing different perspectives in a changing HE landscape
Joined April 2019
Is the lure of AI blinding universities to the power of the tools already in its pockets, Nick McIntosh asks. Perhaps higher education needs a reality check when it comes to tech .
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With the lure of AI blinding us to the power of the tools already in our pockets, higher education needs a reality check when it comes to tech, says Nick McIntosh At last month’s EDEN conference in...
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Tamas Dezso Zeigler explains that we must understand government interventions in higher education in order to “resist [government] efforts to impose a uniform ideological framework within academia."
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As the tension between academic freedom and governmental intervention grows, LSE HE Blog Fellow Tamas Dezso Ziegler outlines the measures governments have at their disposal to encourage heterodox...
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Which subgenre of speculative fiction most challenges your thinking, if you had to choose one? Vote below!🔮. Find some fresh spec fic campus novel reviews in @anotherijeoma's new blog post, and expand your summer reading list. #SpecFicSummer.
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The "recruitment of international students to maintain financial stability. risks reinforcing existing social inequalities. It privileges those who can afford elite global credentials" says @chenta_sung.
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As UK universities become more dependent on international student fees, Chen-Ta Sung examines the fall-out on social mobility and student wellbeing Education has long been regarded as one of the most...
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How radical is your imagination? Capital R or lower-case r? From campus facility plans to humble textbooks, subverting the status quo can happen in the most unlikely places, says LSE HE Blog Fellow, Ijeoma N Njaka
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From campus facility plans to humble textbooks, subverting the status quo can happen in the most unlikely places, says LSE HE Blog Fellow, Ijeoma N Njaka It may seem unlikely, but around 2017,...
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How do you talk to a populist? With populism on the rise, educators need to understand how to respond when populist discourse finds its way into the classroom. Edda Sant debunks three common myths about populist challenges to higher education.
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“it is our duty as educators to try to create open spaces where we can engage our students in scholarly dialogue” says @GordonCE “where we learn to listen to and respect the views of others even if they are different or even opposed to our own.”.
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On the sixth anniversary of the LSE HE Blog, and as pressures mount on academic freedom, Claire Gordon reflects on the importance of spaces dedicated to scholarly debate and thought-provoking...
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On the occasion of our sixth anniversary, @MahaBali an LSE HE Blog contributor and Fellow, discusses how the LSE HE Blog reaches people from different disciplines and backgrounds.
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Is AI to the 2020s what calculators were to the 1980s? Listen to @mauricechiodo draw a comparison between these two tools in Episode 1 of our podcast on the ethics of AI in teaching.
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In Episode 2 of our podcast on the ethical use of AI in teaching, Claire Gordon, Maha Bali, Maurice Chiodo, and Emma McCoy debate the issues they encounter integrating AI – consistency, AI skills development among faculty, disciplinary identities + values.
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Claire Gordon speaks with three academics – Maha Bali, Maurice Chiodo, and Emma McCoy – about what the ethical use of AI in teaching means and the implications educators need to consider. They...
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What responsibility do educators have to their students and their institutions when teaching with AI? In our latest podcast, @GordonCE explores the ethics of teaching with GenAI with @Bali_Maha @mauricechiodo @coy_emma.
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Meet the LSE HE Blog Fellows – four academics from across globe who will be sharing their insights throughout 2025, covering the internationalisation of HE in Asia, HE policy, radical imagination in the US, and heterodox perspectives in authoritarian times.
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As we consider approaches that range from a warm embrace to cautious acceptance to resistance to AI in higher education at #LSEPKUAI we need to recentre our humanity and question the tech inevitability narrative. @ElizaNgutuku @Bali_Maha @GordonCE
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How do you approach accountability and transparency when using AI in your academic practice? Maha Bali brings together a range of voices to contribute to a more nuanced ethics of AI in education.
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How do you start a new university and create an appealing brand when nobody knows who you are? Bryan Penprase + Noah Pickus consider some of the tricky issues founders face, looking at new unis from Minerva and NYU Abu Dhabi to Ashesi University in Ghana
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As the university is reinvented by education entrepreneurs across the world, Bryan Penprase and Noah Pickus consider some of the tricky issues founders face, in this excerpt from The New Global...
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What is the impact of authoritarian regimes on universities in Türkiye, Hungary, and the US? Seçkin Sertdemir Ozdemir, Tamas Dezso Ziegler and @david_dswartz discuss on our latest podcast episode.
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Still time to apply (closing date 10 March)! Are you a scholar interested in drawing attention to important issues in HE? Could you share your specialist insights with a global audience? The LSE HE Blog Fellowship could be for you. Application details:
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Are you a scholar interested in drawing attention to important issues in higher education? Could you share your specialist insights with a global audience through blog posts, podcasts and more? Our...
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We have ruined essay writing by forgetting about it as a process and treating it as a product. It's time to rethink writing (and how we teach it) and, ironically, the challenge of AI can help, writes @AlicjaSyska
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Writing teaches us how to think, so let’s rethink, reframe, and reposition the essay to bring it back into the light, writes Alicja Syska
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How can academics use autoethnography to voice criticism of HE without falling foul of the law? Margaret Merga explains the implications for researchers, educators, and supervisors.
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As the number of defamation lawsuits increase, Margaret Merga explains how researchers, educators, and supervisors who use autoethnography can avoid falling foul of the law, particularly in the...
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