Larry Kramer, President and Vice-Chancellor of the LSE, advocates for thoughtful debate and explains why he'll never condemn lawful speech in the first of a three-part interview with the LSE Higher Education Blog. https://t.co/R5ts4ELRxV 🎥 https://t.co/pTlOlhmzSV @LSEnews

“Rather than only teaching content that challenges dominant perspectives,” Moé Suzuki feels the role of the teacher is to engage with a range of perspectives that emerge in the classroom. Read more on our blog https://t.co/0iw9yCJn1q What do you think the role of the teacher is?

Are the students in your classroom as free to speak as you think they are? Chen-Ta Sung explores the paradox of diverse classrooms inhibiting diverse viewpoints, resulting in a spiral of silence - for educators as well as students. https://t.co/xmCfhWokx1

Today's complex challenges call out for interdisciplinary thinking - and such courses are growing in popularity. But great interdisciplinary teaching is about much more than adding disciplines and stirring, says LSE100 co-director Jillian Terry https://t.co/XP2DcR3Fnt

The awarding gap is not a neutral metric, says Josephine Gabi. Racially minoritised students are structurally marginalised by the metrics used to assess their success – but shifting from gap-thinking to debt-thinking could make a difference: https://t.co/iFie4GF7mx

How free are academics? Katrin Kinzelbach, principal investigator of the Academic Freedom Index, addresses the current state of academic freedom and the threats it faces in this stimulating interview with Tamas Dezso Ziegler

Universities collect student voice through surveys but ignore it when it challenges their decisions, says Moé Suzuki. Is there another way? https://t.co/3hE6rzrVEQ

Have we reached PhD saturation point? With doctoral student demand outstripping supply of academic jobs, it’s time for governments, universities, and prospective PhD students themselves to take action to avoid regret, says LSE HE Blog Fellow Huw Morris https://t.co/h2n5b5ZMzl

Confessions of a Luddite teacher: @annvyshinsky sets out the case for edtech pessimism as she swims against the tide in a higher education environment replete with learning technology https://t.co/8hb7JAHrEo

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 https://t.co/oiCZJBU5X8

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."

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. https://t.co/NJNSUNJDV8 #SpecFicSummer

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. https://t.co/BQIf7HuAiL

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

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 https://t.co/HNtECd9iAW

“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.” https://t.co/axOuQIVhvM

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 https://t.co/gsL0JbgnHp

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. https://t.co/dhPtKpDzcO

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.

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 https://t.co/dhPtKpDzcO