(18 Aug 2026) What does it mean to be ready for the AI workplace? While there is enormous collective attention on students’ and workers’ skills with using AI, it is less clear what “AI skills” should encompass. AI skills are as new to employers as they are to graduating students, and the technology itself is…
(25 Aug 2026) Today’s students will graduate into workplaces where using AI is as unremarkable as using spreadsheets. A university that outright prohibits AI is preparing graduates for a world that no longer exists, and, as adoption figures show, prohibition doesn’t work anyway. The meaningful question is whether students know how to use AI…
(13 Aug 2026) This week, Anthropic’s announcement that supported Claude models will mark AI-generated content drew extensive coverage and discussion. Much of that coverage went immediately to cheating. The Telegraph ran the headline “AI cheating to be exposed by watermarks”. TechCrunch focused on Claude users worried about being exposed at work and in class, while…
(27 Jul 2026) As generative AI becomes increasingly integrated into software development, educators are reassessing how students should learn programming and how instructors should evaluate learning when AI can generate code. A new report from the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) highlights growing concern among computing educators about the influence of generative AI on student learning and assessment. The…
(6 Jul 2026) China aims to significantly enhance its international influence, competitiveness and voice in education during the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-30), according to an education development plan recently issued by the State Council, the country’s Cabinet. The plan outlines how China will make better use of world-class educational resources and innovation factors to…
(18 May 2026) The 2026 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report | Teaching and Learning Edition identifies the most influential trends and early signals shaping higher education teaching and learning over the next decade. Based on the work of an expert panel using the STEEP framework, the report highlights how artificial intelligence, enrollment pressures, policy shifts, and sustainability concerns are…
(26 Mar 2026) Malaysia recently launched the Higher Education Blueprint 2026 – 2035 under the Ministry of Higher Education. The new Malaysia Higher Education Blueprint shows a strong signal of maturity as Malaysia expands its ambition from a regional education hub to a regional education hub with global prominence, anchoring on globally competitive, sustainable and…
The brief launch of an app promising to attend students’ lectures as well as write their assignments caused some academics to despair at a dystopian near-future in which learning becomes a pointless sham. But others believe the abyss can be bypassed. Juliette Rowsell reports. (7 Apr 2026) The launch of Einstein AI in February was seen by…
(8 Mar 2026) Gemini for Education is now integrated in all public universities in Malaysia, reaching nearly 600,000 students and 75,000 faculty members. Discover how our no-cost, secure AI tools and training are being used to transform teaching, learning and research. As part of their existing Google Workspace for Education environment, these universities now have access…
(25 Feb 2026) Coursera’s first AI in Higher Education Report explores AI use and attitudes among students and educators globally. Capturing responses to a survey of over 4,200 university faculty and college students in the United States, the United Kingdom, India, Saudi Arabia, and Mexico, the report found that nearly all students and educators are now using…