(19 Oct 2026) Jisc and Google have announced a two-year collaboration to help UK universities and colleges move beyond AI experimentation towards wider institutional adoption, with a focus on digital skills, governance and equitable access to emerging technologies. The initiative aims to address challenges facing higher and further education institutions as they seek to…
(1 Oct 2026) South Korea has picked the first universities to benefit from President Lee Jae Myung’s flagship pledge to build “10 Seoul National Universities” outside the capital – but in a considerably scaled-down form that has drawn sharp criticism from the six flagship universities left out. On 1 September, the Ministry of Education…
(22 Sep 2026) Vietnam aims to reduce the number of public higher education institutions by at least 20% from 2025 levels by 2035 as part of a broader drive to modernize its university system. The strategy seeks to develop a modern higher education system on par with regional standards, capable of adapting effectively to…
(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…