‘Some insiders point to the rise of joint or combined honours degrees as evidence not so much of decline as of evolution of modern languages’. AI is most emphatically not a nail in the coffin but a path to reinvention for Modern Languages. #fixedthetitle 😊

Flint did an incredible job of showcasing - again and again - how archaeologists are working their backsides off (all while poorly paid and in a terrible work economy) in cataloguing and recording the history of Paleo, Meso and Neolithic people worldwide... TONS of work 3/n

Paddy Jack Thanks so much for surfacing these issues, Patrick. It’s a really measured article. I was pleased to be able to contribute with colleagues UCFL @ucflangs.bsky.social The British Academy

Cover feature of mine on the long history of threats to the study of modern languages - and what role the rise of AI might play

Young academics are breathing new life into Horrible Histories
As the kids’ historical sketch show marks 15 years, Jack Grove Jack Grove speaks to its head writer, history producer and PhD researchers on how scholarly sleuthing has been crucial bit.ly/3xOIU1E

Energy saving plans required for Wellcome grant applications
Biomedical research charity asking applicants to submit sustainability plans in funding bids as UK institutions launch new green research code, writes Jack Grove Jack Grove bit.ly/4b6IHW0

Beware the backlash from “science triumphalism“: a manifesto for science communication warns of the dangers of claims that academic knowledge can explain everything. MatthewReisz meets “The Blind Spot” authors Evan Thompson, Adam Frank and Marcelo Gleiser
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Marriage advice lessons are hit with students, v-c insists
Undergraduates at Nigeria’s Covenant University enjoy their classes on how to have a happy marriage, says leader. Jack Grove reports Jack Grove bit.ly/3Q5ROhD

‘Give academics studios’ to record lectures that engage students, an e-learning expert advises. Jack Grove reports from #THEdigitalUK
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Students at a Nigerian university are embracing lessons on how to have a happy marriage, its vice-chancellor has insisted. Jack Grove reports Jack Grove bit.ly/3Q5ROhD

DAY1: Today marks the start of the inaugural THE Pan-Africa Universities Summit with Stellenbosch University at Future Africa Platform. Dive into discussions on African-led research, university best practices and vocational opportunities for a sustainable knowledge economy. #PanAfricaSummit

The vast majority of post-92 universities in the UK are facing job cuts, with a quarter seeing more than 50 roles at risk while staff who remain potentially face worse terms and conditions, writes Tom Williams Thomas Williams reports bit.ly/4aq9P2l

The employability agenda corrupts educational and personal values

Knowledge is commodified by the prioritisation of economic imperatives over social and democratic goals in educational policymaking, says Dr Zahid Naz
timeshighereducation.com/blog/employabi… via Times Higher Education

The absence of incentives and rewards for moving away from the “sage on the stage” approach means lousy lectures live on, says Eric Mazur, the Harvard University educationalist behind flipped learning
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What an enormous joy and privilege to hear my 13 year old nephew singing this evening in Evensong at Peterborough Cathedral - and what a beautiful cathedral it is!

Well worth the journey!

⁦Peterborough Cathedral⁩

The Nobel prize-winning biologist Venki Ramakrishnan has said he might not have come to the UK if the current “unfriendly” visa regime for migrant scientists had been in place, writes Jack Grove Jack Grove bit.ly/49ljZA2

University of Kent vice-chancellor to depart after restructure and deficit warning: Karen Cox to step down next month as University of Kent grapples with projected £30 million deficit. Thomas Williams reports
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