AI research in question as author claims to have written over 100 papers on AI that one expert calls a ‘disaster’ A single person claims to have authored 113 academic papers on artificial intelligence this year, 89 of which will be presented this week at one of the world’s leading conference on AI and machine learning, which has raised questions among computer scientists about the state of AI research. The author, Kevin Zhu, recently finished a bachelor’s degree in computer science at the University of California, Berkeley, and now runs Algoverse, an AI research and mentoring company for high schoolers – many of whom are his co-authors on the papers. Zhu himself graduated from high school in 2018. Continue reading...

As debate about the cost and purpose of higher education intensifies, the humanities are often the first target. Yet evidence shows that far from being outdated or indulgent, humanities degrees cultivate critical skills, resilience and, yes, viable career paths

More than 52% of unpaid carers in Wales are cutting back on food and heating - Rob Simkins of Carers Wales asks how we've ended up here.

Regulator says 24 are at more immediate risk and may have to stop degree courses within next 12 months Fifty higher education providers in England are at risk of exiting the market within the next two to three years, MPs on the House of Commons education committee have been told as part of their inquiry into university funding and the threat of insolvency. The evidence follows last week’s gloomy forecast from England’s higher education regulator, the Office for Students (OfS), which warned that three in four universities were likely to be in the red next year as financial turmoil continues in the sector. Continue reading...

Emma Arvidsson har tagit över ordförandeklubban för Sveriges Lärarstudenter – och manar till ett fackförbund med ”mer jävlar anamma”. ”Om man vill ha medlemmar i morgon behöver man lyssna på studenter...

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Numbers taking languages at A-level and beyond has been falling for decades, although Duolingo says its app is most popular with young people

When the people making AI seem trustworthy are the ones who trust it the least, it shows that incentives for speed are overtaking safety, experts say

Move follows coverage in Observer last year of conditions facing Jamaican recruits to Harris Federation schools

Two wealthy businessmen say the chancellor should make them pay more ahead of the Budget.

NEU members are to strike for six days in December and January over a school's use of a 'virtual teacher' to teach maths to secondary pupils