Nobel Prize scientists on AI, democracy and critical thinking
Nobel prize-winning scientists and a world-leading AI researcher highlighted the dazzling potential of AI to support research, the contributions of science to democracy and the importance of critical thinking in the age of AI, at a Nobel Prize Dialogue held in Brussels this week.
Karen McGregor reports
Academic freedom a top concern as new security law looms
Hong-Kong based academics are wary about criticising Hong Kong’s new security law, which is being fast-tracked through the city’s legislature in an accelerated process after less than a month of public consultation. But concerns about its chilling effect on academic freedom are widespread.
Yojana Sharma reports.
Concerns deepen over femicide. Students are also victims
On 14 January 2024, 20-year-old Rita Waeni was killed and dismembered at an Airbnb in Nairobi, Kenya. She was a student at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology. The pathologist who conducted the post-mortem said he had never witnessed a murder as horrific as this.
Scovian Lillian reports.
University alliances: Are they really transforming HE?
Viewing European University Alliances as a means to an end, rather than an end in themselves, may foster the idea of agency and encourage academic and non-academic communities to take ownership and play a role in what is ultimately the creation of Europe.
Write Anna Quici and Christel Vacelet
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11 个月Always happy to be published, thanks for sharing
Great stuff, and thanks very much University World News for the opportunity to be published!