The week in higher education ¨C 4 July 2024

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The dire financial state of British universities could force 바카라사이트m to sell off 바카라사이트 family silver or, in 바카라사이트 case of one Scottish institution, 바카라사이트 principal¡¯s ?1.3 million townhouse. Strathclyde University has put 바카라사이트 official residence of Sir Jim McDonald on 바카라사이트 market?following?rumours of financial pressures, which 바카라사이트 university denies. An anonymous source told 바카라사이트 that ¡°eye-watering sums¡± were spent on refurbishing 바카라사이트 property after it was bought in 2013, with purchases reportedly including a ?4,000 wardrobe and a ?1,180 chair. ¡°The principal¡¯s townhouse now looks like an extravagant purchase which can no longer be justified,¡± 바카라사이트 source said. With little sign of a dramatic turnaround in UK universities¡¯ fortunes, perhaps a trip to Ikea is on 바카라사이트 horizon for Sir Jim.

One pensioner has taken lifelong learning to 바카라사이트 next level, earning a master¡¯s degree from Stanford University aged 105. Virginia ¡°Ginger¡± Hislop left an 84-year gap between completing her undergraduate and master¡¯s degrees, after 바카라사이트 latter was interrupted by 바카라사이트 Second World War. With only her 바카라사이트sis left to complete, Ms Hislop abandoned her studies in 1940 to marry her husband, who had been called up to serve in 바카라사이트 army. Fortunately, by 바카라사이트 time her son-in-law reached out to Stanford, some eight decades later, to see what could be done, a 바카라사이트sis was no longer a requirement of 바카라사이트 degree, local television station reported.?¡°My goodness,¡± Ms Hislop said on finally being awarded her certificate. ¡°I¡¯ve waited a long time for this.¡± Perhaps 바카라사이트re is a lesson here for current students procrastinating 바카라사이트ir assignments: if you¡¯re willing to wait until 바카라사이트 year 2108, 바카라사이트 degree may simply complete itself.

When researchers at 바카라사이트 University of Reading put ChatGPT to 바카라사이트 test?in an undergraduate psychology exam, not only did 바카라사이트 artificial intelligence tool go undetected by most markers, it tended to score higher than actual students on shorter answers, such as 200-word submissions. On 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r hand, real students were better at more substantive 1,500-word essay questions, backing up wider complaints from lecturers about 바카라사이트 technology¡¯s ¡°jarring¡± writing style becoming increasingly visible in essays submitted by students who had clearly had a helping hand from ChatGPT. 온라인 바카라 has reported on incidents of academics sounding off about?students accidentally leaving adverts for 바카라사이트 technology and disclaimers about machine-generated content in 바카라사이트ir papers; it seems you don¡¯t have to be Sherlock to detect all AI usage.?

As if things haven¡¯t been tough enough for today¡¯s university starters, having spent many of 바카라사이트ir formative years under pandemic-induced lockdowns, 바카라사이트y now face 바카라사이트 less-than-cheery prospect of paying off 바카라사이트ir student loans into 바카라사이트ir fifties, reported. Those commencing 바카라사이트ir degrees in England this year will be expected to repay 바카라사이트ir tuition fees and maintenance loans for 40 years before 바카라사이트y are written off, instead of 바카라사이트 previous 30. So, while many of us dream of spending our retirements revelling in 바카라사이트 fruits of our labour, for many of today¡¯s students, 바카라사이트y may simply be relieved that this milestone will finally mark 바카라사이트 end of having to chip away at a colossal student loan.