Student gamers eligible for e-sports scholarships at 200 US unis
Nearly 200 universities in the United States are offering e-sports tuition scholarships to student gamers, recognising its recruitment potential as e-sports become the fastest-growing...
Indian government requests students’ social media info
Nearly 30 million higher education students in India may see their social media handles shared with both their universities and the Indian government, following...
YouTuber students recruited by Indonesian university
A university in Indonesia is allowing YouTuber students to bypass entry exams if they fulfil certain criteria.
The Universitas Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Jakarta (UPNVJ) will...
‘Sugar daddy’ websites paying thousands of Australian tuition fees
Over 177,000 Australian students have signed up to 'sugar daddy' websites - which link wealthy older men with young women seeking income - in...
Kenyan students create app to share sexual health info on campus
Students at the University of Nairobi have created an app to help their peers easily access reliable information about sexual health and HIV, along...
Technology developments to improve access for disabled students
Technologies being developed in Denmark and Qatar offer an exciting look into how university study could become more accessible for disabled students in the...
Gaming technologies: the new way to help students learn quickly
“To make science accessible, we need to do more than simply tell students what it is we discovered. We need to help them discover...
Australian students benefit from digitised university libraries
Australian higher education has been a promoter for decades of the way in which the digitised library improves accessibility, openness and discovery for students.
Now...
German students have mixed opinions on ‘first robot lecturer’, Yuki
English linguistics students at the University of Marburg are the first in Germany to be taught by a robot. Humanoid robot Yuki is the...
Automation opportunities for Australian students – if universities can keep up
Nearly half of current Australian work activities will be automated by the year 2030, according to a McKinsey and Company report. This could result...