What are the ingredients of a high impact research paper? David Carless @CarlessDavid walks us through his recipe for academic research impact

While China is proactive in recruiting African students, Africa seems to play a relatively passive role – does this stark imbalance in student mobility pose future risks to Africa’s higher education? Jane Knight and You Zhang pose the question:

LSE HE Blog Fellow @Amy_Paterson1 puts together a must-read/listen list of SBME resources for healthcare professionals

As AI and other technologies become a part of the edtech landscape, LSE HE Blog Fellow Maha Bali exhorts educators to ask five questions when considering a new technology (or pedagogy) for their course

When it comes to AI, is transparency enough? What do/will you do to mitigate the risks related to accountability and transparency in AI (esp those mentioned in @Bali_Maha 's blog post ? Pls share your thoughts via our survey

Huge thanks to our contributors: @AProfJames @BarbaraBrickman Jacob Engelberg, Gary Needham, Sarah Street, David Green, Cuneyt Cakirlar, Justin Wyatt, Hannah Hamad

With HE in crisis, should universities be looking for fighters to defend them in a dog-eat-dog world rather than the traditional academic leader? Perhaps, says LSE HE Blog Fellow Richard Watermeyer

Have you thought about turning your research data into poetry to make it resonate more widely? LSE HE Blog fellow Sam Illingworth shows how it's done

Stop treating students as customers! Insecurity is at the heart of contemporary higher education but colleges and universities can become more equitable. Blake Silver sets out how, in this extract from Degrees of Risk, @UChicagoPress

When it comes to AI, is transparency enough? What do/will you do to mitigate the risks related to accountability and transparency in AI (esp those mentioned in @Bali_Maha's blog post ? Pls share your thoughts via our survey

Most students regularly use AI in their studies but a third report having little to no awareness of their university's AI guidelines. University policymakers are storing up trouble unless they get to grips with this communication gap:

With the US elections next week, we publish an excerpt from @david_dswartz’s book on the impact of Trump and Trumpism on conservative academics in the US @routledgebooks

@Bali_Maha In your own practice, what do/will you do to mitigate the risks related to accountability and transparency in AI (especially those mentioned in this blog post)? Are these issues a priority for you? Why or why not? Share your thoughts via our survey

Maths is neutral and ethics restrict academic freedom? @mauricechiodo and Dennis Müller bust the myths holding back ethics in mathematics pedagogy

As human/AI hybrid writing seems inevitable in #HigherEd, @mart_compton, @GordonCE and colleagues introduce a manifesto to revitalise the essay as an integral form of assessment

Is the UK HE funding crisis real? Richard Watermeyer @rpwatermeyer invites Huw Morris (UCL), Kate Ogden @KateOgdenEcon (IFS), and Mark Corver @markcorver (dataHE) to weigh in

From using poetry in your pedagogy to playing critical literacy games with AI (or just relaxing with a podcast about why academics should work less for the sake of the planet), why not try something different this new academic year?

Is there a crisis in the professoriate? Listen to our latest podcast to find out if the professoriate is still fit for purpose - with @rpwatermeyer, @GemmaDerrick, @Dublin_kshankar, @MaryPTweet and Cassie Sugimoto