Two young graduates turned an AI study tool into a global business in little more than a year. Their story raises a bigger question: are universities preparing future leaders fast enough? Universities […]
The Students Who Didn’t Wait for the Future
The university and American innovation
Writing in Science, JHU President Ron Daniels describes how the historical partnership between research universities and the federal government has ensured the nation’s scientific preeminence The transformation of the United States’ research enterprise […]
Could AI be growing up?
Three takeaways from the world’s largest edtech event By Craig Nicholson, Chief AI Officer15 May 2026 Following his recent trip to the world’s largest event on the future of learning and education […]
April 4, 2026: The Business of Rowing (nr. 18): When FLI Took Leadership to the Oxford–Cambridge Boat Race
On Boat Race day in London, The Future Leadership Institute turned one of the world’s oldest university sporting rivalries into a laboratory for leadership. Olympic rowers, business leaders, academics and students gathered […]
Oxford named best university in the world for a record ninth consecutive year
Oxford University has been world number one in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings since 2017 – the longest time any university has held the position in the 21 annual editions of the […]
Study reveals a reaction at the heart of many renewable energy technologies
New insights into how proton-coupled electron transfers occur at an electrode could help researchers design more efficient fuel cells and electrolyzers. A key chemical reaction — in which the movement of protons […]
Why nursery schools are a secret weapon in the fight against inequality
State-funded nursery schools occupy a unique position in education. Serving children from two to four years old, they are disproportionately located in areas of deprivation – in 2015, 64% were in the […]
Skipping breakfast linked to lower test scores
Researchers from the University of Leeds have for the first time demonstrated a link between eating breakfast and GCSE performance for secondary school students in the UK. Adding together all of a […]
Time Parents Spend With Children Key To Academic Success
The time parents spend with their children has a powerful effect on their educational achievement, according to a large study with a novel approach. Researchers analyzed data on children in Israel who […]
Study Finds Large Shift Towards Acceptance Of Evolution Among Mormon Undergraduates
New research suggests there has been a shift toward acceptance of evolution among undergraduates who are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The study, published in PLOS One, also […]
Stanford Education Study Provides New Evidence Of “Big-Fish-Little-Pond” Effect On Students Globally
New research finds direct link between high-achieving schools and students’ self-doubt. “Big-fish-little-pond” is a concept well known among education professionals: As the theory goes, students in higher-achieving schools will compare themselves with […]
Web-based Teaching Can Improve Science Understanding For Struggling Pupils
Web-based learning tools can help deepen science knowledge among all middle school students, and ease the science literacy gap for underachieving students, according to a three-year study published today in the International Journal […]
Falling IQ Scores In Childhood May Signal Psychotic Disorders In Later Life
New research shows adults who develop psychotic disorders experience declines in IQ during childhood and adolescence, falling progressively further behind their peers across a range of cognitive abilities. The researchers from King’s […]
New Toolkit To Help Parents And Teachers Talk To Children About Online Safety Launched
A new toolkit of resources to tackle the key issues relating to children’s internet use is being launched today (26 January 2018) by Global Kids online. The kit, which comprises illustrative examples and practical […]
