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HESA’s AI Observatory: What’s new in higher education (Feb. 9th, 2024)

Spotlight Good afternoon all,    In today’s newsletter, we share multiple resources and articles focusing on GenAI in research. If this topic is of interest to you, make sure to attend our upcoming AI Roundtable on research integrity (see below for more details).    Also, ICYMI – HESA recently launched its AI Advisory Services. If your institution is struggling to develop its response to this new technology, or is simply in search of an extra hand, we might be able to help. Reach

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February 9, 2024 No Comments

Student Visas, Old Systems and New

If you want to know how messed up the visa processing system is about to get in the next couple of months…well, buckle up. Y’all may remember that when Minister Marc Miller announced caps on student visas, he indicated that each province would be responsible for allocating visas among its own institutions. All provinces will be required to provide students with a letter or certificate attached to their applications, indicating the institution that the student is to attend. This already

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February 6, 2024 2 Comments

The Dawn of a New Era

The events of the last couple of weeks have kept everyone in the higher education sector in a whirlwind. But step back a minute. It’s worth thinking about the big picture. Some of you may remember this graph which I drew about a year ago, looking at the history of higher education funding in Canada. It shows total university and college income by source back to 1955-56. Looking at the trends across these six decades, I think it tells a

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February 5, 2024 6 Comments

HESA’s AI Observatory: What’s new in higher education (Feb. 2nd, 2024)

Spotlight Good afternoon all,  Last Tuesday, we officially kicked off our 2024 series of AI Roundtables. If you missed it, make sure to catch the recording of the first session here. At the end of the session, we mentioned that we are planning a “community poster” session for our Pedagogy and Curriculum roundtable in April. During this “community poster” session, we’ll welcome faculty members, instructional designers, and others who want to share, in a short 8- or 10-min presentation (1

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February 2, 2024 No Comments

How bad is it going to get in Ontario? Really Bad.

Last Friday, the Ontario government issued a media release outlining what it was going to do with respect to international students in the wake of the Government of Canada’s Monday announcement on study permits and work visas. I reproduce it substantially intact below because it is so objectively terrible. To protect the integrity of postsecondary education and promote employment in critical sectors like health care and the skilled trades, the government’s measures will include the following: Colleges and Universities Career

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January 30, 2024 7 Comments

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