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Tag: Critical insights 2024

A blend of previous posts’ images with Karl Marx escaping the (Medieval) Metrics Matrix – generated using DALL-E and mixed with Photopea by the author and numerous unacknowledged art and data workers
2nd October 20244th October 2024IAD user

It’s the metrics, not the Matrix, part 3: Degenerative AI

Karl Marx escaping the Medieval Metrics Matrix – generated using DALL-E by the author and numerous unacknowledged art and data workers.
30th September 20244th October 2024IAD user

It’s the metrics, not the Matrix, part 2: Rigorously Established Fear

27th September 20242nd October 2024IAD user

It’s the metrics, not the Matrix: Part 1 – Higher Education State Critical

Student sitting exam alone
26th September 20244th October 2024IAD user

Reflections on academic standards from the marking and assessment boycott

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19th September 20241st October 2024IAD user

Is ChatGPT spelling the end of take-home essays as a form of assessment? Part 2: The practice

Person writing by a laptop
17th September 202430th September 2024IAD user

Is ChatGPT spelling the end of take-home essays as a form of assessment? Part 1: The principles

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12th September 202427th September 2024IAD user

The cost of knowledge: Exploring the increasing complexity of student mental health

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6th September 202426th September 2024IAD user

Emotional labour in academia: The unspoken burden

Image of coins and books stacked on a receipt
29th August 20246th September 2024IAD user

My whole existence, impinged by financial worries

A child is crushed under the weight of a shopping cart filled with heavy items, symbolizing the burden of financial stress.
23rd August 20242nd September 2024Sylvia Joshua Western

Impact of the Cost of Living Crisis on Higher Education

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15th August 202426th August 2024Sylvia Joshua Western

What is burnout and what does it feel like?

8th August 202428th August 2024Sylvia Joshua Western

Welcome to Aug-Sep Hot Topic theme: Critical insights into contemporary issues in Higher Education

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