Fanged Rewards: How Perverse Incentives Bite Back in Education
The British colonial administration in India, plagued by cobras in Delhi, devised a seemingly clever plan for reducing the population of the venomou...
Let's make students earn their place at uni every 6 months
In the 1980s, Texas faced a significant littering problem on its highways. The state officials tried fining citizens for littering but to no great a...
Once upon a time, when matches were invented, there were whispers and murmurs. Many feared that people would lose the essential skill of creating fi...
Juggling & Learning: The Art of Trusting the Process
Have you ever tried to learn juggling? Common intuition might tell you it’s all about catching. But delve deeper, and you'll discover it's much more...
AI-Powered Imagery in Education: Picture-(Im)Perfect!
"Tell me and I will forget. Show me and I might remember. Involve me and I will never forget." Or so they say. But let's be honest, involving imager...
Ever feel like you need an extra set of hands (or three) to navigate the exciting yet often demanding world of academia? Meet the new tech-powered t...