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I’d like to pose a question. Let’s be pessimistic for the moment, and assume AI *does* destroy the university, at…
Hear hear
I agree with all of this. The threat is really that stark. The only solution is indeed in-class essay exams,…
I’m not sure I’d yet go so far as to call LLMs an existential threat to universities. But I do…
My big problem with LLMs at the present time, apart from being potentially the epitome of Foucault’s panopticon & Big…
I’m also at a British university (in a law school) and my sentiments largely align with the author’s. I see…
If one is genuinely uninterested in engaging with non-human interlocutors, it is unclear why one continues to do so—especially while…
…but it’s only 77 square feet, "slightly bigger than a prison cell and without electricity."
How are London academics coping with the insane cost of living?
Think about the London graduate students as well! With funding for PhDs stretching to about 1 in 4 those of us who didn't get any are certainly feeling the pinch!
I don't know anyone paying less than £100 (~$190) per week for accommodation (usually a single room in a house with shared kitchen/bathroom). That plus travel costs (£648 for minimum tube travelcard, more if you live further from the centre) and food as basic living costs set you back a minimum of £7000 per year. AHRC doctoral funding currently stands at £14,000 for those living in London and so with funding it is not too bad but without, a nightmare!
*Dreams of two years of fellowship followed by TAing*
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