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The academic transition from high school to university isn’t easy, but it’s definitely doable.

Northland Christian School, located near FM 1960 and Veterans Memorial, serves students from pre-school to 12th grade, and now has a nurse.

One of the more prolific AI and machine learning development platforms, Weights & Biases has secured a new tranche of cash from ex-GitHub CEO Nat Friedman and former Y Combinator partner Daniel Gross. Friedman and Gross, alongside existing investors Coatue, Insight Partners, Felicis, Bond, BloombergBeta and Sapphire, have invested $50 million in Weights & Biases in a strategic round that values the company at $1.25 billion. Bringing the startup's total raised to $250 million, the investment comes as Weights & Biases prepares to launch Prompts, a new product designed to he...

The first-ever massive open online course (MOOC) on edible insects was launched in March, based on one entomologist's popular university course.

Learning Development is a field of practice concerned with supporting students to develop their study skills, including academic and assessment literacies. It is strongly rooted in values that are student-centred, collaborative and emancipatory rather than remedial or deficit. However, in the wider dominant culture of UK HE institutions, Learning Developers are often placed in an implicitly hierarchical relationship with students, "giving advice and guidance", at odds with these values. Without a clear model for practice to help them enact their values in a student-centred and dialog...