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What the evidence says
Research-backed analysis from the four WAC centres, with every claim sourced.
Harvard Capped the A. History Says the Hard Part Comes Next
After six in ten grades became A's, Harvard's faculty voted 458 to 201 to ration the top mark from fall 2027. Princeton and Wellesley tried to hold grades down before, and both gave up.
AI Tutors Have Beaten Good Teaching and Cut Grades. Design Decides Which
Malaysia's 20 public universities have enabled Gemini for nearly 600,000 students, Google says. Randomized trials show AI tutors can double learning gains or cut exam scores, depending on how they are set up.
Companies Dropped the Degree Requirement. Most Hired Graduates Anyway.
Coursera and Udemy have merged on the promise of a skills-first job market. Hiring records show employers changed their job ads far more than their hires, and the missing piece is trusted proof of skill.
The Big Four Narrowed the Door Together. Students Are Finding Others.
Australia, Canada, the UK and the US have all tightened student entry since 2024. New study visas across the four fell about 38 percent in two years, while Germany, Japan and South Korea kept growing.
AI Detectors Can Miss Machines and Accuse Humans. Assessment Has to Change
Two Singapore universities are switching off AI detectors, as others abroad have done. Studies have found such tools missing most AI writing and misjudging second-language students. What replaces them is harder to run.
Latest education news
Sourced summaries on universities, edtech and skills from five regions.
ShikshaNext selects 11 edtech and AI solutions for scale-up and accelerator tracks
ShikshaNext, a three-year, INR 170 crore multi-donor initiative focused on technology for early learning in India, announced in September 2026 that it had selected 11 edtech and AI solutions for children aged 4 to 10. Five were placed in its EdTech ScaleX…
Hub71 and Abu Dhabi Early Childhood Authority open 2026 Anjal Z startup cohort
Hub71, the Abu Dhabi technology ecosystem, and the Abu Dhabi Early Childhood Authority (ECA) opened applications on February 19…
Classera, Falak and SuperCharger Ventures open C.XSEED edtech venture builder to startups
C.XSEED Ventures, a venture builder and acceleration program for education technology and future-of-work startups, opened…
NextEdu starts third edtech acceleration programme in Turin with 10 startups
NextEdu, a European acceleration programme for education technology startups, began its third edition at the OGR Tech innovation…
King Salman Global Academy names five winners of Arabic language innovation accelerator
The King Salman Global Academy for Arabic Language concluded its Arabic Language Innovation Accelerator in Riyadh and named five…
HedgeHog Financial Wellness wins 2025 Learnovate and AWS EdTech Accelerator in Dublin
The Learnovate Centre at Trinity College Dublin and Amazon Web Services named HedgeHog Financial Wellness the overall winner of…
upGrad sets aside INR 100 crore for AI incubator and backs tutoring startup ZuAI
Mumbai-based online learning company upGrad launched the upGrad AI Incubator on February 27, 2025, allocating INR 100 crore to…
Emerge closes oversubscribed $73 million Fund II for learning and work startups
Early-stage investor Emerge announced the close of its second fund at $73 million, according to a report published by Tech.eu on…
PhysicsWallah launches School of Startups with INR 100 crore fund for 100 ventures
Indian edtech company PhysicsWallah (PW) launched PW School of Startups (SOS), an entrepreneurship and incubation initiative run…
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The latest white papers from the four centres
Fully referenced evidence reviews with a framework and recommendations. Free PDF.
Beyond the Transcript: When Can a Portfolio Be Trusted?
Buying AI for Education: A Standard for Evidence, Privacy and Cost
The Return of the Oral Exam: Live Assessment at Scale
The New Map of International Education After the Big Four Tightened
AI in Learning Report 2026
AI is improving the work students hand in faster than what they learn; design, not access, decides the outcome
WACSignal
Evidence and ideas for the changing world of learning.
Short, sourced episodes on AI and learning, international education, skills and assessment, built on WAC research.
