NSS 'yea-saying' may be due to image-conscious universities
Study says that importance of survey results may lead to ‘overzealous promotion’ and encourage more generous responses
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Higher education is ‘key component’ for growth, says Princeton economist
Gene Grossman says restrictions on globalising the academy are ‘hugely damaging’
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TEF must include independent peer review, says new QAA chief
Interim chief executive Douglas Blackstock warns teaching excellence framework will lack credibility without external assessment
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ÌÇÐÄVlog Office’s new visa crusade threatens to ‘cut overseas student numbers’
Department’s 250,000 ‘credibility interviews’ in two years questioned after ‘unjustified’ refusals to students
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Phishing for Phools: The Economics of Manipulation and Deception, by George A. Akerlof and Robert J. Shiller
A study of the predatory nature of markets holds up a mirror to the field, says Victoria Bateman
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Revolution in ÌÇÐÄVlog: How a Small Band of Innovators Will Make College Accessible and Affordable, by Richard A. DeMillo
Joanna Williams on a study embracing technology and introducing a provocative concept of learning
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The Tudor Discovery of Ireland, by Christopher Maginn and Steven G. Ellis
Lucy Wooding on a work centred on relations with the Emerald Isle during the reign of Henry VII and Henry VIII
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Not Gay: Sex Between Straight White Men, by Jane Ward
It’s communal, kinky, defiant – but whatever it is, don’t call it that, says Kalle Berggren
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Picture Titles: How and Why Western Paintings Acquired Their Names, by Ruth Bernard Yeazell
Tracey Warr on the middlemen and artists who decide what their works should be called
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Going to the Palais: A Social and Cultural History of Dancing and Dance Halls in Britain, 1918-1960, by James Nott
David Fowler on the influence of venues that at one stage were attracting 3 million visitors a night
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Only one in four new degree courses attracts enough students, study suggests
Study recommends that universities use financial and market data to assess whether programmes are likely to succeed
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Hume: An Intellectual Biography, by James A. Harris
Jacqueline Broad discovers admiration for a misunderstood and misrepresented philosopher
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What are you reading? – 8 October 2015
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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How to engage with sullen students
Academics offer advice on how to turn glumness into enthusiasm
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Fish out of water: expatriate academics tell all
From accent intolerance to ‘bamboo ceilings’, Jack Grove examines the challenges of working in a university overseas