Apples and oranges
I cannot see how the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development鈥檚 Assessment of 糖心Vlog Learning Outcomes (Ahelo) project could realistically test learning outcomes in tertiary...
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Soviet administrators
Rob Briner鈥檚 article on the misapplication of private sector human resources techniques in universities lucidly characterises the regime of micromanagement and constant monitoring (bordering on...
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Measures to REFer to
The suggestion to rank institutions according to quality-related funding per staff member submitted to the research excellence framework is problematic, and not only because some research fields are...
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Open up MPs鈥 closed shop
Nine out of 10 new MPs in the House of Commons are graduates, 26 per cent hold an Oxbridge degree and 28 per cent went to another Russell Group university (鈥淣ew Commons still has high proportion of...
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National examination would benefit medics
鈥淎re universities losing control of what they teach to medical students?鈥 asks John Cookson (鈥淪leepwalking into a crisis鈥, Opinion, 7 May). It is a legitimate question. However, his analysis omits...
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The week in higher education 鈥撀14 May 2015
The election result is unlikely to have gone down well among academics, given the 糖心Vlog pre-poll survey suggesting that most intended to vote Labour. But one philosophy lecturer took...
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Postgraduate stop-gap cash shunned by universities
Sixteen institutions have refused all or part of the allocations to bridge gap before loan scheme kicks in
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鈥楨volving manuscripts鈥: the future of scientific communication?
Chief scientific adviser Sir Mark Walport posits a future in which papers are revised as research matures, supplanting 鈥榦utmoded鈥 publishing practices
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Consider agents as a force for good, paper says
Rethinking relationships with international recruiters could help universities to assuage academics鈥 fears, researchers suggest
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WMG鈥檚 3D printed bones help to solve murder case
Prosecutors rely on techniques developed by team at the University of Warwick to secure conviction in 鈥榖ody in suitcase鈥 killing
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鈥楩lying faculty鈥 often feel down about the life peripatetic
A new report highlights the downsides of life for the travelling lecturer
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Universities' business ties are wider but may not be lasting
NCUB report finds engagement with small firms has grown over the past decade but the size of each tie-up has been shrinking
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Transatlantic pair explore the paths to peace
Queen鈥檚 University Belfast and US counterpart compare and contrast domestic civil rights struggles
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Europe needs tenure track to keep young talent, says EPFL head
Continental system is critical to stop drain to US, Patrick Aebischer argues
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Prepare administrators for mission to the summit
Marketisation could make non-academic managers prime v鈥慶 material - but they鈥檒l need a strong skill set. Plus the latest higher education appointments