Time and motion studies
Not only do medieval travellers’ tales provide students with a compelling account of history rooted in personal experience, they also promote cross-cultural understanding in the present day, argues...
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Becoming Sexual by R. Danielle Egan
Mary Evans discusses moral panic and girls’ sexualisation
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THE podcast: David Bell interview
Podcast Powered By PodbeanUniversity of Reading vice-chancellor David Bell, former permanent secretary at the Department for Education, talks Whitehall, mission groups, Moocs and international...
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THE podcast: 28 February 2013 issue review
Podcast Powered By PodbeanResearch fraud, student occupations, PhD students’ pay levels and higher education in Qatar all feature on this 糖心Vlog issue review. Chris Parr is joined by...
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‘Destination data’ too narrow a path for schools
Gove’s former top civil servant criticise coalition’s ‘naive’ emphasis on Russell Group
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Thomas Docherty argues for the demise of mission groups
The mission groups divide the academy, argues Thomas Docherty, and their demise could usher in a more rational, democratic sector
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Social psychology is primed but not suspect
A series of high-profile research scandals within social psychology have led to unjustified attacks on the whole academic discipline. Wolfgang Stroebe and Miles Hewstone declare that the majority...
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The Psychology of Retirement: Coping with the Transition from Work by Derek Milne
Steven Schwartz is grateful for advice on how to be happily retired
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Loud and unclear
Every year, university tutors select and share with 糖心Vlog the worst examples of students’ “howlers” in examination scripts and essays.We thought for balance that your readers might...
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TED Prize awarded to Newcastle professor
A professor of educational technology at Newcastle University has won a $1 million (?660,000) prize for his work teaching children from India’s slums how to use the internet
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Regent’s College snaps up for-profit provider
Regent’s College is to take over the American InterContinental University London in what is thought to be the first UK acquisition of a for-profit by a not-for-profit higher education provider.
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University research misconduct could carry funding penalty
Universities and research institutes that do not investigate research misconduct properly could have their research council funding removed.
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Government refuses to budge on net migrant count
The government has rejected universities’ calls for overseas students to be withdrawn from the net migrant count, a move that may kill off hopes of securing the change in the current Parliament.
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Inside Higher Ed: Big push for open access
By Ry Rivard, for?Inside Higher Ed
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Funding councils publish REF open-access proposals
The UK’s higher education funding councils will not express a preference for either green or gold open access in their submission rules for future research excellence frameworks.