Coursera founder: Mooc credits aren't the real deal
Online study certificates go on sale, but Coursera’s Andrew Ng tells Chris Parr they won’t match traditional degrees
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End-of-year appraisal
After 12 months as Reading’s v-c, David Bell reflects on the pleasures (and occasional pains) of leading the institution
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Chris Hackley: Return on investment
Academic study of marketing pays real dividends, says Chris Hackley
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Top teaching award for Dave
“Bugger me.”That was how Dave, an MA student in the Department of Media and Cultural Studies, responded to the news that he had been named Poppleton’s “Top Teacher” in the annual staff awards....
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24 January 2013
Bumped up and down - Winners and losers in the student recruitment game
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Local legwork, global goals for new man on campus
V-c keen to match Loughborough’s sports prowess with broad disciplinary strength.
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Appointments
Newcastle UniversityFrank MuellerBusiness schools have a key part to play in restoring faith in an embattled banking sector, according to Frank Mueller, Newcastle University Business School’s new...
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Reform chills are multiplying
A variety of institutions are feeling exposed in the shifting landscape emerging from the blizzard of coalition changes
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From Where I Sit - Admission attachés
I was in South Africa giving a college presentation to young women at the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls when I asked if anyone in the audience had questions for me. “Before you came to...
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'Eight great technologies' for investment revealed
Universities and science minister David Willetts has laid out how the government plan to spend the ?600 million allocated to research in December’s Autumn Statement
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THE podcast: 24 January 2013 podcast issue review
Podcast Powered By PodbeanUcas student figures, Moocs and Ireland are all up for discussion in this week’s THE podcast issue review. News editor Simon Baker and reporters Jack Grove and Matthew Reisz...
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Sage cuts price of open-access journal
The publisher Sage has slashed the price of publishing in its flagship open-access journal to just $99 (?63) in the wake of concern about whether researchers in the humanities and social sciences...
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Research intelligence - Courtship rituals for collective weddings
Research Councils UK plans strategy to benefit from global collaboration. Elizabeth Gibney writes
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Reconfiguring the landscape
Ireland’s government expects consolidation to play a big role in creating a financially sustainable higher education system. As the sector pores over a new strategy document that will inform...
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Bumped up and down
Ucas data demonstrate wide-ranging impact of fees and funding changes. John Morgan reports