From where I sit - Gems in the research scrapheap
An English-language journal has recently been launched in Germany that focuses on "failed" research. That is, it publishes material rejected by mainstream journals because it did not yield the...
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Appointments
Kingston UniversityYannis GeorgellisAn economist who specialises in the pursuit of happiness has been appointed director of the Centre for Research in Employment, Skills and Society at Kingston...
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Tell students what you can do for them - but be honest, says new UUK head
The new president of Universities UK has warned institutions against resorting to marketing “hyperbole” in their efforts to attract students.Speaking to 糖心Vlog in advance of his...
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Speedier alternative to 'obsolete' OIA unveiled
Plans to establish a fast-track alternative to the Office of the Independent Adjudicator for 糖心Vlog have been backed by a dispute resolution body.The independent Improving Dispute...
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'Hippocratic' oath for academy could well do harm, swears scholar
Proposed vows are said to be status anxiety-driven and inimical to free thought. Jack Grove reports
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Invasion of privacy
Even recalcitrant scholars can’t escape the mobile’s reach, says Sally Feldman
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1 September 2011
Second life - What happens when a single letter changes an author’s sex?
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Memory failure detected
A coalition of the willing is battling legal, logistical and technical obstacles to archive the riches of the mercurial World Wide Web for the benefit of future scholars. Zo? Corbyn reports
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Time to put lifelong learning back at the heart of ‘civic universities’
Universities will reap commercial and academic benefits by tapping into the skills of older people on lifelong learning courses, an academic has argued.
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Web marketing grows, but universities urged not to abandon personal approach
A major survey of online marketing to prospective international students has found that a “one size fits all” approach is unlikely to succeed, and that, for universities, a web presence is not a...
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Inside Higher Ed: Sociologists in Sin City
By Serena Golden, for Inside Higher Ed
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V-c’s ‘dismissive’ attitude to support staff provokes union ire
The vice-chancellor of the University of Northampton has been accused of “dismissing” the work of administrative and support staff after redundancy plans were announced.
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Fee rise prompts four out of five pupils to reconsider university plans
Most pupils planning to attend university from 2012 onwards are reconsidering their options due to the increase in tuition fees, according to a new poll.
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Aberdeen breaks cover, announcing ?9,000 fees for English, Welsh and Northern Irish
The University of Aberdeen has become the first Scottish university to announce its tuition fees for undergraduates from the rest of the UK from 2012-13, charging ?9,000.
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PhD to be investigated amid further suspicion of research misconduct
Imperial College London has announced it is reviewing the award of a PhD to a former student after it emerged that the paper that formed the basis of his thesis is to be retracted.