Group efforts in learning's delivery room
Aid 'labouring students' to bring knowledge to life, urges Leeds Met pro v-c. Rebecca Attwood reports
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The level-headed superhero
Increasingly bitter and complex campus disputes need sane, tactful ombudsmen to solve them, says G.R. Evans
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The Star Wars solution to climate change that will crash back to earth
Strategies to deal with global warming must embrace all disciplines and approaches, not merely the technological, says Mike Hulme
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The divine is in the detail
Clumsy questions and dodgy data bedevil claims that high IQ leads to atheism, says Denis Alexander. A closer look offers a different picture
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Blind faith in metrics is 'unfounded'
Warning about 'subjectivity' of data raises concerns about the REF's use of indices, writes Zoe Corbyn
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An explosive finale to a hammer-and-drill duet
It would drive any lecturer to distraction - the constant noise of drilling and hammering interrupting a key and complex lecture to a hundred attentive students.After months of similar problems - and...
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Inquiry considers Lampeter's future
Closure is ruled out but a review will scrutinise leadership and strategy. Melanie Newman reports
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The week in higher education
- White working-class boys are turning their back on university, according to new research. A government-funded study found that white teenagers were less likely to go to university than school-...
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School should be an issue for admissions staff
The body that advises the Prime Minister on education is to recommend that universities take candidates' schools into account when deciding whether to offer them a place.The National Council for...
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Scots to get cash for boosting economy
Task force promises universities more funds and freedom if they hit national goals, writes Tariq Tahir
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Deal to improve researchers' career prospects fails to gain UCU support
Concordat between v-cs and funders does not allay concern over fixed-term posts. Zoe Corbyn reports
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Institutions limit access to anti-cheat software
Lecturers fear that students use plagiarism detection software to 'beat the system', says Rebecca Attwood
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Students believe plagiarists are rarely caught
Students think their lecturers are reluctant to investigate plagiarism and that those who cheat are rarely caught, research suggests.
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External examiners under pressure to uphold marks and avoid criticism
E-mails give credence to the view that 'league-table culture' is eroding quality, says John Gill
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Grant winners
The British Academy2008 Postdoctoral FellowshipsForty-nine 2008 Postdoctoral Fellowships have been awarded by the British Academy across the humanities and social sciences, of which twelve are listed...