The principles of Confusionism
Prepare yourselves. Rebecca Attwood reports on students' exam howlers in our annual competition
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Students 'let down' by the academic Luddites
Survey finds that academy is failing to capitalise on new technology. Sarah Cunnane reports
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Research findings, impact enhanced: let's face the conference and dance
Shy, retiring types look away now: presentations at a forthcoming academic conference will be delivered through song, dance and theatrics in an attempt to overcome the "deadening" effects of...
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Recruitment deal in India goes sour
Chennai agent demands £300,000 compensation from Coventry University. John Morgan reports
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Nip and tuck for externals? A radical facelift is required
Quality assurance experts disappointed that review ignores major problems. Rebecca Attwood reports
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Standard Response: Good tools but you need to show how they work
Universities value the "toolkit" they use to set academic standards, but the kit is doing little to reassure the public, a review has found.
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Private virtues include 3% pay rise for staff
As higher education staff in state-funded universities contemplate the possibility of a 0.4 per cent pay deal, a private college is trumpeting its 3 per cent pay rise as evidence of the virtues of...
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Cut REF work: Check the best and sample the rest
RAE assessor suggests a way to reduce costs, save time and improve quality. Paul Jump reports
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#LoveHE: Making your own luck
Anshul Tomer, a successful actor and singer, is thankful for the life-changing experience of studying in Edinburgh
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Changing the timetable: Academic freedom or just plain annoying?
John Turner has given up trying to please everyone. Restricting the choices of a few is a necessary part of protecting the majority
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Top 20 Journals in Neuroscience and Behaviour
JournalPapersCitationsCitations Per Paper1Science714103,741145.302Nature69392,089132.883Nature Reviews Neuroscience72579,822110.104Nature Neuroscience2,039143,67970.475Neuron3,121213,65068.466Trends...
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12 August 2010
That Eighties feeling - Is higher education heading back into a darker age?
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Tara Brabazon: The Finns have got it right
Finland has recognised broadband access to the internet as essential to citizenship; Australia and others still lag unacceptably far behind, writes Tara Brabazon
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Obama: ‘education is the economic issue of our time’
Barack Obama has called on higher education institutions in the US to “retake the lead” in providing the best education the world has to offer.Speaking at the University of Texas at Austin on 9...
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Towards freedom, and more success
The past 10 years have seen their fair share of ups and downs for higher education in Ireland, but Ferdinand von Prondzynski, outgoing president of Dublin City University, leaves his post with more...