The fallacy of facts
It is all very well cramming students' heads full of facts but, argues Alison Utley, society and the world of work would be better served by teaching them how to think critically. As fields of...
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Computer programs can catch out copycat students but the smart internet plagiarist is still difficult to detect
You have 200 students in your year group. They are all connected to each other by email. They are all connected to the internet. They are all intelligent. How can you be sure that their intelligence...
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Star turn
Fashion industry wannabes give up the summer sun for a crash course with a professional designer, writes Jennifer Currie. Summer and school may be the last two words you would expect to hear an...
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Are we missing the mark?
Percentages? Grades? A mixture of the two? Paul Bridges wonders, is our marking system really fair? Is our marking fair? We would like to think so. We devote care to the design of assessments in...
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Helpline proves unhelpful
The 750,000 potential students who have called the government's Learning Direct telephone helpline have been given "out of date or incomplete" information, college leaders have warned. As little as a...
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Serb anger at UN's 'passivity'
The international community has failed to prevent Serbian academics and students from being "driven out of their homes and expelled from Kosovo", Jagos Zelenovic, rector of the Belgrade-backed Serb-...
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Visitor is unwelcome in law
The ancient visitor method of settling disputes between universities and students is in breach of Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights, an academic lawyer has warned. Tim Birtwistle...
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High Court finally halts internet trade in fake degrees
An entrepreneur selling fake degree certificates on the internet has been hit with a High Court injunction, over two years after The THES exposed the controversial business, writes Phil Baty. The...
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Readers' reactions
Two weeks ago in The THES... We asked whether all first-year students should be vaccinated against meningitis Name and address supplied It is an extremely good idea to vaccinate students against...
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Hope in a ravaged continent
In an Africa beset by wars and Aids, Brenda Gourley explains how to help African girls get an education. Even a month ago I would never have imagined that I would become a proponent of a women's...
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Strasbourg
A commemoration of the 700th anniversary of the Ottoman historical and cultural heritage in Istanbul to be staged by the Council of Europe later this month has been postponed because of last month's...
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How to...Stop students from cheating
WHAT: There is a fine line between legitimate collaboration and collusion, says Jennifer Moon. WHY: Team working is to be encouraged but lecturers must know how to spot unfair practices. HOW:...
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Soapbox debate
Will universities exist in the 21st century? Do universities turn out too many graduates? Email us on soapbox@thesis.co.uk or join the debate on www.netnexus.org/ext/thes/soapbox
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Jury out on bid to fix university teaching
Only time will tell if HEFCE's new fund to redress the balance between teaching and research will succeed, says Alison Utley. The Higher Education Funding Council for England is now taking the...
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Don's diary
Monday Arrive at crowded Istanbul airport to attend a week-long theoretical physics conference at Bogazici (Bosphorus) University. Tuesday Awakened by what I take to be a mechanical excavator outside...