The week in higher education – 22 August 2019
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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A little more honesty would go a long way in academia
Schools used to be more honest about the pupils they were putting forward to universities, and not all applicants were predictably ‘passionate’ about their subjects. We would do well to recreate some...
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How can academics keep up with the literature?
Mounting workloads and mushrooming publication output are making the task of staying abreast of the latest developments in the literature ever more difficult for academics. Here, eight researchers...
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Working long hours should not be demonised
Individuals should be able to choose their own work-life balance depending on their life situation and level of ambition, says Lee Cronin
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Honesty is not necessarily uncivil
While insults fly on social media, student references can be excessively bland. Is society served by either?
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US Student Success Forum to take place in New York
Event will host the launch of the 2020 Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education US College Rankings
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University stops barring graduations over outstanding rent
More than 2,000 students affected by Liverpool’s ‘academic sanctions’ in two years
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Male economists more likely to accept papers by other men
Gap in acceptance rates for major European conferences entirely down to behaviour of male referees
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AI bot poses as essay writer for hire to catch contract cheaters
Essay mill expert likens Georgia Tech’s tactics to entrapment
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Collaboration is the key to open access and open science
Publishing deals need to acknowledge the reality that most research is not yet gold open access, says Elsevier’s Gemma Hersh
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Fresh warning on Australian universities’ China exposure
Institutions assume they will be bailed out if enrolments fall because they are ‘too big to fail’, says report
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Czech totalitarianism institute faces questions over research
Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes has often been at the centre of contemporary political battles over the country’s communist past
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Morton Schapiro: sacking fears ‘silence US university leaders’
Northwestern head says declining terms of presidents leave serving leaders wondering when they will be pushed out
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Tory ‘rebalancing’ from HE to FE a ‘policy and political project’
Director of Onward thinktank says polling showing public opposition to university expansion justifies shift in emphasis
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Want to bring your teaching to life? Take your students for a little walk
University campuses are microcosms of the universe and offer multiple opportunities to put abstract theory into action, says Peter Harper