The world transformed: trends driving change in higher education
With one more year to go until the end of a decade that is transforming universities worldwide, Times Higher Education looks at the trends that have shaped the past 12 months
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Interview with Sarah Cordiner
The remote campus director talks about her traveller roots, winning and losing at business and the limits of the curriculum
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Leading UK universities spend £49 million on pre-REF job cuts
Spike in severance payments in Russell Group may be sign of attempt to shed ‘underperforming’ academics
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‘Free college’ movement builds ahead of 2020 US presidential poll
Even if tuition-free or ‘debt-free’ higher education cannot be achieved at national level, local reforms are having a big impact
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The week in higher education – 20/27 December 2018
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Survey finds wide variation in UK university support for EU staff
Several institutions refusing to pay settlement fees for employees or their families
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Academic researchers are not statistical Bond villains
The Canadian government’s excessive policing of privacy makes it intolerably onerous to access its datasets, says Karen Robson
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Brigid Driscoll, 1933-2018
Tributes paid to nun who was a pioneer of women’s education
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Teaching intelligence: how to use lecture capture
With many staff required to record their lectures and put them online, how can they ensure students are still learning effectively?
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There is nothing impersonal about online learning
The residential experience has its attractions for school-leavers, but most US students value low cost and flexibility above all, says Paul LeBlanc
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Lecture capture is a PR tool
The jury is out on the educational value of recording, but universities prize its ability to project them as accessible and inclusive, says Simon Fokt
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Fourth Degree by Laurie Taylor – 20/27 December 2018
All campus life is here
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Muted welcome for UK’s six-month post-study work visa
Welcome for abolition of cap on visas for skilled workers, but continuing concern over impact of £30,000 salary threshold
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Australia to introduce law against contract cheating
Essay mills ‘possibly our biggest reputational risk’, advisory panel says
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Indigenous academic leaders in Canada ‘need allies’ on top team
Latest Indigenous scholar to leave post urges universities to focus on student support, not ‘tokenistic’ senior positions