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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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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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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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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Fourth Degree by Laurie Taylor – 20/27 December 2018
All campus life is here
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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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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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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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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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Finland trials anonymised recruitment for academic posts
University of Helsinki pilots aimed at eradicating unconscious bias in hiring decisions
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Academics’ families are suffering from high UK visa costs
UK universities must cover soaring staff visa costs to mitigate the effects of the Home Office’s harmful policies, says Tristan Sturm
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Rise in firsts ‘unexplained’ at most English universities
Office for Students head says ‘spiralling grade inflation’ must be tackled after latest figures show universities with most explaining to do on issue