Baroque between the Wars: Alternative Style in the Arts, 1918-1939, by Jane Stevenson
James Stevens Curl on a camp counter-culture that injected whimsy and vitality into art and design
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Marking: How to keep your head
As exam marking season gets under way, seven academics offer their advice on assessing your students
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Are students in England getting sizzle or steak?
Mismatch between the TEF and the Student Engagement Survey hints at whether a marketised system offers students good options or just branding bling
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Laurie Taylor – 7 June 2018
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!
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UCU’s Sally Hunt still has broad support
The headline of your article “Sally Hunt clings on as UCU leader as congress curtailed” (News, 1 June) is lazy and sensationalist. Hunt is not clinging on as general secretary of the union. She has...
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Always a solution
It makes sense to provide a “reasonable accommodation” for any student who cannot participate in an activity because of a temporary or permanent condition, such as the chemistry student who chose not...
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Marked variations
The search for the holy grail of universal objective marking standards is grounded in the desire – some would say need – to eliminate, or at least reduce, unfairness and subjective variability in...
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Andrew Hamilton: how NYU ditched ‘mediocre, regional’ past
President shares story of institution’s path out of the ‘abyss’
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TEF results 2018: performance on the metrics
Understanding how and why a university achieved a particular rating has become a tougher job than ever, writes Simon Baker
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TEF 2018: Can students trust the gold standard?
Improvements in the TEF awards from one year to another is not only remarkable, says Paul Aswhin, it also calls into question the validity of this exercise to accurately measure teaching quality
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Israel academics create exhibition on ‘sensitive issue’ evolution
Tel Aviv University researchers face down religious objections with new museum attraction
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Uber funds chair in urban mobility at French grande école
Parisian university to work with controversial cab company to develop ‘autonomous three-dimensional transport systems’
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Seven in 10 Argentinian students fail to graduate on time
Steady decline in undergraduate continuation blamed on unusually open admissions system
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Doctoral education matters for Europe more than ever before
It is at the apex of higher education, research and innovation, but issues around integrity and employability must be addressed for doctoral education to continue to thrive, says Luke Georghiou