Moocs can still bring higher education to those who really need it
It may be five years since Moocs went mainstream, but Diana Laurillard and Eileen Kennedy believe they still have the potential to reach the hard-to-reach
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Colombia: barriers to scientific cooperation remain
Botanist warns of continuing political instability and restrictive legislation on science
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Unconditional offers can deter students from reaching their full potential
The rapid increase in the number of unconditional offers being made to school-leavers is cause for concern, says Mike Nicholson
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Data bite: the growth of unconditional offers in focus
Ucas figures show the subjects, geographical areas and grades where getting such an offer is most likely
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University of Hong Kong picks Berkeley scientist as next v-c
Xiang Zhang, who will succeed Peter Mathieson, faces challenges over academic freedom and Chinese influence in the former British colony
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Scholars feud over Shakespeare co-authorship
Traditional literary approaches meet the latest stylometric analysis in determining who wrote the Bard’s plays
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‘Give graduates lifetime membership of university to reskill’
Rapid technological change means that higher education leavers will need to return during their career, says Tec Monterrey president
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Pension reforms: a response from the USS
Group CEO of the Universities Superannuation Scheme Bill Galvin outlines the processes and procedures involved in the pension scheme valuation
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Moocs focus ‘distracted universities from other online tools’
Following hype over their potential, online courses drained senior management time to the detriment of open educational resources, conference hears
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THE podcast: vice-chancellor pay and the 'Asian challengers'
The 14 - 20 December 2017 edition of Times Higher Education reviewed by the editorial team
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Universities would likely fail corporate governance tests on vice-chancellor pay
Pay awards to vice-chancellors would not meet the requirements laid down in the Corporate Governance Code, says Stuart Farquhar
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Rapid growth in unconditional offers raises ‘demotivating’ fears
More than one in six 18-year-old applicants now gets no-strings-attached offer, Ucas data show