Laurie Taylor – 30 March 2017
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Higher education must prepare for the rise of the machines
Automation has the potential to replace or alter 35 million jobs worldwide, which means universities must adapt to survive, argues Nancy Gleason
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No lectures on the failure of lectures, please
No lectures on the failure of lectures, please The author of the blog “Lectures: as archaic as bloodletting in an era of modern medicine” (www.timeshighereducation.com, 19 March) compares lectures...
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Apples and pears
Student experience is undeniably important, but comparing full-time campus-based learning to distance learning is like comparing apples and pears. As we saw in the recent Times Higher Education ...
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Creed and credence
In the article “They have eyes but cannot see the ‘hostility’ religious students face” (News, 23 March), a researcher argues that institutions should embrace religious diversity on their campuses....
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Haste and waste
The opinion article “Two-year degrees? On the road to enlightenment, speed kills” (9 March) considered the downsides of accelerated degree courses. I ran a two-year law degree programme for just over...
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Grant winners – 30 March 2017
A round-up of academics awarded research council funding
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Japan: a crisis with opportunities
In a unique but under-pressure university system, there is still cause for optimism, as the new Times Higher Education Japan University Rankings show
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UK higher education should go a lot further
Universities must play a major part in the emergence of the new technical education sector envisaged in the chancellor’s recent Budget, says Andy Westwood
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Will I be pipped for my dream university post by the faceless application process?
Applying for an academic job has become such a disengaged process that it is difficult to bring anything to your application to make it stand out, says John Brinnamoor
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Loans and robots are killing US students’ spirits
The suicide of a student on campus made Steven A. Miller realise that his students didn’t need a philosophy class to remind them of their impending deaths
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Economics must embrace the sex industry
Prostitutes need the help of economists to argue for the rights and protections that other workers take for granted, says Victoria Bateman
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Murder in Plain English: From Manifestos to Memes – Looking at Murder through the Words of Killers, by Michael Arntfield and Marcel Danesi
A whistle-stop tour of criminals’ texts is packed with listicles and promises, says Sharon Wheeler
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At Home in the World: Women Writers and Public Life, from Austen to the Present, by Maria DiBattista and Deborah Epstein Nord
Women have long been commentators on global affairs but their messages aren’t necessarily getting through, writes Elizabeth Cobbs