New and noteworthy – 23 March 2017
Why you need a ‘No’ hat, rethinking the economic wisdom of ‘necessary luxuries’, restoring financial power to the people, and lessons learned from teaching prisoners to read
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President turns MIT’s research might to study of how people learn
‘If we don’t know how we learn, how on earth do we know how to teach?’ says L. Rafael Reif, who tells Ellie Bothwell how the research giant is working to improve teaching practice
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How researchers rose to the challenge of Ebola
Conducting clinical trials during an epidemic for the first time, researchers fast-tracked the creation of a vaccine for Ebola, but not before 11,000 people had died
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Stuck in the middle
How do you solve a problem like REF selection? Research-active status may be defined by formal or informal means, but is there a realistic alternative?
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Laurie Taylor – 23 March 2017
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!
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Other Minds: The Octopus and the Evolution of Intelligent Life, by Peter Godfrey-Smith
Steven Rose enjoys a philosopher’s deep dive with some uniquely intelligent company
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Speaking of Universities, by Stefan Collini
David Wheeler on how public higher education in the UK has strayed from its ideals, and how it might regain them
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What are you reading? – 23 March 2017
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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The hybrid exam that can turn misfiring students into human cannonballs
Setting pre-seen exams can bring out previously unsuspected abilities among students, say Nicholas Morton and Natasha Hodgson
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John Cleese’s headmaster is no role model for academics
While learning to work quickly is a useful life skill, a greater gift to students is permitting unhurried excursions and digressions, says Shahidha Bari
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US health reforms could put public universities on life support
Higher education funding from US state governments has always been volatile, but reforms to healthcare could put public universities’ income under even greater pressure, says Will Doyle
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Student Experience Survey 2017: Bright stars of Northern Ireland
Queen’s University Belfast and Ulster University are making huge gains in the student satisfaction stakes, writes Seth Jacobson
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Student Experience Survey 2017: Build the facilities and the students will come
New kid on the block, Harper Adams University, outshines established institutions with its great teaching and outstanding amenities, finds Jack Grove
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Student Experience Survey 2017: The shape of things to come in higher education
What will the landscape look like 10 years from now? David Matthews examines the demographic trends, social shifts and technological advances that look set to shape the sector’s future