Career advice: how to prepare students for university teaching
Pragya Agarwal explains how lecturers can support first-year students as they make the transition to the self-directed learning required at university
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‘Nuclear option’ will have a big fallout in Australian universities
The ending of Murdoch University’s agreement with its staff over employment conditions could herald a rougher ride for university staff, says Gavin Moodie
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The moral panic over student cheating must end
We need to call off the witch-hunt and trust in the capacity of our students to learn, says Bruce Macfarlane
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New and noteworthy – 14 September 2017
On crepuscular delights, kicking against the pricks, common corporate lingos, and wealth and moral worthiness
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What are you reading? – 14 September 2017
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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The Infidel and the Professor: David Hume, Adam Smith, and the Friendship That Shaped Modern Thought, by Dennis C. Rasmussen
Book of the week: How far did two thinkers sway each other during a 26-year fellowship? Biancamaria Fontana writes
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‘Wishful thinking’ won’t save British science from Brexit
A disastrous loss of goodwill during negotiations with Brussels may mean the days of Britain’s being a net beneficiary of EU research funding are over
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Laurie Taylor – 14 September 2017
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!
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The best cost, so mark against the best
Research shows that we need the best people to lead our organisations. That’s top researchers heading universities, outstanding doctors heading hospitals, great teachers heading schools and so on. In...
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Government suffers Commons defeat over English tuition fee rise
Ministers insist that reversal is not binding and that increase to £9,250 is unaffected