Admissions to UK universities hit record high
Ucas says acceptances are up 3 per cent year-on-year, with more applicants holding vocational qualifications
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This is why traditional lectures are better than watching a video
Effective engagement and social interaction are key, says Stefan Rennick-Egglestone
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Cambridge academic jailed for stealing £238K
David Barrowclough tricked Heritage Lottery Fund by applying for money for fake projects
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THE podcast: 24-30 September 2015 issue review
This week's edition discussed by the Times Higher Education team
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English universities fall further behind carbon reduction target
London Metropolitan University leads the sector for overall decrease
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Nathan Rosenberg, 1927-2015
An economic historian who ‘almost single-handedly’ transformed our understanding of technological change has died
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Interview with John Bowers
The new principal of Brasenose College, Oxford, on widening participation and comparisons to Marvin the paranoid android
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TEF fees link is ‘daft’ and ‘stupid’, say Coventry University leaders
University’s v-c and deputy also raise concerns about teaching excellence framework’s timescale, choice of metrics and impact overseas
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Brunel scheme aims to link academics and students with the community
Reaching out offers many benefits to universities, says dean
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Videoing lectures ‘has no impact’ on attendance, says study
Queen’s University Belfast research finds that students use footage to reinforce traditional learning, not replace it
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‘Overflow’ of new research ‘erodes trust between scientists’
Peer review system ‘lacks capacity’ to deal with ‘flood’ of new papers, meaning some could be unjustly dismissed
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Corbyn wrong to apologise for Labour tuition fees, says Charles Clarke
Former Labour education secretary defends his top-up fees policy and attacks ‘unacceptable’ coalition changes, as he starts King’s College London role
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Anxious: The Modern Mind in the Age of Anxiety, by Joseph LeDoux
A study of fear and how to cope with it is admirably unafraid to take sides, finds Tristan A. Bekinschtein
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1916: A Global History, by Keith Jeffery
A scholar mounts a strong argument for one year being a decisive one for the world, says A. W. Purdue
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Irrepressible: The Jazz Age Life of Henrietta Bingham, by Emily Bingham
One woman’s discovery of love letters belonging to her great-aunt has yielded a portrait capturing the It girl’s restless effervescence, says Deborah Longworth