Bolton student describes aftermath of sackings

An undergraduate taught by the recently dismissed University of Bolton lecturer Damien Markey has described how the decision has affected students.

Labour £6K fees policy ‘not incredibly sensible’, says IFS expert

Education election briefing also hears claims that coalition’s private colleges policy was ‘completely mad’

Drag studies module launched by Edge Hill

A university has launched what it claims is the UK’s first module in ‘drag studies’

Europe investment scheme projects announced

Move angers universities, who say plan to take funds from research pot have yet to be approved by European Parliament

THE podcast: 23-29 April 2015 issue review

Download the podcastThe cost of producing a Mooc, the upcoming general election, and the European Union’s new commissioner for research are discussed in this week’s Times Higher Education issue...

Mock job applications: should they be part of a university degree?

An academic and a graduate give their views on embedding employability into higher education courses

£6K fees more likely as SNP backs plan that would boost Barnett cash

Scottish National Party manifesto confirms party would support lower fees in England

Hundreds fail to spot plagiarism

Study reveals half of students skip over attribution and many have lenient views on punishment for cheats

Cambridge v-c warns Brexit would isolate UK researchers

Sir Leszek Borysiewicz says that universities would lose hundreds of millions of pounds a year in EU funding

TeachHigher, wages lower? Beware the outsourcers’ razor

Benjamin Poore calls on universities to reject plans likely to make hourly paid lecturers’ lot poorer and more precarious

Nature journal ‘playing with fire’ over fee for fast-track review

150 editors at Nature Publishing Group’s Scientific Reports to resign if the option to jump the publication queue becomes permanent

Does politics matter? Answers on a beer mat, please

University of Sheffield project to leave 4,000 coasters in bars to gather data on public attitudes to politics and democracy

Let’s be serious about academic freedom

Extravagant claims for the right of scholars to say almost anything endanger support for the principle, says Martyn Hammersley

Piled Higher and Deeper, by Jorge Cham – 23 April 2015

Solving the Strategy Delusion: Mobilizing People and Realizing Distinctive Strategies, by Marc Stigter and Cary Cooper

Managers remain in thrall to bad ideas about how to run companies, learns Helga Drummond