Giddy heights of research translate into fiction
Naomi Booth’s book The Lost Art of Sinking developed out of her study on literary swooning
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‘Lack’ of employability training on transnational programmes
Higher Education Academy study reveals development of transferable skills less widespread on overseas courses
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Visa crackdown hits overseas students
Home Office acts on allegations of fraudulent language qualifications
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‘Science is only one lens policymakers look through’
Sir Mark Walport, chief scientific adviser, uses Going Global platform to urge academics to remain impartial when delivering results on ‘pet topics’
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Record-breaking year for school outreach work, says Offa
Report reveals spending has almost doubled since £9K fees introduced as universities meet targets and achieve milestones ahead of deadlines
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Student survey rates teaching qualifications above research activity
Hepi/HEA Student Academic Experience Survey results may intensify pressure on staff to gain formal accreditation
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2020 education export target will ‘need teamwork’
Hepi head says £30bn export aim achievable only with cross-government effort
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The week in higher education – 4 June 2015
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the national press
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Coming to a campus near you
From senior appointments to student surveys, pedagogy is again centre stage – and waiting in the wings is a teaching REF
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Piled Higher and Deeper, by Jorge Cham – 4 June 2015
Jorge Cham draws comic conclusions on the world of doctoral study
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The campus manager: friend or foe?
Laurie Taylor and Simeon Underwood offer some helpful insights into the current antipathy between academics and university managers (“Keeping the peace”, Features, 28 May). Underwood is right to...
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Peer review not yet sunk
Richard Smith says that when he was editor of the British Medical Journal, he deliberately inserted eight errors into a paper and sent it to 300 reviewers. None of them spotted more than five errors...
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Students, then salaries
The comments regarding the two-tier pay structure at the London School of Economics made by Indi Seehra, director of human resources, omit the fact that it is students’ money that is propping up the...