Teaching Machines: Learning from the Intersection of Education and Technology, by Bill Ferster
The use of gadgets to help students is only as effective as the pedagogical methods employed, finds Steve Wheeler
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Who’s Afraid of Academic Freedom?, edited by Akeel Bilgrami and Jonathan R. Cole
Miriam E. David urges scholars to engage with essays contributing to wider political debates
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Back to the Garden: Nature and the Mediterranean World from Prehistory to the Present, by James H. S. McGregor
Laurence Coupe on an ambitious and challenging exploration of the ecology of the past
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Lord Byron and Scandalous Celebrity, by Clara Tuite
Jane Stabler on a fascinating account of the aristocrat-poet’s fame
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THE podcast: World Reputation Rankings 2015 results
Download the podcastThe results of the Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings 2015 are out now. In this podcast, rankings editor Phil Baty discusses the findings with reporter Chris Parr....
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THE books podcast: Cédric Villani interview
Download the podcastThis books podcast sees Times Higher Education’s books editor Karen Shook in conversation with Cédric Villani, professor of mathematics at Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 and...
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Teacher education and health manifestos launched by Million+
Universities must be put at the “heart of the teacher education system”, according to a new election policy manifesto.
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Bucks New University’s visa licence suspended
Institution exceeds limit on visa refusals
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Research universities ‘should lead on higher apprenticeships'
The UK’s top research-intensive universities should lead the way in the delivery of high-level apprenticeships which have same status as degrees
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A virtuous girdle round the earth in three steps
Source: Reuters A revamped methodology has boosted the position of BRIC nations in the table, but the big Anglo-American names still reign supreme, writes Phil Baty. As president of ETH Zürich, one...
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Ahead of the curve
Source: Corbis Edinburgh has been a global brand since the 16th century and continues to lead the internationalisation agenda today, argues Sir Timothy O’Shea. In an age of mission statements and...
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Trust exercises
Michigan’s long-term commitment in West and East Africa provides a rich model for symbiotic global education, argues Mark S. Schlissel. Research universities have enormous potential to deliver...
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King’s College London to use former BBC World Service HQ
King’s is to take over Bush House, the former home of the BBC World Service
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Allocate teacher training places ‘on different timetable’, event hears
Places for initial teacher training should be allocated on a two- or three-year cycle to ease budgeting and staffing concerns at universities
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Greg Clark: research should not just rely on science budget
The Haldane principle must not be a “prison” that stops research from accessing “substantial sums of money” from areas outside the science budget