News in brief - 19 September 2013
TaiwanWrong formula for libelA court has dismissed a libel case against an academic whose research suggested that emissions from an industrial conglomerate’s chemical plants had raised cancer rates...
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David Barker, 1938-2013
A researcher who revolutionised the study of fetal development and its long-term impact on health has died
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Appointments - 19 September 2013
University of WolverhamptonGary Sheffield“I’ve been interested in military history for almost as long as I can remember,” said Gary Sheffield, who has been appointed professor of war studies at the...
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THE Scholarly Web - 19 September 2013
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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Open society
John Kaag is not up to speed with meetings culture (“Short is sweet”, Opinion, 12 September). It is not rude to have your laptop or tablet open during a meeting: in the era of the paperless office,...
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Plucky, blameless Belgians
In his review of July 1914: Countdown to War by Sean McMeekin, A. W. Purdue says: “The question of which, if any, nation was responsible for the First World War remains open.” In 1919, someone said...
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Two years? Yes we can
In the article “In UK, two-year courses still too short a season” (News, 12 September), you mention a report by Ella Ritchie, former pro vice-chancellor for teaching and learning at Newcastle...
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Actually existing solution
Alessandra Lopez y Royo argues that “free market principles have changed and ruined the academy” (Opinion, 22 August), and states that she would “think long and hard” before advising others to carve...
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Practical lessons
I was disappointed with “Failure analysis” (From where I sit, 5 September). Failure anticipation and analysis in higher education teaching and learning, a part of what in engineering might be termed...
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National strike ballot called on pay but Liverpool dispute resolved
Union members in higher education will be balloted for industrial action over the employers’ 1 per cent pay offer
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FutureLearn Moocs unveiled
Registration on the UK’s first massive open online course platform has opened following a launch at the British Library.
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Clinical trial transparency is criticised by MPs
A current lack of transparency in clinical trials is “unacceptable”, a cross-party group of MPs has said
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Moocs UK will offer escape from ‘The Man’, says Bean
The UK’s first massive open online course platform will allow students to set their own targets and escape rules set by “The Man”
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University debt could come under more scrutiny
Universities’ borrowing could come under more scrutiny with the form and extent of debts being part of risk assessments by England’s funding council
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Inside Higher Ed: Faculty respond to threat to academic freedom
By Elizabeth Redden, for Inside Higher Ed