THE podcast: David Willetts on Moocs
Download the podcastDavid Willetts, universities and science minister, talks at length about the potential for massive open online courses (Moocs) to change the way higher education is delivered....
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Lib Dems to be asked to endorse fees
Liberal Democrat members will be asked to endorse the current £9,000 tuition fees system as the party’s official policy and rule out a graduate tax
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Fixed-term contracts case taken to Europe
A legal challenge has been launched over law changes that unions claim make it easier to remove staff on fixed-term contracts.
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Inside Higher Ed: Ask, Do Tell
By Lauren Ingeno, for Inside Higher Ed
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Outreach scheme gains new members
Three universities have joined a national scheme to help students from disadvantaged backgrounds to gain places at highly selective universities.
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Students wary of postgraduate degree cost, suggest survey
Two thirds of UK undergraduates do not believe a postgraduate degree is worth the cost, a survey of more than 1,100 students has found
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Top Edinburgh computer jokes attempt to rival Fringe
Computer generated jokes can make people laugh, researchers have found, although they are still not as funny as human witticisms.
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New HEA chief executive takes up the reins
The former deputy head of the Higher Education Academy has taken over at the helm of the organisation.
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US university heads make funding call
Some 165 US university presidents and chancellors have called on political leaders in Washington to boost funding for research and education.
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THE podcast: 1 August 2013 issue review
Download the podcastVariations in the number of hours students at different universities spend on their studies, the challenges of balancing a career in the academy with family life, and this week’s...
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Love, Literature and the Quantum Atom: Niels Bohr’s 1913 Trilogy Revisited, by Finn Aaserud and John L. Heilbron
Graham Farmelo on a scientific giant’s debt to his wife
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1 August 2013
The old heave-ho - How university leaders can avoid walking the plank
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The week in higher education
Medical students are renowned for their antics, but stuffing the remains of a walrus into a coffin would seem extreme even for them. But this could be a possible explanation for the puzzling...
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Hillman pledges non-partisan approach as Hepi head
Nick Hillman promises to speak truth to power as head of independent thinktank. Jack Grove reports
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Atkins objections: ‘academic snobbery’?
Lack of experience of large research budgets won’t harm Hefce chief, say supporters. Paul Jump writes