News in brief - 25 July 2013
Exam howlersSexual selectionThe winner of this year’s Times Higher Education “exam howlers” competition is Adam Hart, professor of science communication at the University of Gloucestershire, for his...
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Face-to-face marking boosts attainment and satisfaction
Participants in Edinburgh Napier study did better than expected
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Campus round-up - 25 July 2013
Source: AlamyIll manorsGang members suffer high levels of psychiatric illness that place a heavy burden on mental health services, a study suggests. Scientists at Queen Mary, University of London...
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Odds and quads - 25 July 2013
The notebooks of Lieutenant William Dawes (1762-1836), part of the special collections at Soas, University of London, are a major source of information about one of the many indigenous languages of...
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Potential leaders challenged to tackle global problems
University of Southampton collegium gathers promising scholars to collaborate on coastal eco-cities project
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After digital orgy, can art still satisfy?
Scholars join strippers to discuss artistic responses to online pornography
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Public service may be wrong dose for Brazil’s doctors
Opprobrium for two-year extension to medical courses
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Investors poised for boom in European student housing
Low rents, cheaper fees and lack of construction ideal combination
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Nation builders’ Euro monument
Erasmus, the Renaissance humanist scholar, lives on in rejuvenated form. His name, used by the European Union since 1987 for its programme of subsidised student mobility and university cooperation,...
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Grant winners - 25 July 2013
Arts and Humanities Research CouncilResponsive Mode GrantsAward winner: John KochInstitution: University of WalesValue: £689,167Atlantic Europe in the metal ages (AEMA): questions of shared...
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Martin Lowson, 1938-2013
An academic and research scientist who made major contributions to fields as diverse as noise generation, aerodynamics and urban transport has died
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Appointments - 25 July 2013
University of WorcesterElizabeth PeelThe University of Worcester’s newly appointed professor of psychology and social change said the role provided an opportunity to “enthuse and engage” people...
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Piled Higher and Deeper by Jorge Cham - 25 July 2013
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Peaks and valleys of learning in Chile
In education, Chile is a land of extremes, finds Felipe Fernández-Armesto
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Credit the cool insight
Alexander Maxwell cites a student as committing an exam howler for confusing Pavlik Morozov, “the Soviet youth murdered by his family after informing on his parents” with “a Russian explorer who...