Campus round-up - 9 May 2013
Do as the vervets doResearchers have observed a rare example of “cultural transmission” among wild monkeys. Working with two groups of vervets in South Africa, scientists from the University of St...
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News in brief - 9 May 2013
MoocsAnother four on FuturelearnFour more universities have announced plans to offer massive open online courses via the UK-based Futurelearn platform, taking the total number of higher education...
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Overblown students’ egos ignore teachers’ expertise
Undergraduate-led learning environment is eroding academics’ authority, Jack Grove writes
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Odds and quads - 9 May 2013
These striking posters are part of the personal material donated by playwright Willy Russell to Liverpool John Moores University’s Special Collections and Archives
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Liberal US academics keep their politics to themselves
Research reveals conservative fears of left-wing influence are unfounded
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Social science signal: ‘Thank you, Mr President’
Obama defends discipline from Republican attacks
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Massive, open, online appraisals
Martha Kanter, the US undersecretary of education, came by class at the University of Pennsylvania the other day and made three points about massive open online courses that are worth elaboratingShe...
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Hollande’s HE reforms face test
Embattled French leader’s attempts to fix university sector’s problems have met with a mixed response
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Grant winners - 9 May 2013
Leverhulme TrustResearch Leadership AwardsSciencesAward winner: Michelle MoramInstitution: Imperial College LondonValue: £893,476Material solutions for a developing worldResearch Project...
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Doctoral talking shops are the best we've got
The feature “Whim and rigour” (25 April) does not provide an entirely thorough analysis. It asks if the viva is still fit for purpose, so it should have examined in more depth its current purposes,...
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More than a mere device
In her defence of creative writing, Fay Weldon argues that our schools and universities need a new discipline called literacy (“Persuasion: teaching not the what, but the how, of crafting words”, 2...
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Playing with fire
Having been one of the few lecturers in the UK to have had an undergraduate in my care treated as a spy while backpacking in North Korea, I would like to comment on the BBC inserting undercover...
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Case study contested
I have just finished your 25 April edition (I’m on maternity leave so I don’t have the time to tear through the magazine the minute it pops through the letter box) and Paul Magrs’ response to the...
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Robust reviews all round
Your assertion that private colleges seeking designation for students supported by the Student Loans Company will “escape full QAA scrutiny” underplays the thoroughness of the reviews that the...
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The ones to watch
Thanks to the Centre for Science and Policy, a constellation of UK research stars gathered recently at the Royal Society to hear Sir Mark Walport and others ponder “future directions for scientific...