THE podcast: 4 April 2013 issue review
Podcast Powered By PodbeanThe Office for Fair Access, the openness of universities and academics’ regional accents all feature on this Times Higher Education issue review, along with a look at the...
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Letters
Irish teacher failed to foresee his fateI was amused to read recent Nobel prizewinner Sir John Gurdon’s account of his “crippling school report”, which included the statement: “I believe he has ideas...
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Laurie Taylor
‘This is how I really feel’“Quite frankly, we welcome anyone on to our Creative Writing course who fancies writing a novel about themselves and their deep-down hitherto unexpressed feelings.”This was...
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British Writers and MI5 Surveillance, 1930-1960 by James Smith
Matthew Feldman on the connections between literary history and intelligence studies
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How to Read a Latin Poem: If You Can’t Read Latin Yet by William Fitzgerald
Roger Rees on gaining some understanding of the linguistic and literary richness of Latin poetry without knowing the language
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Grant winners
Wellcome TrustInvestigators in Medical HumanitiesThese awards range from approximately £500,000 to just over £1 million for up to five yearsAward winners: Mark Thomas and Ian BarnesInstitutions:...
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Research intelligence - Mathematicians cut out the publishing middlemen
Episciences Project leads mathematicians’ open-access charge. Paul Jump reports
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News in brief
Research facilitiesSee and shareA national database to allow equipment and facilities to be shared across the sector has been launched. Led by the University of Southampton and funded by the...
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Aberystwyth’s five-year plan to boost numbers
V-c explains plan to boost international and postgraduate numbers. David Matthews reports
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Turnitin is turning up fewer cases of plagiarism
The amount of serious plagiarism committed by UK students has declined by 60 per cent since 2005, according to detection service Turnitin.Figures released by the firm reveal that 7.7 per cent of the...
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Moocs may be massive but are they truly open?
Forum hears doubts about uncollaborative and ‘imperialist’ US platforms. Chris Parr writes
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Guidelines censure anonymous peer reviews
Anonymous refereeing by journal editors frowned on in peer-review guidelines. Paul Jump reports
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Ban country clubs so foreign students mix
Universities might look to ban country-specific student societies to ensure that international students integrate with their British counterparts, it has been suggested.Paul White, pro vice-...
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Next year’s cap won’t fit for-profits
For-profits welcome delay but may have to get ready for quality assessment, John Morgan writes
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Prospectus perspective
Pithy, upbeat words needed to boost staff morale and student recruitment, hears David Matthews