Statistically speaking
Tim Moore and Woody Caan (Letters, 25 October) describe statistics as a common language, invaluable for pooling knowledge and precise in a world of uncertainties. But if the world of organisations...
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Secure in the knowledge
In the past two weeks Times Higher Education has been running with two interesting items that appear to be completely separate. One concerns the Council for the Defence of British Universities ("...
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Something to hide?
Keith Flett surely dissembles when he suggests that his beard (a removable statement) is the reason he has never been approached by MI-something (Letters, 29 November): his missives to Times Higher...
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Research data win exemption from FoI Act
The government has agreed to introduce an exemption to the Freedom of Information Act to prevent the premature disclosure of research data.
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On university orders, I can't discuss that work when I'm at work
Scholar’s use of company document elicits legal letters and ‘cave-in’ by OU. David Matthews writes
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Enter the disruptive dragon
Moocs promise to strike at the heart of traditional higher education delivery, but it needn’t mean the chop for universities
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Credential crisis
Universities’ monopoly on certifying expertise is at risk, warns Tamson Pietsch
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Check the record: Rammell rebuts press 'nonsense' on Bedfordshire
Access, engagement and rankings too: ex-minister turned v-c sees bright future. John Morgan writes
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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The week in higher education
• University College London is known for its association with Jeremy Bentham, but alumni have been surprised to receive in the post a paper lantern bearing an image of his head - as well as an email...
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This could be huge...
Moocs are already big - in reach and in hype - and are predicted to explode. Zoë Corbyn checks in to learn if they are more than just a novelty and to find out what it’s like to teach a class of 38,...
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Antifragile: How to Live in a World We Don't Understand
Nassim Nicholas Taleb is a heavyweight thinker. He affirms that reality rules, that the role of theoreticians is to provide the gods with endless amusement, and that prediction is by mugs, for mugs....
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Terrorist's Creed: Fanatical Violence and the Human Need for Meaning
In the post-9/11 world, few issues have received more attention than the question of what exactly it is that turns seemingly ordinary people into terrorists. Why would anybody strap on a suicide vest...
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The Fourth Dimension of a Poem, and Other Essays
A simple new approach to poems has come upon us; it may free us from the knotweeds of theory, obscure discourse or self-delighting ideologies that now guard poems. The method guides us to the poem’s...
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From where I sit - A little tarnish on the title
Honorary professorships can be controversial because they are sometimes awarded to individuals who have made large donations or who can serve marketing and promotional purposes, and also because they...