"A country whose universities are allowed to decline is opting out of the development process at the start of the 21st century." Richard Bourne quotes an Association of Commonwealth Universities...
An obsession with auditing is preventing British universities from competing with the US, argues Frank Furedi. John Kay's warning this week about the vanishing world-class British university is...
Gathering accurate data is vital as government and other agencies turn increasingly to surveys to gauge public feeling about policy issues. But even the most reputable surveys can never be perfect -...
Since human nature does not lend itself to the business environment, business should adapt to human nature, says Nigel Nicholson. New Darwinism, or evolutionary psychology (EP), has focused attention...
V-c quits over disagreement with governors Northumbria University vice-chancellor Gilbert Smith is standing down next year because of a disagreement with governors over the future direction of the...
Namibian and South African universities link Officials from the University of Namibia are discussing collaboration with the University of the Wi****ersrand in South Africa. A scholarship programme...
FINANCIAL TIMES An investment bank, Beeson Gregory, is providing £20m to help finance a new chemistry building at Oxford University. In return, it gets equity stakes in spin-offs arising from the...
I am tired of reports that graduates leave university with poor communication skills. What help is available to improve things? Martin Greenhow , senior tutor, mathematical sciences, Brunel...
WHAT : Essays test a limited range of skills, and portfolios often fail to draw together disparate pieces of work WHY : Richard Winter believes the 'patchwork text' lets students write in a way that...
Tony Tysome's taste buds got a real treat when he joined would-be chefs to watch a master at work. Like many people, I fancy myself a TV chef, unveiling home-spun tips and secret ingredients to a...
Glen Postle's students enjoy their courses so much they don't want to graduate. Geoff Maslen reports. Sitting in his Toowoomba office at the University of Southern Queensland, Glen Postle uses a...
Instead of making cheating a policing issue, it may be time to try a different tack, suggests Ranald Macdonald. Why the fuss about plagiarism? After years of trying to get students to develop...
Pat Leon talks to Brenda Smith, the woman at the hub of the Learning and Teaching Support Network. Genesis 3, Innovation Way, is an apt location for the first stirrings of national pride in teaching...
Field Mycology is a new quarterly magazine aimed at individuals who have an interest in collecting, identifying and the conservation of wild fungi. It is published in A5 format and contains copious...
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