Middle-class parents told to ‘butt out’ of university open days
Head of UK admissions service Mary Curnock Cook addresses concerns that universities might ‘not hear a word’ from applicants
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HE and Me: highlights from 150 interviews with HE’s stars
As THE’s HE and Me interview section passes a special landmark, John Elmes looks back over three years’ worth of laughs, tears, and a whole lot of column inches
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Learning analytics could help avoid the unwanted consequences of TEF
Student data could be used to avoid major issues with the proposed TEF metrics, writes Emilie Sundorph
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Four universities to trial name-blind applications
Pilot gets under way as institutions reject David Cameron’s plan for sector-wide blanking of applicants’ names
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Cambridge’s ‘cost of education’ rises to £18K per student
Politically significant figure shows ‘funding gap’ per student of £7,700
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Michigan Ross dean: ‘learn business by doing business’
New head of US school aims to be at the ‘leading edge’ of action-based education
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Should universities monitor student library use?
With the link between frequent library use and higher grades confirmed, Jack Grove asks if it is time for more universities to start measuring how long students spend in the stacks
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TEF 'unlikely to boost status of teaching against research'
Additional fee income could be diverted to fund research, warns Hepi paper
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Open University aims to be top validating institution
Distance learning champion plans to expand activities with new model
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Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy, by Cathy O’Neil
Book of the week: If all-seeing ‘miracle’ tech is making the decisions we must demystify the tricks, says Danny Dorling
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Your toughest experiment: taking the lead in the lab
Eight scientists share the secrets of being a successful principal investigator
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Skewed: A Critical Thinker’s Guide to Media Bias, by Larry Atkins
From Fox News to the race for the White House, this work is all about politics, says Sharon Wheeler
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What are you reading? – 8 September 2016
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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The Poverty Industry: The Exploitation of America’s Most Vulnerable Citizens, by Daniel L. Hatcher
Angelia Wilson on how vulnerability means profitability when deregulation and privatisation come to health and social care