One for the archives
In his September speech to Universities UK, Jo Johnson reported (anecdotally) that some teaching was “lamentable” and he was “determined to address it”, but did not mention how (“Jo Johnson: research...
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Creative solutions
As chair of university English, I write to express our profound regret that the Department for Education has decided to discontinue the creative writing A level after the 2018 summer examinations....
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Instant regret
Clean energy from coffee grounds sounds wonderful (“Week in higher education”, News, 10 September), but soaking the grounds in sodium hydroxide (made by electrolysis, very energy-intensive) and then...
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We’ve been here before
Jo Johnson’s debut UUK speech offered variations on a Willettsian theme, but with a few chords to make his audience shift uneasily
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Hitting the buffers
Post-crisis, UK academics’ pay stays flat
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Keeping Stoke-on-Trent at the heart of ceramics
University shows its new ‘fusion’ collection at this year’s Ceramics Biennial
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Interview with Chris Naunton
We talk to the director of the Egypt Exploration Society about mummies, whether university is right for everyone and his one-time ambition to play guitar for Radiohead
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MRC chief John Savill: ‘illusion’ that research council mergers will save money
Sir John makes robust defence of current set-up as he warns sector not to be ‘complacent’ about councils’ future
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Wikipedian in residence ‘improves public access to science’
But individuals are still much more likely to trust NHS sources of information on cancer
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NSS results unrelated to teaching quality, study claims
Research by University of Oxford academics provides evidence that student satisfaction scores are unconnected to exam performance
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Improving universities’ tech transfer ‘is not about cold-calling’
Fledgling company reaches out to the US sector to help broker university and industry collaboration
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The Master Algorithm: How the Quest for the Ultimate Learning Machine Will Remake Our World, by Pedro Domingos
In tomorrow’s world, all knowledge may be derived from data by a single process, finds John Gilbey