Laurie Taylor – 22 October 2015
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A lesson in teaching across time
As academics age, they need wisdom and maturity to bridge cultural gaps and reach their students, says Felipe Fernández-Armesto
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Let’s not go to extremes
The irony of Rupert Sutton’s letter is that his organisation’s lack of credibility is the very reason why we raised concerns about Downing Street’s apparent plagiarism of its output (“Credibility of...
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End audit culture
I welcome the chance to be assessed on my teaching through the teaching excellence framework: the quality of my teaching and my ability to engage and inspire students is something that I am very...
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Transparent aims
I’m afraid that James Naismith has it seriously wrong when he suggests that the higher education governance bill in front of Scotland’s Parliament is based on “solutions without problems, conclusions...
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Crass words
Whether research councils should spend money on art works to promote science is a fair question for discussion (“Simon Singh criticises wasteful spending in science outreach”, News, 13 October)....
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Exaggerated reports
When I started university teaching in 1971, experts both recommended and predicted the demise of the lecture. Your report shows that these experts are still around, and still without impact (“Lecture...
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Africa needs education, not exploitation
For-profit operators are needed to help feed the continent’s hunger for degrees but regulation is key
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Enter the Dark Would and let your imagination run free
New learning space at University of Warwick aims to let students and academics explore issues in a more creative and curiosity-driven fashion
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Papers retracted after authors used unauthorised data from junior researchers
Cases underscore concerns about use of younger researchers’ work by senior colleagues without permission
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Houston, We Have a Narrative: Why Science Needs Story, by Randy Olson
Researchers must tell a good tale about their work without skewing the science, Cait MacPhee says
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Dietrich & Riefenstahl: Hollywood, Berlin, and a Century in Two Lives, by Karin Wieland
A highly readable study traces how both women became part of cultural and political networks that shaped the 20th century, writes Ulrike Zitzlsperger