News in brief - 19 February 2015
THE awardsDeadline extended for ThelmasThe deadline for entries for this year’s Times Higher Education Leadership and Management Awards – more widely known as the Thelmas – has been extended until...
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Ross School of Business helps drives urban renewal in Detroit
Demand for MBAs with social impact grows as millennials practise ‘positive business’
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Leaked paper describes Swansea’s economics staff as a ‘cancer’
Battle continues between staff and management including senior figures Nigel and Niall Piercy
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Arts research is a driver, not a spotter
I read David Oldfield’s article with a mixture of irritation and disbelief (“You’re here to teach. Save the trainspotting for the weekend”, Opinion, 12 February). Oldfield’s assumption that his...
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Out of office: on research leave in Florence
Poring over manuscripts in the Biblioteca Nazionale prompts Nicholas Till to consider the benefits of studying original documents in a digital age
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‘Learning gain’: did students bulk up in mental muscle?
Could US moves to measure undergraduates’ improvements in critical thinking, writing and other skills spread to the UK?
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The week in higher education - 19 February 2015
A university is to end its use of lifelike prosthetic masks to train nurses over fears that they stigmatised people with mental health problems, the Aberdeen Press and Journal reported on 16 February...
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No shades of grey in teaching relationships
Academics should be banned from damaging sexual liaisons with students, postgraduates in particular, argues Luke Brunning
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#AdviceForYoungAcademics: THE-initiated Twitter trend takes off
Early career scholars offered hundreds of tips and sage advice tweeted by longer-established peers
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Don’t let others ruin your name
The use of recruitment agents is rising, but are universities putting their reputations at risk as competition hots up?
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World in brief - 19 February 2015
United StatesClose college for two years, say lawmakersState legislators have provoked anger by saying that a historically black college experiencing financial problems should close for two years. A...
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Bond plan will shake university funding world
Northampton is revolutionising financing by going to the market for the money it needs to ‘future-proof’ itself, says Nick Petford
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Diversity driving demand for university mental health services
Steve West says wider cohort needs more support as UUK launches new guidelines for institutions on supporting students
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Risks of Northampton plan remain secret to stop nosy press
University and Hefce refuse FoI requests over multimillion-pound funding deal
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Canny operators
Two recent stories in Times Higher Education made for interesting reading if considered side by side. “Labour calls its v-c critics ‘unbelievably stupid’”, but the former vice-chancellor of London...