‘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...
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Imperial sartorial research
The results of the research excellence framework reveal that 52,061 full-time equivalent academic staff in 154 UK higher education institutions submitted 191,150 research outputs and 6,975 impact...
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Are we not human?
I have long struggled to establish anthropology as a subject to be taught outside the university setting, particularly as an A-level subject in schools.Anthropology, as the philosopher Immanuel Kant...
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Language isn’t the problem
The debate about inadequate English language proficiency often focuses on the wrong issues (“Scholars highlight inadequate language skills”, News, 5 February). We should instead focus on how...
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Drawing a blank
I was deeply offended by the blank space on the back page of Times Higher Education (“The Poppletonian”, 12 February). I don’t pay good money just to receive a blank space.Charlie OwenUCL Institute...
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Nature to allow double-blind peer review
Journal’s decision follows trial that found ‘no effect’ on quality of reviews, writes Holly Else