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The week in higher education - 4 December 2014
For all the public assurances that the merger between University College London and the Institute of Education, University of London was a coming-together of equals, some IoE resistance fighters have...
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Failing to look, listen or legislate
An OMG moment is predicted for whoever wins the election as politicians address lapses in oversight and funding challenges
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A most unequal match
Source: AlamySchoolgirl errors?One of our leading pro vice-chancellors, Dr Janet Balsam, has denounced the “naive and immature” portrait of higher education recently articulated by Toni Pearce,...
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Academics label proposed Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill ‘censorship’
University leaders and lecturers fear for freedom of speech under proposed anti-extremism legislation
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Student vote could topple Nick Clegg in Sheffield Hallam
Hepi report predicts that the student vote could swing the advantage to Labour at the general election
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Exiting the academy: what professors did next
About 13 per cent of academics who left their higher education institution between 2011-12 and 2012-13 joined the private sector
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Discovery and impact: no conflict in twin aims, EPSRC chief insists
Controversial capabilities policy retained as one of three strands in research council’s new plan
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Loss of teacher training places is hurting schools, says vice-chancellor
University of Cumbria’s Peter Strike also estimates that changes to allocations have cost it £2.1m in income
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Researchers relying on DIY software programs
Survey finds that many academics who develop their own software have had no formal training
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Wales will fight to protect fee support for students studying in England
Welsh education minister Huw Lewis says he will continue to prioritise the ‘life chances’ of the country’s young
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Research v regulation: is there another way?
Mark Israel’s book Research Ethics and Integrity for Social Science looks at need for nuance in applying guidelines and protocols
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Campus close-up: Sheffield Hallam University
Provision of initial teacher training faces a huge upheaval but there is also scope for new networks and partnerships
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‘They’ has arrived at the pronoun party
Students are using new gender-inclusive terms, and academics have to catch on and catch up, says Deborah D. Rogers
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Why live lecturing benefits from ‘fear’
English literature scholar and teacher Eileen Pollard reveals ways to engage students in lectures