America’s Assembly Line by David E. Nye
Claimed to have been invented a century ago, the assembly line has long since lost the lustre it once enjoyed. Henry Ford is commonly credited with this remarkable achievement in 1913, but fellow...
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Fault lines of enquiry
Luciana Astiz on how seismology evolved from the combined observations of scientists and citizens
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LSE students hit back over North Korea trip
Students at the London School of Economics who were on a controversial visit to North Korea with undercover BBC journalists have hit out at the university, saying it has placed them in greater danger...
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Poorest pupils ‘could be nudged to apply to university’
School pupils from poorer backgrounds could be contacted by the government to nudge them towards applying to university if they get good GCSE grades, David Willetts has said.
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THE podcast: 18 April 2013 issue review
Podcast Powered By PodbeanThe BBC’s North Korea Panorama documentary, the financial threats facing universities, and fears that a two-tier PhD system is developing all feature on this Times Higher...
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18 April 2013
Stay in control - Insider’s guide to dangers around the bend
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BBC subterfuge casts long shadow
Academics count the costs of Panorama’s North Korea exposé
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Hefce boss: NUS ‘played blinder’ over Met visa crisis
Legal challenge helped save overseas students from deportation
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Typically men: gender gap persists in funding success rates
A gender gap in researchers’ funding successes persists across Europe
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Protecting science will be Herculean labour
UUK chief looks to impact to save budget from Augean economy
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Income boost for Welsh universities
Wales’ institutions gain funds as a result of cross-border flow under new fees regime
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Year of the Welsh dragon
University of South Wales is a behemoth with plans to become even bigger
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Half of theses fail to show how they advance to knowledge
Many doctoral candidates do not make clear their work’s scholarly contribution
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Ding dong: impact 'chaos' lurks on the doorstep
Paul Manners worries that rush to tell research stories turns academics into salesmen and undermines collaboration
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News in brief - 18 April 2013
European Access NetworkWorld-widening participation aidA global network of students, academics, politicians and business leaders has been launched with the aim of promoting access to university for...