Internet is fostering a 'want it now' culture among students
Report issues warning over impact of Web 2.0 on teaching and learning, writes Rebecca Attwood
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Small-group teaching and private study on the rise, Hepi study indicates
The amount of small-group teaching provided by universities may have increased since the introduction of top-up fees, but sector bodies are "ignoring" evidence that students in England put in fewer...
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REF may distort journal choices
Concern as researcher is 'steered away' from a specialist publication. Hannah Fearn reports
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Work-based learning must be embraced
Universities must abandon their snobbery towards work-based learning, the chief executive of Foundation Degree Forward will tell academics and university managers.Speaking in advance of Times Higher...
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Red-light work a grey area for universities
Stance on staff or student links to sex trade centres on reputation, not welfare, writes Rebecca Attwood
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RAE's non-specialist gambit could have led to blunders, says study
Non-expert judges may not have been up to the task, chess research claims. Zoe Corbyn reports
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RCUK research integrity plans are watered down
The concept of a national body for research integrity with powers to investigate allegations of misconduct has been dealt a blow after universities showed little appetite for it.The idea was mooted...
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Ballot challenged over inaccuracy
Ucea says vote under way on industrial action could be 'unlawful'. Melanie Newman writes
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Budget cuts could herald a price war for students
Sector leaders speculate that protection for unit of resource may be ending. Melanie Newman reports
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TVU scrutinising campus operations amid focus on local needs
Thames Valley University is considering the future of its operations in Slough and rethinking the courses it offers in Reading.Ian Tunbridge, TVU pro vice-chancellor, said: "It's no secret that we've...
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Bath Spa seeks top-down offers to volunteer for redundancy
Bath Spa University is to invite its senior management to volunteer for redundancy ahead of other staff in a cost-cutting drive.The vice-chancellor, Frank Morgan, told staff in a memo that the...
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Daytime TV: Intolerable cruelty
Gary Day on the injustice meted out to a whistleblower, medieval minds and meteorology
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Top nations in mathematics
Data provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators, 1 January 1998-31 December 2008
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A Don calling!
Our university has responded quickly to the news that more students are choosing institutions in their own locality so that they can save money by continuing to live at home.Last week saw the...
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An academic redoubt
Felipe Fernández-Armesto salutes the US military's intellectual proving ground