Peer-assisted learning (PAL)
Getting the most from peer-assisted learning, which allows advanced students to help new students develop study skills.
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a story about the traumas of love and war: "The Boulevard Du Cange was a broad, quiet street that...
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Consider the very essence of a man
What Makes Us Human?
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Silence and suffering
The Whisperers
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The many doors between two parallel worlds
Different Engines
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Reality bumps while the vision bounces
Best for Britain?The End of Decline
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Fear the attacker but don't panic
On Nuclear Terrorism
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True believers and the violence of faith
Bad Faith
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Listening in on trunk calls
The Elephant's Secret Sense
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Cancellation blues
Birmingham University has been accused of neglecting students on a condemned course in order to focus on more academically prestigious areas. The university announced last year that it was scrapping...
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French exchange
University reform was in the spotlight when the president of Universities UK took part in a debate with the French Prime Minister, Francois Fillon. Rick Trainor and other European university leaders...
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Publishing needs
The role of publishers in higher education will be debated at a conference for academics, students, librarians and authors. The Publishers Association conference, co-presented by The Times Higher,...
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Focus on mediation
The UK's first university-based mediation clinic will be launched by Canterbury Christ Church University in January. The clinic, which is backed by Canterbury County Court, has received an £18,000...
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Second thoughts
Leicester University has launched a research project to identify the educational benefits of virtual worlds - in the web-based virtual world Second Life. This week it established an "experimental...
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Zoonosis centre opens
A centre for research into animal-borne diseases that can spread to humans has opened at Liverpool University. The Centre for Zoonosis Research will study diseases such as severe acute respiratory...