The low rumble of despair and the silent panic attacks that have gripped the academic chemistry community have begun to spill out into the open. You know you are in trouble when Laurie Taylor writes...
Easier access to higher education is leading to a dumbing down of courses and rising dropout rates, according to academics in a THES /ICM poll. The nationwide survey shows lecturers grappling with...
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This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a novel that consists entirely of letters and journals: "My dear Father and Mother, I have great...
We Did Nothing
From: The office of the vice-chancellor. Subject: Course closures. I am writing to let you know of some recent decisions taken by the new Course Closures Committee (me and the bursar). As you will...
Some apparently mixed messages have emerged from our teaching poll. Almost 60 per cent of academics believe that courses have been "dumbed down" so that ill-prepared students can cope; yet more would...