Subject-level TEF 鈥榤ay mislead students鈥
Bundling of subjects under pilot for future phase of teaching excellence framework may ignore diversity and complexity of many disciplines, says engineering body
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The week in higher education 鈥 27 July 2017
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world鈥檚 media
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Student recruitment needs culture classes
Financial issues are not the central barriers to increased university access in Canada. It is cultural factors that must be tackled, say Ross Finne, Athur Sweetman and Richard Mueller
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Open access monograph dash could lead us off a cliff
It is not Luddism to be cautious about destroying an academic publishing industry that has served us well, says Marilyn Deegan
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鈥楩lat-pack鈥 students need help with isolation
Providing support for learners on low-cost 鈥榝lat-pack degrees鈥 is key to expanding international higher education in Australia and worldwide, says Merlin Crossley
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Swept up in scholarly symposia
It's surprising how enjoyable a trip on the conference carousel can be
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Graphic explorations of the (physical) state we鈥檙e in
Two books use graphic formats to address the big questions in physics and the gaps in our knowledge, cross-examining Einstein et al and musing over love handles and farts. Matthew Reisz writes
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Machine, Platform, Crowd: Harnessing Our Digital Future, by Andrew McAfee and Erik Brynjolfsson
Book of the week: Apps are taking us places, fast 鈥 but do we always want to go? John Gilbey considers the value of rapidly changing tech
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How much has higher education changed?
Ellie Bothwell goes through the archives from 45 to five years ago and discovers some recurring themes
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What are you reading? 鈥 27 July 2017
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Laurie Taylor 鈥 27 July 2017
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton.聽Finem respice!
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Long-distance learning: building a university on a South Pacific island
Bernard Leeman, anti-apartheid fighter and peripatetic champion of low-cost rural tertiary education, describes the circuitous route he took to Vanuatu
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Doubt over HEA process: how did we get here?
The basic tenet of 鈥淐redibility of UK鈥檚 teaching fellowship process under scrutiny鈥 (News, 27 July) is to cast doubt on the reliability of the Higher Education Academy teaching accreditation process...