The right answer for MCQs
Contrary to the view expressed by Hugh Fletcher, the practice of penalising wrong answers in multiple-choice tests is normatively inferior to simply counting the number of right answers (鈥淓xams with...
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Self-citation not needed
I am a postdoctoral researcher. Over the past few years, I have taken the inevitable step of peer-reviewing papers for a number of journals in my field of research. I read the article 鈥淧eer reviewing...
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Good mental health
The stock response to rising levels of demand for psychological and emotional support in universities is that destigmatising mental ill-health leads to more people disclosing problems (鈥淥xford...
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Open at what cost?
The letter 鈥淥pen to the challenges鈥 (19 March) from Tim Blackman, the acting vice-chancellor of the Open University, wrongly says that our letter 鈥淟ight and shade in OU student numbers鈥 (12 March)...
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Not everyone鈥檚 on board
It has been just over five years since Sir David Melville鈥檚 report on London Metropolitan University criticised an earlier board of governors (and senior executives) for failing to hold a previous...
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God in the quad
Source: Getty鈥楧awkins鈥: a recent pictureA Poppleton don who is well known for his militant atheism has spoken warmly of the Virgin Mary.In an interview with The Poppletonian, Mr Ted Odgers of our...
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The week in higher education 鈥撀26 March 2015
The discovery of Richard III鈥檚 skeleton by University of Leicester archaeologists has generated an estimated 拢50 million for the city since September 2012, The Times reported on 24 March. But some...
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Penalties and prize money
George Osborne鈥檚 ambitions for northern research powerhouses may be undermined by post-REF funding allocations
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Ups and downs: 拢7m profit and inquiries at St Patrick鈥檚
SLC fee payments to private college suspended pending BIS investigation with a QAA report expected in April
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What courses cost
More than half of subjects at English universities cost more than the average tuition fee to teach, according to data presented in a report
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After 鈥榤isuse鈥 claims, new checks on aid for disabled students
BIS confirms changes as NAO and PAC investigate company for over-payments
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Coventry heats up Scarborough with higher education
Midlands university鈥檚 mission to target cold spots for branch campus expansion begins beside the seaside
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Jisc鈥檚 battle for Britain鈥檚 shared IT services: the beginning of the end?
Martyn Harrow channels Winston Churchill over 鈥榗limacteric鈥 challenge of next spending review
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National Centre for Circus Arts: where would-be high-fliers learn the ropes
Demand for places is justifiably high because graduates make it on the big stage
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Postmodernism, baby, yeah: the rise of the 鈥榗lever sillies鈥
A new paper contends that some academics adopt mildly rebellious views to look more sexually alluring