Centre plans global evaluations
International research unit will tackle 鈥榣ack of data鈥 on higher education. David Matthews reports

International research unit will tackle 鈥榣ack of data鈥 on higher education. David Matthews reports

Leaked documents reveal backlash over mooted changes to assessment at Surrey
David Shanks suggests that Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman 鈥渟ees a 鈥榯rain wreck looming鈥 for social psychology鈥 (鈥淯nconscious track to disciplinary train wreck鈥, Letters, 17 January). This is...
Regarding your news item 鈥淒on鈥檛 you kids know who I am?鈥 (3 January), which covered the criticisms made by Guy Halsall, professor of history at the University of York (quoted as describing himself as...
Bruce Macfarlane bemoans the 鈥渓earnerism鈥 arising from the so-called 鈥渟urveillance culture鈥 that measures student absenteeism, but also acknowledges the correlation between academic performance and...
Mary Evans鈥 review misses the point and importance of Joanna Williams鈥 Consuming Higher Education: Why Learning Can鈥檛 Be Bought (Books, 17 January).While the Left and the students鈥 unions have argued...
In recent years, a number of British universities have encouraged international outreach by establishing campuses worldwide. Students from around the world benefit from the establishment of such...
I read with interest about the inexpensive technique allowing lecturers to record personalised video feedback while marking, but I am not convinced that it would reduce marking time as proposed (鈥...
I would be less cynical about the Office for Fair Access chief Les Ebdon鈥檚 motives if he were even half as obsessed with the social mix at less highly selective institutions as he is with that seen...
While I note the research that underlines how much graduates contribute to the economy in extra tax, and hence the negative economic impact of a reduction in student numbers, I suspect that here at...

The critics of private-sector higher education can muster plenty of hostility - even hatred - towards its providers but precious few reasoned arguments, according to Peter Crisp
LEVERHULME TRUSTResearch Project GrantsSciencesAward winner: Peter MeyerInstitution: University of LeedsValue: 拢101,765Dissecting an ancient but hitherto cryptic function of DNA...

The sociologist who pioneered the hugely influential notion of 鈥渕oral panics鈥 has died.Stanley Cohen was born on 23 February 1942 and grew up in Johannesburg. His first 鈥減olitical鈥 memory, he later...
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The state and its agencies must stop their constant interference with a national success story, argues Ferdinand von Prondzynski