Roger Brown urges the current government to learn from the mistakes of past teaching assessment exercises. More...
01 novembre 2015
Teaching excellence framework: a case of history repeating?
Academic failure: four more ways to deal with it
By John Tregoning. In his second blog, John Tregoning offers some more advice on coping with scholarly stress. More...
World University Rankings blog: the challenges facing world-class universities
By Ellie Bothwell. THE’s summit, held at the University of Melbourne, was full of similarly uplifting comments from both delegates and the prestigious line-up of speakers. But it also examined the challenges that world-class universities are facing and how these may be tackled in the future. More...
Universities must ensure extremists are not ‘given free rein’
By Rupert Sutton. Prevent: institutions must not let platitudes about freedom of expression create an ‘illusion of debate’, says Rupert Sutton. More...
Suffragette review: the battle for the vote
By June Purvis. June Purvis, historical adviser on the film Suffragette, delivers her verdict. More...
Universities and key firms to recruit blind
Big employers, universities and the National Health Service will introduce blind recruitment policies to prevent bias against "ethnic-sounding" names. The policy is designed to guard against unconscious bias that is holding back those from a black or ethnic minority background, reports Sky News. Read more...
Universities suffer from too many weak students
Several Danish universities are struggling with poor students, increased absenteeism, a lack of motivation and a lower quality of education, reports The Copenhagen Post. Read more...
To boost science, broaden university education
To boost science, higher education institutions in the Islamic world must give students a broad education and become meritocratic, write Nidhal Guessoum and Athar Osama for Nature. Read more...
Universities commit to ‘real-world’ education
After years of pressure to demonstrate their continuing relevance and ability to prepare graduates for the labour market, Canadian universities are signalling a new willingness to embrace real-world education with a set of five new commitments released last week, writes Simona Chiose for The Globe and Mail. Read more...
80% of universities open entrepreneurship courses
Around 82% of Chinese universities and colleges have opened compulsory or optional courses on entrepreneurship and innovation, according to statistics from the Ministry of Education, reports Xinhua. Read more...
