THE Scholarly Web - 10 October 2013 Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere By Chris Parr 10 October
We push as Europe pulls Shoddy treatment of foreign students plays into the hands of continental rivals taking us on at our own anglophone game By John Gill 10 October
Blurring boundaries of confidentiality Malcolm Gillies hesitates before marking any documents ‘For your eyes only’ 10 October
ELQ relaxation is good but part-timers need more aid and support David Latchman welcomes reforms for restoring funding for some upskilling students, but argues the government should go further 10 October
Publishing student evaluations of lecturers will improve teaching Teachers will be motivated to improve if internal assessments are made public, says John Colley 10 October
Want to learn? Let me walk you through it Douglas Anderson on the results of his active approach to pedagogy 10 October
High notes need to be balanced The ‘golden triangle’ is a ringing success in the World University Rankings, but the UK needs every region to play its part By John Gill 3 October
Course corrections for a revolutionary age An ‘unconference’ inspires Kevin Fong to rethink his lecture material 3 October
Anonymous v-c: true leadership requires self-sacrifice If the line you have drawn in the sand is crossed, resign 3 October
My new academic year: day one Emma Rees offers a time-sensitive account of the start of term 3 October
Moocs: from mania to mundanity After the hype is over, e-learning will be the norm, predicts Stephen Haggard 3 October
Three years after Browne: two outstanding questions Emran Mian on the questions that bothered him while working on the Browne Review, and which bother him still 30 September
THE Scholarly Web - 26 September 2013 Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere By John Elmes 26 September
Science writing award: New hope for traumatic brain injuries Scott Armstrong’s 2013 Max Perutz Prize-winning essay on xenon’s potential to save lives 26 September
Rushdie fatwa, 25 years on: fear casts long shadow Critics of The Satanic Verses lost the battle but are winning the war, warns Dennis Hayes 26 September
Freshers’ Week: a rite of passage Sally Feldman on students’ transition from adolescence to adulthood By Sally Feldman 26 September
The power of positive thinking Harvard’s huge fundraising and the US’ big lead in Moocs show that we can only learn from the American ‘can-do’ spirit By John Gill 26 September
All-round answer to zero-hours conundrum Generalists on fair terms would offer the flexibility the sector needs, argues Philip Roddis 26 September
Liberalising student numbers: don’t stop at ABB Reform must go all the way, argues Bill Rammell 19 September
THE Scholarly Web - 19 September 2013 Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere By John Elmes 19 September
The best place to learn teaching is on the job Anthony Seldon says the best way to improve teaching in universities is through tough appraisals based on student feedback 19 September
REF panels must blend citation and publication data A weighted approach is the best bet for assessment, say Andrew Oswald and Daniel Sgroi 19 September
Prophet didn’t see it coming Vince Cable’s uncertainties about funding reform suggest the contingent, ad hoc nature of coalition policymaking By John Gill 19 September
It seems there is no alternative Party conference season is upon us but there may be little dissent expressed over the fees status quo, despite its dangers By Simon Baker 12 September
Breadth v depth I am about to begin my 20th year of teaching in the UK: 12 years at Lancaster University and now in my eighth year at the University of Aberdeen 12 September
Huge variation in US academics’ pay Alan Ryan reflects on the lack of uniformity in salaries for leaders of American higher education institutions 12 September
Obama’s rankings won’t solve crisis in US academy More government cash is the only way to cut student costs, argue Rudy Fichtenbaum and Hank Reichman 12 September
The problems facing university boards Freedom of demand but not supply, bureaucracy and Stalinist pay deals make progress almost impossible, says Sir Stuart Etherington 12 September
THE Scholarly Web - 12 September 2013 Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere By Chris Parr 12 September
How to make meetings bearable Meetings are an inescapable annoyance for most academics, but there are ways to make them more tolerable, John Kaag says 12 September
THE Scholarly Web - 5 September 2013 Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere By Chris Parr 5 September
Feeling less than zero The growth in zero-hours contracts threatens the reputation of our universities and the morale of their staff By John Gill 5 September
North Kentucky more inspirational than the Ivy Leaguers Felipe Fernández-Armesto on two undergraduates’ stairways to heaven (via Cincinnati) 5 September
Seamus Heaney: great poet, inspirational teacher David Gewanter recalls the time he spent studying under the late poet 5 September
Is your university reading your emails? The policies and realities of monitoring correspondence may vary, but the ethical implications are always significant 5 September
Academics don’t need to write the courses they teach Harvard Business School’s teaching model offers consistency but also allows unscripted ‘discovery’, explain Michel Anteby and Caitlin Anderson 5 September
Only some get to choose Recreating a two-tier system is only benefiting ‘the best’, says Malcolm Gillies 29 August
They’re all in it together The coalition wants competition to shake up higher education, but could a cooperative model also be worth exploring? By John Gill 29 August
