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 (“Exams 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 “Peer 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 (“Oxford...
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Open at what cost?
The letter “Open to the challenges” (19 March) from Tim Blackman, the acting vice-chancellor of the Open University, wrongly says that our letter “Light and shade in OU student numbers” (12 March)...
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Not everyone’s on board
It has been just over five years since Sir David Melville’s 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‘Dawkins’: 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 – 26 March 2015
The discovery of Richard III’s skeleton by University of Leicester archaeologists has generated an estimated £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’s ambitions for northern research powerhouses may be undermined by post-REF funding allocations
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Ups and downs: £7m profit and inquiries at St Patrick’s
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 ‘misuse’ 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’s mission to target cold spots for branch campus expansion begins beside the seaside
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Jisc’s battle for Britain’s shared IT services: the beginning of the end?
Martyn Harrow channels Winston Churchill over ‘climacteric’ 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 ‘clever sillies’
A new paper contends that some academics adopt mildly rebellious views to look more sexually alluring