The week in higher education - 16 January 2014
Academics appear to have solved one of history’s oldest mysteries: how did Alexander the Great die? The Times reported on 13 January that toxicologists from the University of Birmingham and the West...
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Fred Deakin of Lemon Jelly joins University of the Arts London
Who got that job? Recording artist takes up chair in interactive design. Plus the latest higher education jobs and appointments
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Five myths about Moocs
Diana Laurillard explains why a model based on unsupervised learning is not the answer
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New play pokes fun at university life
Familiar scenarios may have academics rolling, or reeling, in the aisles
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Show your cards: academic players on poker’s draw
Serious academic players on what they’ve learned from life at the table
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University of London considers outsourcing careers service
Institution investigates commercial options to generate surplus
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MLA conference: blizzard of ice and ideas
Frigid weather fails to dampen enthusiasm at the MLA conference, finds Robert Eaglestone
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Digital age of opportunity for the monograph
Hefce launches review of digital publishing in the arts and humanities
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Don’t beat about, use moral appeals to stop plagiarism
Tutors focus on penalties but students respond on ethical level, study finds
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Q&A with Peter Lutzeier
We speak to the vice-chancellor of Newman University and chair of The Cathedrals Group
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Review: The Duchess of Malfi
Physical aspects of a new theatre both add to and detract from a convincingly chilling tale of sororicide, attests Liz Schafer
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Title restraint
I do not share Richard M. S. Wilson’s enthusiasm for standardisation of terminology across all UK universities (“Title scramble”, Letters, 9 January). But if we are to be so blessed, perhaps a good...
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16 January 2014
Thought leaders - The subjects students have favoured and forsaken over 15 years
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THE Scholarly Web - 16 January 2014
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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Boris Magasanik, 1919-2013
A pioneer in the field of bacterial gene regulation who forged the Massachusetts Institute of Technology into a leader in biological research has died