THE podcast: 12 December 2013 issue review
Download the podcastThe removal of the student number cap in England, the death of Nelson Mandela, and our interview with master of St Benet’s Oxford hall, Werner Jeanrond, are all up for discussion...
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Neuroscientist Thelma Lovick wins tribunal victory over Birmingham
Judgment says university ‘inadequately investigated’ misconduct case
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Beware ‘brain-based learning’
Enthusiasm for ‘neuroeducation’ risks blinding people to its potentially limited efficacy, argues Steven Rose
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Willetts astonished by elite reaction to expansion
Russell Group critical of abolition of student numbers cap
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The Gods of Olympus: A History, by Barbara Graziosi
Susan Deacy on true immortality
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News in brief - 12 December 2013
ߣߣƵOppositional positionCuts of A$2.3 billion (£1.3 billion) to ߣߣƵn universities planned by Labor when in government are unlikely to go through after the party, now in opposition,...
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Art and science: ‘two cultures’ with shared values
Forcing students to choose sides leaves them, and society, poorer, says Christopher Bigsby
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Laurence Coupe, Richard Joyner, R. C. Richardson, John Shand and David Shotter...
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Eeny, meeny, miny…
My very good friend Steve Smith is reported as saying that only three people understand the resource accounting and budgeting charge and two of them are mad (“That sinkhole feeling”, Leader, 28 ...
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Dance off, priced out
I read “Morris miners” with concern (Campus round-up, 28 November). There may be a number of reasons why morris dancing is considered unfashionable and perhaps is dying out. Practices and...
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Massaging the feedback
I note that a number of articles and opinion pieces in THE in recent months have dealt with the value (or lack thereof) of student feedback/evaluation questionnaires.Many years ago, I learned how...
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Credit rating agencies
Sir David Watson’s report for the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education is right: there is much work to be done if credit transfer is to become widely used to support lifelong learning in the UK...
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Cops off campus
We the undersigned unreservedly condemn the escalating use of police violence against peaceful protest at the University of London (News, 6 December).On 4 December, students were violently evicted...
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Put it to the test case
I can quite understand the strength of feeling expressed in Manfredi La Manna’s letter about Universities UK’s guidance on external speakers in higher education institutions (“Beyond belief”, 5 ...
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Evidential tools to narrow gender gap
No conclusions can be drawn from the WomenCount: Leaders in Higher Education report regarding the link (or otherwise) between the number of female governors on university boards and the appointment...