Tom Palaima on the power of mentors
A mentor provides far more than inspiration and sage advice, says Tom Palaima, who fears for the future of such guiding relationships in the era of Moocs
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Invisible Nature: Healing the Destructive Divide between People and the Environment, by Kenneth Worthy
Laurence Coupe on a grand indictment of the ‘Western epistemological error’
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Was 1994 Group’s demise triggered by relaunch delays?
Scrapped mission group was close to high-profile rebrand
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Beyond sushi: the attractions of lecturing in Japan
Susan K Burton looks back at her time teaching at Japanese universities and wonders why more Westerners don’t head east
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The PGCE is a teaching turn-off
If universities want to keep teacher training, their courses must be more relevant to the real school world, argues Susan Bassnett
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Vince Cable slams ‘qualification inflation’ in ‘standard’ professions
Vince Cable has criticised the “qualification inflation” that means entrants to “very standard” professions such as nursing require a degree.
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Open University to end PGCE
The Open University is to withdraw its postgraduate teacher training programme after its January and March 2014 intakes.
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Access gap ‘not completely explained by grades’
At least a quarter of the “access gap” for “top” universities in three countries cannot be explained by academic achievement, a new report says
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Minister attacks universities over visa comments
The immigration minister has accused universities of creating “a self-fulfilling prophecy for bad news” on student visas
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Newcastle warns staff over working to contract
A second university has threatened academics with a loss of pay over working to rule, ߣߣƵ has discovered.
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Universities dominate 'big gifts' list in US and UK
Major philanthropists are more generous to higher education in the US and UK than they are in other regions, according to a new report.
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University staff to strike again
Unions representing higher education staff have announced a second nationwide strike for 3 December.
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Academic freedom ‘doesn’t really exist’
“Right-on” lecturers and student campaigns cited as among the reasons, Commons event hears
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Scottish independence will threaten research, BIS claims
Scotland risks losing its thriving research base if it becomes independent, analysis by Department of Business, Innovation and Skills has claimed
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