Enter the disruptive dragon
Moocs promise to strike at the heart of traditional higher education delivery, but it needn’t mean the chop for universities
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Credential crisis
Universities’ monopoly on certifying expertise is at risk, warns Tamson Pietsch
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Check the record: Rammell rebuts press 'nonsense' on Bedfordshire
Access, engagement and rankings too: ex-minister turned v-c sees bright future. John Morgan writes
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The week in higher education
• University College London is known for its association with Jeremy Bentham, but alumni have been surprised to receive in the post a paper lantern bearing an image of his head - as well as an email...
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This could be huge...
Moocs are already big - in reach and in hype - and are predicted to explode. Zoë Corbyn checks in to learn if they are more than just a novelty and to find out what it’s like to teach a class of 38,...
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Antifragile: How to Live in a World We Don't Understand
Nassim Nicholas Taleb is a heavyweight thinker. He affirms that reality rules, that the role of theoreticians is to provide the gods with endless amusement, and that prediction is by mugs, for mugs....
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Terrorist's Creed: Fanatical Violence and the Human Need for Meaning
In the post-9/11 world, few issues have received more attention than the question of what exactly it is that turns seemingly ordinary people into terrorists. Why would anybody strap on a suicide vest...
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The Fourth Dimension of a Poem, and Other Essays
A simple new approach to poems has come upon us; it may free us from the knotweeds of theory, obscure discourse or self-delighting ideologies that now guard poems. The method guides us to the poem’s...
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From where I sit - A little tarnish on the title
Honorary professorships can be controversial because they are sometimes awarded to individuals who have made large donations or who can serve marketing and promotional purposes, and also because they...
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Public-backed funding to private college students shoots up to £100m
Taxpayer-backed funding for students at private colleges rose by 138 per cent to £100 million last year, with a private equity-owned institution that did not meet all quality standards accounting for...
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Labour may help cut student visas from migration targets
David Matthews on growing signs of cross-party accord as BIS recasts education as an export
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MP flags Tories' 'huge concern' over Offa head
A Tory MP has warned that there is opposition on his party’s front bench to Les Ebdon, following criticism of his comments on the “snobbery” surrounding university education.
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Half of potential dropouts cite finance problems
NUS survey shows higher rates of work, worry and withdrawal among worse-off. Chris Parr reports
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Sussex 'deaf' to objections to childcare changes
Academics at the University of Sussex say they were left stunned at a meeting of the institution’s senate when management refused to discuss motions put forward by union members of 17 departments...