Psychology and Psychiatry round-up
Group Problem SolvingAuthor: Patrick R. LaughlinEdition: FirstPublisher: Princeton University PressPages: 168Price: £52.00, £20.95 and £25.14ISBN 9780691147901, 9780691147918 and 9781400836673 (e-...
Group Problem SolvingAuthor: Patrick R. LaughlinEdition: FirstPublisher: Princeton University PressPages: 168Price: £52.00, £20.95 and £25.14ISBN 9780691147901, 9780691147918 and 9781400836673 (e-...
Teaching with the aid of notebook PCs is given a cautious thumbs up by lecturers. Jack Grove writes
Universities wishing to improve the "student experience" have been warned they are placing too much emphasis on satisfaction scores despite their limited usefulness.
Canada'Playing well' no longer requiredA controversial element of the admissions process at a Canadian medical school has been discontinued. From next February, applicants hoping to study medicine at...

France moves away from grandes écoles model in bid to foster new elite. Jack Grove reports from Paris
State should fund one-off extra recruitment to cope with 'crisis', David Blanchflower tells John Morgan
Borderless researchESRC chief leads Science EuropeThe chief executive of the Economic and Social Research Council, Paul Boyle, has been elected the first president of a new body to represent...
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCHService Delivery and Organisation programme• Award winner: Naomi Fulop• Institution: King's College London• Value: £494,161Innovations in major system...
A UK-wide digital library for British higher education is in reach, says Ann Rossiter, if we can sort the licensing out

Ideology is preventing the UCU et al from appreciating the private sector's diversity and its fair treatment of staff, argues Aldwyn Cooper
The impact agenda rewards unoriginal thinkers and threatens to snuff out the bright 'Sparks' who could change the world, warns Bill Amos

Respondents deliver resounding 'no' to proposals floated in HEA consultation. Jack Grove reports
The Home Office is not "rubbing its hands with glee" at the prospect of private colleges closing, a senior official has insisted, as the government revealed that almost 500 independent institutions...
The phrase "industrial action" usually summons up images of workers huddled around blazing braziers as they shiver on the picket line.But for some in the University and College Union, it means a...
A report into allegations that Saif Gaddafi's London School of Economics doctoral thesis was plagiarised may never be made public.