A cheat, moi? That's unfair
International students may be called plagiarists because of flawed thinking and naive use of software, says Niall Hayes
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World-class research requires a whole lot more than time alone
To support excellent work however it is done, new AHRC fellowships will be more flexible than the leave scheme, says Shearer West
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Daytime TV: From boom to bust
An exploration of the credit crunch offers little consolation to those battling it, writes Gary Day
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Dealing with conflicting beliefs in the workplace
Educational institutions try hard to promote equality and to promote tolerance and respect for different groups and different beliefs. But what happens when those beliefs are in conflict with each...
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Well, what do you know?
As the academy looks beyond the traditional roles played in assessment by essays and timed exams, new techniques are helping to turn students into active partners in their own learning. Rebecca...
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Pulling all the bits together
Academic computing has come a long way from the first lumbering leviathans. Now, says John Gilbey, we need to work on making everything accessible everywhere, every time
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29 January 2009
Beyond the essay - Is traditional assessment missing the point?
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Things could be worse. You could be dead.
It is important to recognise the original spark behind failures to stick to scholarly protocols, says Tara Brabazon
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Leeds Met chancellor resigns
Former Olympic runner Brendan Foster follows v-c Simon Lee to the exit
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Bullied Blogger: Behind closed doors
21 January: I come into work and find two things in my tray that disturb me. First, a copy of a vacancy for a post at a nearby university. I’m feeling unsettled and it’s easy to make the assumption...
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Accountability costs cut by £50 million
Hefce report claims universities’ administrative burden has been reduced by a fifth in four years, writes John Gill
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Pet Food Politics
Dog and cat food contamination scandal should breed widespread suspicion, writes Erika Cudworth
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Believing and Seeing: The Art of Gothic Cathedrals
This book, published in French in 1999 as Le Croire et le Voir: L'art des Cathedrales (XIIe-XVe siecle), is an ambitious, broad-ranging study of the role and function of the image within the medieval...
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Top 10 Academic Bestsellers: Blackwell, London N7
1. International Corporate Reporting: A Comparative Approach, Fourth Revised Edition by C. Roberts, P. Weetman and P.D. Gordon, Prentice Hall, £45.99. ISBN 978037147362. Management: An Introduction...
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Unfinished Agendas: New and Continuing Gender Challenges in Higher Education
S.L. Sutherland finds that women still have some way to go to achieve equality in the academy