Distant and discontent: the downsides of digital learning
Despite many advances, online programmes suffer from technical faults and a dispiriting lack of interaction, as two scholars found
Search
-
-
International and postgraduate fees survey, 2016
Post-Brexit, will EU students still see English HE as value for money, and what are the pros and cons of charging them international fees?
-
Why academics should make time for social media
Andy Miah, chair in science communication and future media at the University of Salford, on why academics should maintain their online presence
-
The Olympics are here: let’s sing the body electric
The Games remind cerebral sorts that the brain resides in an amazing physical vessel, Shahidha Bari writes
-
Carry on researching
There is a bit of “don’t question our behaviour, trust us” to the proposals in the Stern review and the recommendations about non-portability (“Stern might change the rules, but the REF game is still...
-
Summer what?
Reading the feature on the summer habits of academics, I thought that it must be nice to be an academic able to work at home or at the beach and go on (genetic material sharing opportunity)...
-
Taking the lead
The need to “build bridges” in the right places is key to future success for many universities (“Could accepting a Poppleton view of the campus build bridges?”, News, 4 August). However, the academic...
-
Turkey’s plight
I declare an interest in the fate of Turkish academic colleagues, as a university teacher of Armenian heritage (“‘Witch-hunt’ against academics continues following attempted Turkey coup”, www....
-
Recording lectures benefited me and my students
Lecture capture enhances learning and shifts the audience’s attention from their notes to you, argues David Grumett
-
Useless management headhunters damage academic leadership
Lacking insight and seeking only enrichment, search firms deliver obvious, uninspiring candidates, argues a business school professor
-
Grant winners – 18 August 2016
A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash
-
Laurie Taylor – 18 August 2016
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!
-
When only digital delivery will do
Universities are divided over tech in teaching but as the Ebola crisis raged a Mooc proved to be a life-saving pedagogical tool