Campus extremism tackled by new website
A new website has been launched to help universities tackle violent extremism and radicalisation on campus.
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Glasgow confirms academic’s papers were ‘falsified’
The University of Glasgow has finally confirmed that a former professor was found guilty of falsifying data in five papers by an investigation that ended last August.
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Students’ mental health problems highlighted
About one in 10 higher education students have experienced “suicidal thoughts”, according to a survey into mental health at universities.
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Inside Higher Ed: Science or Religion?
By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed
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Campaign launched over part-time study
A campaign has been launched to promote part-time study following the dramatic fall in the number of such students choosing to enter higher education.
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Coursera should be subject of Mooc, says professor
A US academic has proposed creating a massive open online course on Coursera that explores the effect of the company’s business model on global higher education.
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THE podcast: David Willetts
Download the podcast David Willetts, universities and science minister, talks to Times Higher Education about post-graduate student numbers, the forthcoming public spending review, and the...
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Student loans system is sustainable, insists minister
Universities minister David Willetts has defended the student finance system against criticisms that it is unsustainable and will not bring in the amount of money required to fund the sector long...
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Embrace Moocs or face decline, warns v-c
“It’s Mooc or die”, a university vice-chancellor has said, claiming that institutions must embrace the massive open online course movement and adapt their teaching methods or face a tough future.
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Declaration of independence from journal impact factor
Coalition of academics, publishers and funders rejects metric ‘obsession’
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Open access ‘waiver’ schemes encouraged by government
The government would like to see more publishers take up schemes that waive open access publishing fees for researchers from universities that subscribe to its journals, a senior civil servant has...
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THE podcast: 16 May 2013 issue review
Download the podcastThe University of Southampton’s successful appeal against a QAA review, the World Conference on Research Integrity, and the Times Higher Education Books section all feature on...
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16 May 2013
Jeepers creepers - How to cope with that once-in-a-lifetime worst student.
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The week in higher education - 16 May 2013
“Me, ugly? My Jimmy Choos make me feel BEAUTIFUL,” ran the headline in the Daily Mail’s Femail section on 9 May, above an article by Mary Beard, professor of Classics at the University of Cambridge,...
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Nul points for agency standard
The gulf between the QAA benchmark on study time and the hours students put in raises questions about its judgement