Private put-offs
I agree with Kenneth Smith ("Data to end quota debate", Letters, 29 November) that we could simply look at finals data for the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge to see if we can...
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Minority report
The attainment gap between white and black and minority ethnic (BME) students ("Mind, don't dismiss, the BME attainment gap", News, 22 November) is of great concern but sadly not a huge surprise....
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Words louder than action
Queen Mary, University of London welcomes the University and College Union's decision to cancel its strike and to join other trade unions in accepting our standing invitation to help review the...
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Master's crisis
As outlined in the article "Three wishes: NUS urges trio of loans to help poor postgraduates" (News, 22 November), a real crisis in master's programmes is approaching. As well as the issues over...
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Statistically speaking
Tim Moore and Woody Caan (Letters, 25 October) describe statistics as a common language, invaluable for pooling knowledge and precise in a world of uncertainties. But if the world of organisations...
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Secure in the knowledge
In the past two weeks Times Higher Education has been running with two interesting items that appear to be completely separate. One concerns the Council for the Defence of British Universities ("...
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Something to hide?
Keith Flett surely dissembles when he suggests that his beard (a removable statement) is the reason he has never been approached by MI-something (Letters, 29 November): his missives to Times Higher...
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Research data win exemption from FoI Act
The government has agreed to introduce an exemption to the Freedom of Information Act to prevent the premature disclosure of research data.
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On university orders, I can't discuss that work when I'm at work
Scholar’s use of company document elicits legal letters and ‘cave-in’ by OU. David Matthews writes
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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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A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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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,...