Stephen Toope: culture wars and collaboration The outgoing vice-chancellor reflects on his five years at Cambridge and the future of higher education Rosa Ellis 10月 25日
Norwegian rectors fear course closures if overseas fees come in Students plan nationwide protests as experts dismiss claim that freed-up places will be taken up by Norwegian nationals Ben Upton 10月 25日
Flipped learning benefits ‘easy to replicate in normal classroom’ Improvements to students’ grades usually down to spending more time on tasks rather than ‘active learning’, says landmark study Tom Williams 10月 25日
To end grade inflation, we must ditch the fantasy of absolute standards Each university should define and proclaim its own mission, and then be measured against it, says Peter Main Peter Main 10月 25日
UK set for sector-wide strikes as UCU secures historic ‘yes’ vote Union passes 50 per cent threshold in aggregated ballot for first time since trade union laws introduced in 2016 Tom Williams 10月 24日
Netherlands trialling shorter academic year Institutions have been asked to experiment with curricula that create lighter workloads for staff and students Ben Upton 10月 24日
Beware ballooning publication rates, says research fraudbuster Tenfold increase in article output should be a research integrity ‘red flag’ for publishers, says Cambridge researcher Nick Wise Jack Grove 10月 24日
‘Things can’t go on like this’ on university funding – UUK chief Vivienne Stern aims to reach agreement on ‘long-term’ solution that works for universities, students and government John Morgan 10月 24日
UK sector must soothe ‘sores’ to fight cuts, warns ex-adviser Universities must tackle issues that ‘reduce enthusiasm for investment’ to defend teaching and research budgets ‘inevitably under threat’, says Iain Mansfield John Morgan 10月 21日
Journal eLife ends ‘accept or reject’ role for peer reviewers Biomedical and life sciences publisher says it wants to focus reviewers’ attention on content of research Jack Grove 10月 20日
