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Recent Posts

Do the social sciences need a shake-up?
Universities risk only ‘social elite’ having key knowledge
Mooc test agreement between FutureLearn and Pearson
PhD: is the doctoral thesis obsolete?
The OU is closing doors
The peer review drugs don’t work
Revolution in Higher Education: How a Small Band of Innovators Will Make College Accessible and Affordable, by Richard A. DeMillo
Adjust course fees so that those who will earn more will pay more
Is ‘conference fatigue’ harming academia?
Moocs: international credit transfer system edges closer
Steering QR Cash to Elite Could Be a Mistake
Me focus skews journal ratings
Teachers must be a class apart
Uh-Oh Canada: Obama Pledge Could Win Back Researchers
IUSS reaction: Quality control' is the problem, not the solution
Bigwig ushered nonsense paper into top journal, say scientists
Willetts floats idea of separating teaching and examining
Fears made flesh: only STEM teaching grants spared CSR scythe
Publisher rewrites the book on degrees
DIY, says 'edupunk' star. Distortion and sell-out, say critics
Farewell, obscure objects of desire
World University Rankings 2012-13
Good scientist or successful academic? You can't be both
Highly novel research proposals ‘being systematically rejected’
Student visa fraud: universities and governments ‘must be proactive’
Coursera president: bursting the Moocs bubble a boon for us
Moocs can transform education – but not yet
National Student Survey 2016: overall satisfaction results
Mass learning must mean web-based study
Moocs are a solution in search of a problem
Uncited Research
How to ‘robot-proof’ students for the age of AI
Moocs can still bring higher education to those who really need it
How I stopped worrying and learned to embrace pre-prepared courses
Why online learning must remain part of the education toolkit
A Spotify model of personalised higher education