The Sun investigates academic offences

The Sun seems to have a new found interest in academic offences. It says that "160 exam cheats were booted out of university last year". According to the respected journal: DIMWITS with notes scrawled on wrists and arms were among 160 exam cheats booted out of university last year. The brainless old wheeze of writing …

University funding: devastating cuts or continued investment?

Russell Group and UCU lining up against government cuts Rhetoric overload has kicked in pretty early. If we're not careful we'll have used the full armoury of adjectives to describe the cuts far too early in the campaign. The UCU line, as reported in the Guardian, envisages huge class sizes and thousands of academics on …

Global Institutional Profiles Project

Interesting announcement this, linked to the latest Times Higher league table developments: Thomson Reuters, a global leader in providing information, will address industry concerns over current profile systems with the Global Institutional Profiles Project. The 21st century research institution has many fluid layers, and Thomson Reuters is committed to developing an equally robust and dynamic …

New Zealand “winning the educational rankings war”

New Zealand claims to be top of the world in higher education Some new year cheer from what is undoubtedly the most entertaining interpretation of league table data for some time from Education New Zealand: In the global battle to attract international students, academic rankings have become an important tool and one of the main …

How the iPhone Could Reboot Education

Follow up to post a year ago on the big iPhone giveaway at Abilene Christian U. How do you educate a generation of students eternally distracted by the internet, cellphones and video games? Easy. You enable them by handing out free iPhones — and then integrating the gadget into your curriculum. That’s the idea Abilene …