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Opinion: Human psychology (with emphasis on the human)
Technology augments but cannot supersede intuition, argues Annette Karmiloff-Smith
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AstraZeneca’s move will increase North-South divide
Research facility clusters mean the benefits are too localised, say Henry Overman and Christian Helmers
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Disconnect the narcissistic network
The humanities classroom offers reflection of a healthier sort, says Robert Zaretsky
Opinion: Human psychology (with emphasis on the human)
Technology augments but cannot supersede intuition, argues Annette Karmiloff-Smith
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Physics veterans bring harmony to different universe
Reformed graduate rock band provokes reflections on how much has changed since the heyday of ‘Spontaneous Emissions’
Can Hefce still land a ‘big beast’?
Bahram Bekhradnia on funding chiefs’ hunt for a new leader
Opinion: ‘Middle third’ way to flexibility
Andy Westwood and Martin Doel map a route between FE and HE
Opinion: Artful entreaties
Humanities scholars must use dash and pluck to win research cash
Massive, open, online appraisals
Martha Kanter, the US undersecretary of education, came by the other day and made three points about massive open online courses that are worth elaborating
Fay Weldon speaks up for creative writing
If creativity can’t be taught, the invaluable craft of writing can, says novelist and Bath Spa professor
UUK shows Britain losing ground in foreign enrolments
Nicola Dandridge says mixed messages on immigration aid competitor nations’ university sectors
Research standards must be maintained
Rather than the academy relaxing its ethical standards, perhaps areas of the media need to raise their game, argues Keith Richards
Painful admission
All across the US, colleges and universities are sending out their letters of acceptance and rejection. There will be tears
BBC got it right and LSE lost perspective
The LSE’s complaints about undercover reporting in North Korea are peevish, Tim Luckhurst argues
Tuition fees: a human rights issue
Geraldine Van Bueren says international law could help opponents of rising tuition costs in their battle
Nightmare at 20,000ft
Toby Miller recalls a paralysing encounter with terror in the skies and asks: in my shoes, would you have reacted differently?
Nul points for agency standard Subscription
The gulf between the QAA benchmark on study time and the hours students put in raises questions about its judgement
'Lend me your ears shock' Subscription
One of our leading psychologists, Dr Fritz Itzig, is currently languishing in a police cell after a day-long series of attempts to increase the research impact of his work…
'Serfs' up Subscription
The Russian Academy of Sciences (RAN) produces the majority of Russian research - but are its members, set to vote for a new president, “serfs”?
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Hitch in (and out of) time
Christopher Bigsby on the declining art of taking a hike
The first lesson of higher education: be prepared
The work of making students ‘college-ready’ must begin sooner, says Alan Ryan
Curriculum blind eye
It’s not what you teach but how that matters, says Felipe Fernández-Armesto
Wagner: bicentennial man
Malcolm Gillies on the controversial composer’s undimmed power
It's another world
Kevin Fong boldly takes science to pupils in post-Thatcher, post-Spock galaxies
Combined forces
Academic input would boost a neglected war museum, says Sally Feldman
Parallel parking
In an alternative universe, Christopher Bigsby is coining it in Vegas
Political lottery
Alan Ryan considers a new method of governance
THE podcast: David Willetts
The universities and science minister on post-graduate student numbers, the public spending review, and the sustainability of the student loans system
THE podcast: 16 May 2013 issue review
The 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 this week
Pros and cons of the metrics system Subscription
The main problem with the research excellence framework is the huge amount of time and money that it consumes, distracting academics from scholarly activities…
Right royal appointment Subscription
It is regrettable that a publication written mainly for academics should choose to cover The Sunday Times’ version of the facts about the election of the Duke of York as…
