An audience of confident cynics
Phil Baty joins a group of thirtysomethings in the classroom I should have just bull****ted," concedes the loud bloke in the rugby shirt at the back of the lecture room, after being pilloried by 25...
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Still lecturing at the lectern?
Teaching space is still dedicated to the medieval idea of students sitting at your feet, says Roger Lewis A student from a mid-19th century university would feel wholly at home on the late 20th-...
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When teaching interrupts the real work
Lecturers should not be afraid of educationists. They need to get involved in research into teaching methods, says Paul Orsmond Not many higher education lecturers will be promoted because of their...
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Many traps for novice authors
Writing a textbook is no way to get rich quick, according to Lawrence Knowles A friend recently received three contract proposals from publishers interested in a textbook he wants to write. He has...
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Get ready for the real world
Anne White reflects on the success of a graduate training programme in biological sciences Gone are the days when a PhD or MSc in biological sciences was a leisurely process planning experiments...
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Changing times for student assessment
Students marking their own work is surprisingly common in Scotland, reports Olga Wojtas Dai Hounsell has confounded sceptics who warned him that teaching innovations had been stifled by the financial...
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Descent into poverty
(Photograph) - Descent into poverty: students are facing severe hardship as delays in processing hit grant applications in Scotland and new funding arrangements play havoc with local education...
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Fact file
There were 1,720,094 higher education enrolments in 1995/96 with 126,582 academic staff and a sector income of Pounds 10.7 billion. * In 1995/96 31 per cent of students were under 21, with 50 per...
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Career development modules: every course should have some
Getting career development skills incorporated into courses has not been easy, says Chris Phillips Today's graduates will have very different career paths from their counterparts of ten years ago....
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Sometimes learning on the job is the best way
Kam Patel talks to three under-graduates who sing the praises of an industrial placement For chemical engineer Fesil Mushtaq, a year spent in industry was a success. It proved to him that he could do...
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Labouring for more experience
Work experience is now vital for undergraduates, but are universities properly preparing students for the world of work? Alison Utley reports Preparing students for employment is not necessarily the...
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Time for a revolution
The Institute for Learning and Teaching must abandon traditional thinking to improve lecturing in universities, says Graham Gibbs The Dearing report recommended the establishment of a national...
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Stop justifying the unacceptable
Why do academics continue to cling on to teaching practices that are outdated and do not work? David Jacques argues that it is time to stop believing the myths Resistance to change often comes across...
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Second strike threat
STRIKES could hit universities for the second consecutive winter as lecturers push government for an independent pay review body, writes Alan Thomson. Delegates at the Association of University...
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Oxbridge turns to Robin Hood
Oxford University is taking legal advice on whether it can levy money from richer colleges to help pay for their worse-off neighbours. It is also consulting lawyers on how far charity law would stop...