Tag: Higher Education
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Science self-corrections, plagiarism, and the purpose of higher education
About this post: This is a summary of blog posts, articles and other content about Higher Education, language teaching and learning, and academic writing, which appeared online between 17th and 23rd February 2014. This week’s collection of articles, stories and posts showcases examples of academic honesty at its finest and politics at what is perhaps…
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Research misconduct, tuition fees and enrollment
About this post: This is a summary of posts, articles and other content about Higher Education, language teaching and learning and academic writing, which was published in late January 2015. University life getting uglier Since the introduction of £9,000 tuition fees, there appears to have been a marked increase in the numbers of students who…
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Humanities, defamation and internships
This is a collection of blog posts, articles and other content about Higher Education, language teaching and learning and academic writing, which were published between the 13th and 19th January 2014. This week’s stories discuss: The value of a humanities education In an essay published at the Chronicle, Kristen Case argues against the criticism that humanities…
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Reading Digest (15-22 December)
Here’s a round up of various articles, posts and stories I came across in the past week: Is this the future of academics? The How I Get By series in Vitae describes the diverse everyday lives of academics: in one of the most powerful articles I’ve read this week, they present an interview with Mary-Faith Cerasoli, an…
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Call for Chapter Proposals: Cases on Teacher Identity, Diversity, and Cognition in Higher Education
IGI Global are planning to publish a volume titled Cases on Teacher Identity, Diversity, and Cognition in Higher Education, which is to be edited by Paul Breen. Paul has described the book as follows: This book is one which looks at teacher identity from a range of perspectives, incorporating aspects of theory and practice across a…
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Restructuring Higher Education, the Greek way
People familiar with Higher Education in Greece may have heard of the ambitious ministerial plan to restructure tertiary institutions. The plan, which goes by the evocative name Athena (after the Ancient Greek goddess of wisdom), aims to reduce the geographical overdispersal of educational institutions and stimulate academic excellence, we are told. We are also told…