22 July 2021 digital edition
Are exams finished? Assessment in the digital age
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‘Half of sexually active students have never had STI test’
Hepi survey also shows that only 51 per cent of students felt safe the first time they had sex at university
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Summer reading 2021
The summer is traditionally when academics turn to the big, serious books they don’t otherwise have time for or grab the chance for a bit of escapism. The pandemic has raised some major new issues...
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The week in higher education – 22 July 2021
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Tests of resilience
Student satisfaction fell as the pandemic disrupted campus life, and while assessment wasn’t singled out, it’s worth assessing how fit it is for the future
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Former science dean ‘faked threats to gain sympathy’
Sydney academic orchestrated campaign after striking resistance to course closure
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UK’s innovation strategy to specify ‘missions’ and ‘strategic tech’
Minister bills new strategy as helping UK to keep pace with ‘global innovation race’
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Interview with Sudhir Hazareesingh
Wolfson History Prize winner explains how Toussaint Louverture was a ‘spiritual ancestor’ of Black Lives Matter
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Lauren Berlant, 1957-2021
Tributes paid to authority on the American Dream who ‘confounded the supposed dichotomy between the academy and activism’
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Concern over Azerbaijan ruling family influence at Oxford centre
Sister-in-law of Azerbaijan’s autocratic president sits on board of centre set up to study country after brokering a £10 million donation
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Cheating firms offer to attend Chinese students’ online courses
Agencies charge between $600 and $1,500 to complete an entire module, including assessments
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Europe mulls scientific ‘war games’ to prepare for future crises
Commission considers suggestion that ‘fire drill’ exercises could help prepare for environmental, health or economic disasters
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How Professor Van Winkle woke up to viewpoint diversity
It is 2041. Knee-jerk politics is conspicuous by its absence and students are willing to actually hear each other. But is this odd spectacle a premonition or just a dream, wonders Jonathan Zimmerman
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是时候重新评估学生评估了吗？
新冠疫情加速了数字时代的众多评估实验，使其超越了简单的知识回忆考试。但传统考试真的过时了吗？随着又一个学期的尘埃落定，7位学者给出了他们截然不同的观点
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科学家不应再将怀疑视为一种公关的不利条件
迈克尔·布拉斯特兰德（Michael Blastland）和乔治·戴维·史密斯（George Davey Smith）认为，不确定性应作为严肃和诚实的标志