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Chris Parr

Chris Parr is a freelance journalist. He was?��VR��Ƶ's digital and communities editor from 2012 to January 2018. Before that he was?chief reporter on SecEd newspaper, and then deputy editor of Independent Nurse magazine. He won the 2014 Education Journalism Award for?Outstanding Online Education Commentary.

Articles by Chris Parr

Bank announces ?550 million for university projects

The Santander banking group is to invest �700 million (?550 million) in university projects over the next four years, a conference has heard.

30 July

Universities ahead for technology in education, finds OECD

Primary and secondary education can learn from higher education when it comes to adopting innovative technologies, it has been claimed.

26 July

BME students ��need more support�� in computer science

Too many black and minority ethnic computer science graduates are failing to get jobs after they graduate, a report has claimed

25 July

BBC helps produce First World War Moocs

Four UK universities are teaming up with the BBC to produce massive open online courses about the First World War

24 July

Alan Rugman, 1945-2014

One of the 10 most-cited scholars in the field of international business, and an adviser to the Canadian government on trade, has died

24 July

#WillettsLegacy: departing minister��s merits mulled

Champion of science and open access, best of a bad Tory lot or crusher of the university��s soul? The Twitter flock speaks

24 July

The universities that educate the world��s most powerful women

Analysis by ��VR��Ƶ reveals the institutions that produce the most successful women on the planet

18 July

Mooc makeover saves refugee course

A shift in method of delivery rescued an interpretation programme for Dadaab camp inhabitants from closure

17 July

#ToughToTeach: readers reveal their pedagogical no-go zones

From Aristotle��s Nichomachean Ethics to promissory estoppel, conveying knowledge can be hard going at times

17 July

Medics happiest with colleagues

Academics working in medicine, veterinary medicine and dentistry are more likely to enjoy working with their colleagues than those working in the arts and humanities

17 July

Young universities�� secrets of success

Five youthful institutions that have jettisoned tired thinking are blazing their own paths ahead

17 July

Martin Bean to leave OU and join RMIT

Martin Bean is to stand down as vice-chancellor of The Open University at the end of the year.

10 July

US universities ��failing to investigate sexual assaults��

Survey of institutions by senate subcommittee shows many are failing to meet legal obligations

10 July

We��re not laughing: a meme too far?

Social media slip-up causes controversy for US Department of Education

10 July

University of Buckingham��s ?35,000-a-year fees not a deterrence

UK applicants predominate for first private medical degrees

10 July

Stronger Asian systems could reduce student numbers in UK

Observatory on Borderless ��VR��Ƶ report author urges UK universities to factor in growth of transnational education

10 July

Reputations at risk as platforms fail to screen Moocs

Poor-quality courses on platforms such as Coursera, edX and Udacity could cause reputational damage to universities, says Oxford expert

10 July

UCU presses Warwick to sever ties with SGH Martineau after blog post

Senior associate David Browne likened the handling of Su��rez to that of ��insubordinate�� scholars

10 July

Lawyer compares Suarez bite to academic 'outspoken opinion'

Blog posting revised after Twitter storm

7 July

10 questions universities don��t want to be asked at open days

Union asks students to probe institutions�� employment practices when visiting campuses

7 July

Terence Kealey steps down as Buckingham v-c

Terence Kealey has retired from his position as vice-chancellor of the University of Buckingham, the privately funded institution has announced.

4 July

Lost in translation: confusion caused by differences between US and UK English in interpreting feedback

Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere

3 July

Crick Institute remark betrays Southern bias, fears v-c

Leeds v-c and former Hefce head Sir Alan Langlands ��worried�� by George Osborne��s comments on science in the North

3 July

Blackwell��s skunkworks fights digital interlopers

The bookseller is taking on upstart competitors at their own game, says its digital director

3 July

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