Academy lacks credibility with HE chiefs, review shows

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National teaching-skills body has yet to prove its worth, say some v-cs. Rebecca Attwood reports.

The flagship national body set up to enhance university teaching "lacks credibility" with many university heads, according to a review of its impact.

Although the majority of academics see the three-year-old Higher Education Academy as a necessary agency with an important role to perform, some vice-chancellors feel it has "yet to demonstrate the case" for its continued existence.

Read the full article at http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=400514&c=1.

The report in full (119 pages) is available at http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/rdreports/2008/rd02_08/

 

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