Topic description and stories

The marginal ice zone – the region between solid ice and open water

Tracking the breakup of Arctic summer sea ice

18 Jul 2014

As sea ice begins to melt back toward its late September minimum, it is being watched as never before. Scientists have put sensors on and under ice...

Read more

SOCCs appeal: online learning versus the classroom

13 Aug 2013

MOOCs – or massive open online courses – have been touted a cure for the education sector’s ills by some, but merely the latest symptom of it by...

Read more
Madingley Hall

New funding for part-time study could boost student numbers

10 Aug 2012

New government funding for part-time study may lead to a surge of older students returning to the classroom, according to the Director of the...

Read more