Wednesday, January 9, 2008

My new email address

My email has finally been changed to reflect my married status - it's now sophievdw@uj.ac.za for Sophie van der Walt.

All emails sent to sophievn@uj.ac.za will be routed to the new address.

New book titles from Springer

Internal Audit Handbook
Management with the SAP®-Audit Roadmap
Kagermann, H.; Kinney, W.; Küting, K.; Weber, C.-P. (Eds.) 2008, XXVIII, 608 p. 111 illus. in color., Hardcover
ISBN: 978-3-540-70886-5



Requirements Management
The Interface Between Requirements Development and All Other Systems Engineering Processes

Hood, C., Wiedemann, S., Fichtinger, S., Pautz, U.
2008, XII, 275 p., Hardcover
ISBN: 978-3-540-47689-4

How to order: Please fill in the white Book Order forms (available from me or Level 4 of the APK library); fill in the details: title, author, edition, publisher, ISBN, cost and for which campus library the book is to be ordered; ensure that the form is signed and then send it to Level 4 of the APK library for attention Denise Grobbelaar or Charlotte Pienaar.

New in THES this week

SA lecturer's 'freedom to criticise' verdict welcomed by UK
Melanie Newman
Academic freedom includes the right to criticise university managers, a High Court judge has ruled. Although the case was heard in the South African courts, the ruling has been welcomed by UK campaigners, who argue that academics' right to question received wisdom must not be restricted to cover only their area of research expertise.
http://www.thes.co.uk/current_edition/story.aspx?story_id=2039630

Feedback must be top priority
Tariq Tahir
While student satisfaction overall is high, survey shows improvements are needed. It is students' single biggest gripe, and universities are rapidly waking up to the fact that, if they want to enhance that all-important "student experience", their lecturers must provide better feedback.
The Higher Education Academy's assessment team has confirmed that it gets more requests for help to improve the system of feedback in universities than on any other issue.
http://www.thes.co.uk/current_edition/story.aspx?story_id=2039638

Next Week in THES:
In the new relaunched Times Higher Education: Are schools failing universities? Plus: A new research section including the latest grant winners and top citations

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