The Toxic University: Zombie Leadership, Academic Rock Stars, and Neoliberal Ideology, by John Smyth
Book of the week: A cancerous, consumer-driven capitalism has weakened higher education, says David Wheeler
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Clearing āset to be more competitive than everā
Dip in number of applications puts students in the driving seat, say sector experts
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The week in higher education: 10 August 2017
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the worldās media
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Laurie Taylor ā 10 August 2017
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton.Ā Finem respice!
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Turn the tide of negativity with some show and tell
Institutions are feeling under attack; they need to counter their critics by showing proudly and publicly the immense good work they do
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Students and others need to think over skills
Re the feature āFuzzy logicā (3 August) and the debate about whether critical thinking skills give graduates an edge in the jobs market. Lost in this is the question of when and why universities...
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Market pay piffle
In defending vice-chancellorsā high salaries (āAre vice-chancellors in the UK overpaid ā all things considered?ā, Opinions, 3 August), Len Shackleton brings out the tired old argument, also used in...
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Moral hazards
Lesley-Jane Eales-Reynolds (Letters, 3 August) makes a useful suggestion for some ācalibrationā across universities for what it actually means to meet Higher Education Academy standards. The...
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Estimates may vary
The article āUK university pension scheme deficit widens to Ā£12.6 billionā is misleading. The Universities Superannuation Scheme is not in deficit in the ordinary meaning of the word. It is very cash...
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Stalin the art lover
It was fascinating to see the article āIs āteaching intensityā a good measure of student learning?ā (News, 3 August) illustrated with a rare photograph of V. I. Lenin, cheroot in hand, pointing out...
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Australian 'sea bug attack' scientists: getting our facts right (and why it matters)
Joanne Taylor andĀ Genefor Walker-Smith on the importance of scholarly rigour ā even when the media want answers fast
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Sabotaged NSS results are an 'own-goal' for UK higher education
The success of the student boycott of the National Student Survey is not necessarily a success for students, writes Andrew McRaeĀ