Ignore the cacophony, but speak up
The attacks may be ill-informed, but universities must keep demonstrating the value that they provide for students, graduates and society, says Anton Muscatelli
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Engagement may be a matter of survival
Community engagement is not just a good strategy. It’s an urgent responsibility, says Andrew Petter
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A kind word is too rarely heard
No one should underestimate the importance of encouragement in pedagogy, says Tom Pow
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A secret best kept: does pay disclosure come at a price?
Salary transparency can promote equality but also tends to foment jealousy and strife among academic staff, as Adrian Furnham has seen at first hand
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What are you reading? – 21 September 2017
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Books interview: Daniel Everett
The anthropologist on the wonders of language and how missionary stories inspired his work in the Amazonian jungle
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Slums: The History of a Global Injustice, by Alan Mayne
Book of the week: Is poor housing here to stay? Hopefully not, but one word associated with it has a grip on our culture, says Danny Dorling
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The week in higher education – 21 September 2017
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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More or less in balance
Countries worldwide are grappling with the challenge of expanding higher education with limited resources while maintaining qualityÂ
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Laurie Taylor – 21 September 2017
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!
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Face it – there’s no going back on tuition fees
In his article “Is abolishing tuition fees regressive? It depends how it’s done” (Opinion, 17 August), Lord Adonis says: “My political sense is that if the universities and/or the government move...
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Mythical market
Once again, it is suggested that the “global marketplace that now exists for university leaders” accounts for large rises in the pay of UK vice-chancellors “Are rising fees bankrolling growth in v-cs...