Teaching quality: does it come in bulk?
Paul Ashwin takes aim at ‘common sense’ arguments about the link between contact hours and pedagogic excellence

Paul Ashwin takes aim at ‘common sense’ arguments about the link between contact hours and pedagogic excellence

What links the anxious, fearful undergraduate and the anxious, fearful academic? Pervasive precarity, argues Matthew Vernon
I am puzzled by the suggestion that the fact that academics are out of step with populist opinion indicates that universities need to “de-polarise” by moving in a more “moderate” direction (“The...
As last week’s issue noted, many UK universities have, or are considering, international partnerships or campuses (“Overseas campuses can be both meaningful and viable”, Leader, 3 November). Managing...
On Saturday 29 October, Glyn Davies, Conservative MP for Montgomeryshire, tweeted: “Personally, never thought of academics as ‘experts’. No experience of the real world.” Under the hashtag #...
I think it is unfair to assume that all Brexiters have an inward-looking approach to the UK’s position in the global community (“The UK is losing the economic and political arguments over...

A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash

As push-pull factors exert their force on scholars in the UK, the Article 50 ruling buys universities more time to argue their case against a shifting EU backdrop

Gates foundation director tells Chicago conference that election has highlighted gulf between ‘haves and have-nots’ in terms of US college education

What is the point of generating knowledge if universities cannot articulate it? asks Janice Kay

Donald Trump is to become the next US president, but what does his election mean for academia?