Laurie Taylor – 6 October 2016
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!

The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!

Universities in Pakistan and across the developing world should help spread the light of learning, say Abdur Rehman Cheema and Mehvish Riaz

We need a cultural shift in how we provide comments on student work, say Naomi Winstone and Robert Nash

A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash

How to unravel the Gordian knot of an EU exit? The strength of the UK higher education sector gives Anton Muscatelli hope
St George’s, University of London made an unprecedented decision this year to retain places on its undergraduate medicine course and to recruit applicants through the post-qualification adjustment...
When I was a first-year undergraduate, I recall a notice that went up: “If attendance at the optional lecture on Friday morning does not improve, it will be made compulsory” (“Academic double...
The claim that regional strategies, innovation and the Northern Powerhouse (the future of which is in doubt) need universities is right but the implication that this can only be driven by research-...
Students and postdocs, as well as administrative staff, will always be considered expendable when they conflict with a senior academic (“Life with an abusive lab boss: one postdoc’s story”, Opinion,...

As state universities struggle in the face of funding cuts, we must not forget their mission and influence on civilisation itself

Claire Grant on her tried and tested lecturing technique