News in brief - 13 March 2014
Financial healthDark clouds on horizonSlowing growth in international student numbers could have “a material impact on the sector”, along with looming pension liabilities. Those are among the...
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Short and sweet
Open letter to Georgina Edsel, Deputy Head of Brand Management, Poppleton UniversityI feel I must write and say how grateful we are for your help in publicising our decision to simplify our name. I...
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Collegial distinctions
Re: “Durham’s colleges fear changes will downgrade them to halls of residence”, News, February). This has been a bone of contention for 40 years. It’s time the university differentiated itself...
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Fit to judge in the REF?
The feature “The REF: how was it for you?” ( February) reports: “Typically, heads of research say that their institutions did this [assessed the quality of research produced by staff] by using a...
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Bursaries’ individual impact
You report the finding from the Office for Fair Access that neither the size nor the availability of a bursary had a discernible effect on whether a student from a poor background would finish a...
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Satisfaction’s limits
Many questions are raised by the case of the former lecturer at Imperial College London who claims that poor student satisfaction ratings led to her being dismissed (“Taxing lectures led to sacking,...
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Securing education futures
Patrick Ainley (“Public interest defence”, Letters, 6 March) chooses to conflate the proposed merger between University College London and the Institute of Education, University of London with the...
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Gaps in support
Many disabled international students in UK universities encounter multiple disadvantages. The general prospectus may lack disability-specific information and cultural sensitivity, which can add to a...
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Those with dyslexia need continued aid
In questioning the suitability of the Disabled Students’ Allowance for supporting dyslexic students (“Time to rethink dyslexia?”, Opinion, 6 March), Julian Elliott should be reminded of the Equality...
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The week in higher education - 13 March 2014
Dozens of students from Indian-controlled Kashmir were suspended from university for cheering Pakistan’s victory over India in a cricket match, The Daily Telegraph reported on 5 March. The students...
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In the frame
This image of a zebrafish embryo was among the finalists of the Wellcome Trust’s annual image awards, which took place earlier this week
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V-cs urged to put data first in race to expand overseas
Analytical, not visionary, mindset may be best protection against a branch campus blunder
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A reading room of one’s own
New space at the LSE for The Women’s Library is the first chapter in exploiting a vast resource
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Cambridge postdocs should be given ‘stronger identity’
Early career researchers to be represented on university committees
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Campus close-up: Falmouth University
A specialist multi-arts university aims to help its students to become entrepreneurial