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The ethics of big data

Sir John Savill exposes the moral bankruptcy of those UK research funders who object to proposed European legislation on personal data (“Data privacy change could be a bitter pill”, News, 13 February...

Online exertions

I enjoyed Dale Salwak’s thoughtful and thought-provoking article about his experience of teaching an online course (“From chalkface to interface”, Feature, 13 February). It’s worth noting, however,...

Grant us clarity

The delayed annual grant letter was received by the Higher Education Funding Council for England on 10 February. Annex 3 (Conditions of Grant on Regulated Fees) seems to raise an important and...

Academia’s underclass

The article on the plight of graduate teaching assistants (“Ignored and forgotten”, Opinion, 13 February) was painfully true. I was a GTA for three years. I basically had a year when I did almost no...

Piled Higher and Deeper, by Jorge Cham - 20 February 2014

Broad church of the mind

Could working in a ‘team of rivals’ encourage academic creativity - and turn out better equipped graduates, too?

Gove tight-lipped on A-level revamp cost

But estimate puts cost of Russell Group-led redesign at £10 million a year

UUK review to focus on personnel

Workforce efficiencies study is about best practice, not cuts, body says

Women in STEM still waiting for structural change

Dame Athene Donald brands MPs’ report on women in science ‘weak’

Hefce’s Kaplan appointment risks ‘barbarians at the gate’

David Willetts accused of favouring for-profit sector with board appointment

Self-publishing MA aims to bring authors’ ideas to book

Uclan offers ‘world’s first’ degree focused on core skills needed to enter growing DIY market

Campus close-up: Bishop Grosseteste University

Institution celebrates Anglican roots as it seeks to recruit students from beyond the local area

US cuts funding to George J. Mitchell Scholarship

President of US-Ireland Alliance says step is sign of America’s ‘indifference to Europe’

Canada overhauls icy image to woo world’s students

A new marketing drive aims to boost country’s share of students from BRICS countries

Let there be light inside the confessional

Catholic author and journalist John Cornwell discusses The Dark Box: A Secret History of Confession and the ‘imaginative exercise’ of religion