Render unto the public?
The undue haste with which the government is imposing its open access publication regime on the UK’s research community is the clearest example in years of policy-based evidence rather than evidence-...
The undue haste with which the government is imposing its open access publication regime on the UK’s research community is the clearest example in years of policy-based evidence rather than evidence-...
With respect to Matthew Feldman’s review of British Writers and MI5 Surveillance, 1930-1960 by James Smith (4 April), it is useful to have confirmation that Stephen Spender’s salary while editing...
Paul White’s suggestion that we ban country-specific student societies to ensure that foreign students integrate (“Ban country clubs so foreign students mixâ€, 4 April) is a radical idea but futile....
The suggestion that prospectuses should be light on text and long on attractive images (“Message received: just keep it simpleâ€, 4 April) reminded me of a poster that was designed for a college where...
Openness must be a two-way streetThe feature about openness in universities (“Show and tellâ€, 4 April) implicitly makes a point about asymmetry. If institutions are not open, how can they make claims...

While cinemagoers enjoy the Tina Fey romcom Admission - set at Princeton University - a real-life admissions furore has been unfolding in the US press. Writing in the Wall Street Journal on 5 April,...

If the UK wishes its sector as a whole to be as well regarded as its elite stars, the right balance must be found in funding

Former prime minister’s higher education policies still elicit respect and rancour. Jack Grove reports

Cross-party group will review for-profit higher education operators

Future European funding may depend on identifying how research affects women as well as men

Affluent students who miss out on elite places ‘hyper-mobilise’ to retain status

The theory and practice of tampingArguments about whether universities should place “employability at the heart of the student experience†have escalated after the announcement of a new Poppleton...

Demise of matched funding leaves majority of institutions worse off. David Matthews reports

Former prime minister’s higher education policies still elicit respect and rancour. Jack Grove reports