Grant winners - 28 March 2013
The Wellcome TrustInvestigators in Medical HumanitiesThese awards range from about £500,000 to just over £1 million for up to five yearsAward winner: Steven SturdyInstitution: University of...
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THE Scholarly Web - 28 March 2013
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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Appointments - 28 March 2013
University of LeedsPaul Stewart“I had a tear in my eye,†said the new dean of the School of Medicine at the University of Leeds of the moment he learned of his appointment, which will take him back...
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Public good, public service
The public-private balance of funding sources needs to be adjusted to protect the public interest, says Roger Brown
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Political lottery
Alan Ryan considers a new method of governance
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Harriet Dunbar-Morris, Terry Hale, Tim Hall, Karen McAulay and Sharon Wheeler...
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Everything for Sale? The Marketisation of UK Higher Education by Roger Brown, with Helen Carasso
Joanna Williams commends a rigorous analysis of the impact of funding changes on the sector
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American Lynching by Ashraf H. A. Rushdy
Céleste Marie-Bernier admires an original approach to a shameful period in US history
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Earthmasters: The Dawn of the Age of Climate Engineering by Clive Hamilton
Steve Yearley assesses a timely critique of controversial plans to manage climate change
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Speaking of Race and Class: The Student Experience at an Elite College by Elizabeth Aries, with Richard Berman
Ann Mullen is intrigued by the findings, but would have enjoyed more analysis
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Image Warfare in the War on Terror by Nathan Roger
Neville Bolt on how states and militaries fail to grasp the changing role of media in our lives
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Working-time culture: no need for taught CVs
I sympathise with Steve Sarson (“Students are sent to the rat race maze: syllabus is historyâ€, Opinion, 21 March). Like him, I teach history undergraduates and I agree that it is improper for...
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Open the floodgates
“Fools’ gold? (14 February) is an excellent and perceptive summary of the extant open-access proposals. Let me declare now that I am an editor of an Elsevier journal that currently runs on the...
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Knee-squeeze reaction
Why did Felipe Fernández-Armesto feel the need to begin his article on sex scandals in higher education by describing a former student as “Statuesque. Stunning. Spectacular,†before suggesting “more...
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Access dividends
In regards to “QAA highlights problems with UK accounting degree†(News, 21 March): I felt it was important to address three points.First, students are deemed as registered on the BSc programme on...