Thinking of a Master Plan
Alan Ryan on how California’s famed system might work in the UK

Alan Ryan on how California’s famed system might work in the UK

The egalitarian bent of Dutch society has been reflected in its higher education sector - until now. Jack Grove discovers that government and global forces are spurring some institutions to try to...

You're in for a big surprise. From Gothic castles and follies to an airport (and something not too fragrant), university sites across the land are home to some extraordinary places, discovers Matthew...
Having, pre-retirement, been an academic in what is now called "digital humanities", I much appreciated Matthew Reisz's sapient article on the current state of play ("Surfdom", 8 December). Beyond...
Matthew Reisz's apparent irritation with the "democratic" aspirations of the Online Chopin Variorum Edition might have been lessened had he troubled to understand whom the OCVE serves and how it does...
The i-Map study ("i-Map finds too many weeds in the portfolio garden", 8 December) found an order of waste in UK universities' new course development, but subjecting new course ideas to conventional...
Felipe Fernández-Armesto ("Bless us with a silent night", 8 December) has been listening to the wrong tunes.While Shepherds Watched, a paraphrase of Luke 2: 8-14, may be a little dull when sung to...
Jorge Cham, in his cartoon Piled Higher and Deeper (24 November), displays to his credit an inkling of the Lord's Prayer, but his adaptation of it is offensive to anyone who takes Christianity...
In discussing US universities' sports programmes and, specifically, the alleged child sexual abuse scandal and cover-up at Pennsylvania State University, the article "Say it ain't so, Joe: US sector'...
Wes Streeting's opinion article "Offa's strikes against bursaries not work of fair-access champion" (8 December) wrongly accuses the Office for Fair Access of "directing" universities to divert money...
Geoffrey Channon is quite right to warn us of the careless use of "neoliberal business-speak" such as delivery of courses (Letters, 8 December). However, he is wrong to include in that pernicious...

Guy Ritchie's new film is a visceral, action-packed extravaganza. Davina Quinlivan enjoys the ride

Sarah Lund is in danger of being upstaged by her sweaters in the hit series The Killing, says Gary Day

Tom Troscianko was a fun, intellectually interesting academic who could "turn a trip into an adventure".Born in 1953, Professor Troscianko joined the British Steel Corporation in 1970 as a lab...

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