Research intelligence - The message is clearer now
Contrary to what many researchers think, the reporting of science in the UK is better than ever, Paul Jump hears
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The week in higher education
• Higher education is about to enter a strange new world of higher tuition fees and competitive markets, but one comforting certainty remains: Universities UK presidents get knighthoods. Steve Smith...
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From where I sit - Everything's for sale
A scandal is being reported in the German media about Deutsche Bank providing a large sum of money to finance professors in Berlin for "research purposes" - but with the bank having a say in what is...
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Appointments
Bucks New UniversityJill RobinsonJill Robinson has joined Bucks New University and West London Mental Health NHS Trust in a joint appointment as professor of mental health nursing, wellbeing and...
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Disproportionate claims
Malcolm Gillies on how percentages can both reveal and obscure truths
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Not by skills alone
In their haste to prepare students for a career, universities have lost sight of the true meaning of education, argues Steven Schwartz
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Offence is the best defence
As the UK looks to private companies to stimulate competition, the US for-profit universities are taking on their critics. Jon Marcus reports
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Access is one thing, uptake is another (1 of 2)
In order to justify increasing student tuition fees to £9,000 a year, universities must provide packages of financial support that are approved by the Office for Fair Access as demonstration of their...
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Access is one thing, uptake is another (2 of 2)
The current panic over the cost to the government of universities deciding to charge £9,000 a year reveals a surprising degree of confidence that the number of young people going to university will...
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Sinned against, not sinning
We believe the recent criticisms of Satoshi Kanazawa's work cannot be justified ("Damage limitation: evolutionary psychologists turn on controversial peer", 2 June). Contrary to the assertion that...
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Raising awareness
Seasoned tutors and lecturers develop ways of dealing with the common student problems of lack of motivation and poor attendance; however, current training courses do little to fully equip tutors...
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Mangled message
In my speech to the University and College Union's congress, I proposed that the UCU spend more on supporting members and branches and less on internal committees and bureaucracy. I am at a loss to...
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Subtleties do not compute
The idea of robots taking over care functions for the infirm ("Are friends electric?", 9 June) reminds me of the story about the owner of an intelligent robot who planned to entertain some friends on...
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Look it up in anger
I am writing regarding the entry about George Orwell in the online edition of Oxford University Press' A Dictionary of Writers and Their Works. The entry credits Orwell with the authorship of 13...
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Low fees, fewer options (1 of 3)
In a recent news article, Malcolm Gillies, vice-chancellor of London Metropolitan University, talks about affordability with regard to fees ("Private challenge a major influence on London Met fees",...