The Pick - Books & Babies
Books & BabiesCambridge University LibraryA scholar sits at a plush desk as a woman in a see-through wrap parades before him. This enticing image forms the frontispiece to a 19th-century edition...
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Dead don shock
We very much regret to report the death by stabbing of one of Poppleton's leading academics.According to unconfirmed reports, Doctor T.W. Petherbridge, of our Department of Medieval History, met his...
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Leader: Give them incentives to improve
Teaching is vital, and practitioners should be accomplished in it. But converts to teacher training will not be won by compulsion
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Research intelligence - Transatlantic affair of the heart takes off in big way
Paul Jump meets the pair whose desire to work together grew into the novel Yale UCL Collaborative
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No, we can't: US' 2020 vision for graduate rates is failing
Cuts and political opposition conspire to thwart Obama's college plan. Jon Marcus reports
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The week in higher education
• Despite his donnish air, David Willetts continues to take a kicking from academics, with the University of Leeds becoming the second institution to register a vote of no confidence in him. The...
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From where I sit - Collective judgement
In New Zealand, a unique process where all universities must collectively approve all new degree programmes shows that collegiality can thrive, even in a competitive education environment.New Zealand...
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Appointments
University of LeicesterPeter LuntLocal boy Peter Lunt has returned to his home town to take up a post as professor of media and communication at the University of Leicester. He said he was delighted...
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Oxford steadfast on Murdoch links
University attests to 'full scrutiny' of endowment from News International. John Morgan reports
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Knowledge is not enough...
...lecturers must be able to impart what they know. Craig Mahoney, head of the HEA, believes training can make any academic a more effective and inspired teacher
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Exhumed tombs and legendary tales of doom
Treasury wonks may disagree, but Roger Luckhurst argues that his AHRC-backed study of superstition is not a waste of public money. The fears of the past inform the politics of the present, the mummy'...
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The secret to saving our universities
Steven Schwartz is correct that universities should aspire to cultivating wisdom rather than restricting themselves to the generation and dissemination of knowledge ("Not by skills alone", 16 June)....
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How we work today
I was very amused by Ron McGowan's letter about academics' lack of experience of the modern workplace ("Wisdom à la mode: launch the go-getters", 23 June).His account of modern graduates "trying to...
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Elite's self-preservation
It has long been accepted that one element of institutional autonomy is the appointment of staff. But the argument for complete freedom to terminate contracts unilaterally is not so strong, and the...
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Doesn't make the grade
The White Paper shows the government to lack conviction in its own policy. Limiting the supply of places by maintaining the cap on student numbers allows tuition fees to rise, frightening the...