Named and shamed: high US study costs exposed
New government website lists comparative data, but careful interpretation is needed, writes Jon Marcus
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Off Piste - A Connecticut Yankee in King Alan's court
Thom Brooks is living the American Dream, not in the US itself but among the Geordies. And unlike Mark Twain's Connecticut Yankee, coming to the UK feels like a journey to the future, not the past...
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The week in higher education
• Government ministers have long argued that student loans do not constitute debt in the usual sense because they are paid off only by graduates earning good salaries. But the message seems not to...
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From where I sit - Digging deep to survive terrorism
Terrorism is threatening not only individuals in Pakistan but also their cultural heritage, by making life impossible for those trying to develop its rich archaeological resources.Archaeologists'...
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Appointments
University of HullBernard BinksA professor of physical chemistry at the University of Hull has won a prestigious European prize for his work with nanoparticles. Bernard Binks, who was awarded the...
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Richard III and The Comedy of Errors
The soul’s yearning to find its psychological or physical other half unites two of Shakespeare’s early plays, says Peter J. Smith
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Nurture the late bloomers
Graduate-entry medicine should be spared the fees fallout, argues Kevin Fong
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The aesthetically pleasing game
Watching sport is an intellectual pursuit, contests football fan Stephen Mumford - but only if you don't mind which team wins
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Pucker up, piglets
Having made a pig of university funding, the government had to dress it up. But who will be seduced by a brazen shade of 'Student Experience' lipstick or the White Paper's other blandishments?...
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Market, not students, at heart of the system (1 of 3)
The government's White Paper will undermine higher education in England. It makes frequent mention of the excellence of the system it now threatens and proposes new forms of financing that are more...
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Market, not students, at heart of the system (2 of 3)
As a former vice-chancellor and now the chair of an NHS trust, I have been struck by the similarities between the government's reforms of higher education and health.Both sets of initial policies...
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Market, not students, at heart of the system (3 of 3)
The sorry tale criticised in "A big paper but no grand plan" (Leader, 30 June) is not only the story of higher education in the UK but also of industry. The UK's corporate culture looks at short-term...
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Labour's next big idea?
After the political mire of New Labour, Simon Szreter's piece offers a welcome escape route for the party ("Universal access", 22 June).Szreter's timely anchoring of his argument on the dismissal of...
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Harmonic resonance
The UK Research Integrity Office was established not only to address misconduct but also to promote good research practice ("Fighting for integrity", 30 June). So we are puzzled by Universities UK's...
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Institutional prejudice
I can relate to Liz Schafer's struggles over pay ("There's no good reason for this inequality", 30 June). As one of the UK's 10 black female professors and having been a professor for several years,...