Staines has fallen
Regarding "Rationalise to survive" (Letters, 17 March). The philistines aren't at the gates - they've reached Staines.Sue Powell, University of Salford
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Listen to your sentences
To communicate our ideas eloquently is a skill that takes practice. Dale Salwak offers advice on how to help our students write well
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Underlying disorders: The financial health of UK higher education institutions
Universities' accounts seem fairly healthy, but it's no indication of future well-being. Using an exclusive analysis of the sector's financial statements for 2009-10 by Grant Thornton, Simon Baker...
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Film review: Armadillo
Philip Dodd on the visceral and transformational reality of war in a Danish documentary
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TV review: Women in Love
A new adaptation of Women in Love may not adhere to the book, but shows profound understanding
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Campus round-up
University of YorkPhysical hub for digital ambitionsA multimillion-pound campus extension's first building has officially opened. A £21 million home for the University of York's department of...
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Odds and quads
This male finback whale was first spotted at sea in 1865 by a coastguard, who mistook it for the upturned keel of a wrecked ship.
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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7 April 2011
Ready for the future? - Our survey of university finances
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Delete 'Big Society': email protest presses AHRC to drop Tory mantra
Council claims it has no deal with government as thousands join campaign. Paul Jump reports
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Cable tells sector: you’re being ‘irrational’ over fees
Universities are being “economically irrational†by planning to charge tuition fees close to £9,000 and face permanently losing places if they fail to fill courses at that price, the business...
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Hundreds sign petition to save philosophy at Greenwich
More than 1,000 people have signed a petition calling for philosophy to be saved at the University of Greenwich.
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Greenwich appoints new vice-chancellor
The University of Greenwich has appointed a new vice-chancellor.
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All-round excellence
When it comes to global league tables, the Times Higher Education World University Rankings offer the most comprehensive approach. Phil Baty reports
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Tara Brabazon: In tune, but out of time
Teaching popular culture is a gift and challenge. When done well, students’ experiences are defamiliarised, disassembled and disrupted, and then reconstituted with freshness and inspiration. Popular...