The letter by the editors of the Association of Business Schools' Academic Journal Quality Guide ("Journal rankings help define, not distort", 6 January) in response to the opinion piece by Dennis...
As a struggling "new researcher" who has been encouraged by an experienced academic like Dennis Tourish (Letters, 13 January), I support his sentiments about the tyranny of journal rankings.Here is a...
In Phil Baty's leading article "Missions trail leads to success" (13 January), the case for diversification and differentiation was made strongly with the warning: "Universities that fail to...
Your feature "Contravene or intervene?" (6 January) gives an insightful overview of the complex problems that universities face in dealing with extremism and the potential terrorist "radicalisation"...
Felipe Fernández-Armesto suggests that Venezuela's president, Hugo Chávez, is "wasting" the country's resources ("Lack of laughter is no joke", 6 January). Research by the Organisation for Economic...
The government is asking a generation of students to regard university study as a financial investment. Tuition fees of £9,000 a year are, apparently, an acceptable price to pay for a better - read...
Your article "Campus survey of religion is biased, secularists charge" (13 January) concluded with a response from the Equality Challenge Unit that implicitly accused me of discrimination: "......
Postgraduate taught degrees may require amendment for a wide range of reasons, but the key point of the article "Taught postgraduate degrees may soon be preserve of the rich" (13 January) should...
"Plateaued at the bottom of the canyon"? ("Speed daters try luck in the salon", 13 January). Still, at least Rosemary Feal is chief executive of the Modern Language Association and not the Geography...
The Anderson Archive at the University of Stirling is devoted to the maverick British film and theatre director Lindsay Anderson (1923-94).
Film institute's overhaul would damage research, media scholars warn. Matthew Reisz reports
Sir Tim Wilson, Hertfordshire's retiring leader, tells Sarah Cunnane about his vision for the academy
Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: Manning up
University of California, RiversideRaul RuizA medic who was among the first on the scene of last year's earthquake in Haiti has been appointed senior associate dean for community engagement and...
Top European Institutions in Neuroscience and BehaviourData provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators database, 1 January 2000-31 August 2010Euro rankWorld...