Tutorial lessons
I would like to correct the inaccurate assertion in the letter "Theory first, teaching later" (9 December) that Teach First features minimal university involvement.The Teach First initial teacher...
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Wrong coordinates
David Barton is wrong to say that I "attempt to belittle" the five published case studies from the research excellence framework impact pilots in English language and literature ("Beyond the...
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DIY end to journal tyranny
In my brand of "hardish" science, peer review still works tolerably well, in the sense that a good referee can improve a paper. However, the only effect of the reviewing is merely to maintain a...
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News in Brief
ChinaIt's Party time, Xi tells academyThe man seen as favourite to become China's next president has urged the nation's higher education sector to build closer links with the Communist Party. In a...
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Canada set to step on the international accelerator
Provinces agree to work together to promote a 'national brand' abroad. Sarah Cunnane reports
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Out! Puerto Rico students defy judges and strike
A strike by university students in Puerto Rico has begun in the wake of the imposition of an $800 (£513) annual tuition fee and ill feeling about the presence of police on campus.Police took action...
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Campus round-up
Bucks New UniversityPersuasive case for collaborationA UK university has signed an agreement with a college in Saudi Arabia to help it set up the first advertising school in the Gulf. Academics from...
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Grant winners
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCHService Delivery and Organisation Programme• Award winner: Steven Goodacre• Institution: University of Sheffield• Value: £152,304Emergency planning in healthcare...
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Blogconfidential: Cold comfort in the Gulag
Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: Cold comfort in the Gulag
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Appointments
University of HuddersfieldBarbara ConwayA former community pharmacist, Barbara Conway, is to use her years of expertise to set up new courses for pharmacy students in Huddersfield.She joins the...
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It's hard to go on
If fees reform puts graduates off postgraduate study, where will academia find its new blood, asks Sir Adam Roberts
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Exit with dignity
Many turn to God in the face of death, but two critics of religion, 230 years apart, have the same calm courage, writes Robert Zaretsky
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The Humbug index: a selection of holiday-themed medical research papers
The medical literature contains many articles that relate to the Christmas season. Some report the curious and others the tragic. Among the latter are reports concerning increased depression and...
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The Week in Higher Education
Much has been said and written about the tuition-fee protests in London, but few commentators have taken the tack of former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher. Asked on 16 December for his take on the...
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State may be hoist by market petard
Hepi claims cuts to places revealed in grant letter could push up fees. Simon Baker reports