Evidence? What evidence?
According to Phil Baty (Leader, 17 September), now is the time for the higher education sector to unite to make its case for enhanced public investment. He says: "It is obvious that we have a strong...
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High cost of 'diplomacy'
After the furore surrounding MPs' expenses, it was with amazement that I read the news item about the use of university funds by Simon Lee, former vice-chancellor of Leeds Metropolitan University,...
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Quote, unquote
In an item on the celebratory 25th birthday issue of Wasafiri ("Worthy traveller: publication that reshaped the landscape turns silver", 17 September), an article of mine in the birthday issue was...
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Not dead, just unborn
When one compares today's bloated, interventionist US Government with its minimalist counterpart of 1900, it is difficult to take seriously Gerald Houseman's contention that "privatising and non-...
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Mental workout
Some of the sympathetic reactions to a university's micromanagement strategy ("You want jobsworths? Then pay us what the job's worth", 10 September) betray a fundamental misunderstanding of the...
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Should have known better
While I was delighted to see my academic speciality, the Beatles, featured in Gary Day's column (17 September), I was less impressed with the factual errors the column contained.It was George...
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No surprises
I suppose that the omission of science and engineering topics from your latest Textbook Guide (17 September) is unsurprising, given their consistent absence from your weekly Books section.Greg...
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Sinned against and sinning
It would be charitable to assume that the essay on Lust ("Seven Deadly Sins", 17 September) was a spoof, designed to remind us of the nastiness of a certain kind of man-to-man talk. But perhaps...
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Get it out in the open
From downloads of lectures to entire courses for free, Rebecca Attwood reports on how universities are fitting open educational resources into their missions and marketing
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Digging deeper
Tourists can now visit even the most far-flung destinations, but Judith Weingarten believes that one must settle in for a long stay to get a real sense of foreign lands
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More than mayhem
Alex Prichard considers the rebirth of anarchism as a scholarly subject, its future in an impact-oriented academy and its lessons for democracy
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The Speed Handbook: Velocity, Pleasure, Modernism, by Enda Duffy
Ironically, just as the American automobile industry falters, there have appeared several excellent books on its cultural, social and political dimensions, including Brian Ladd’s Autophobia: Love and...
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24 September 2009
Worldwide window - Does giving away courses and content pay off for universities?
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Terence Kealey: a response to criticism
In our issue of 17 September Terence Kealey was commissioned to write on ‘Lust’ for our feature on the seven deadly sins of academia. Following media attention today, we are happy to publish this...
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Tara Brabazon: NZ has more to offer than cheap lamb roasts
The closure of the Centre for New Zealand Studies has important repercussions for the future study of post-colonialism