Overseas briefing
InternationalForeign branches grow rapidlyThe number of universities operating "branch campuses" overseas has increased by 43 per cent in just three years, according to a report by the Observatory on...
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The green university at the heart of a living lab
The Masdar Institute aims to take the lead in the fight against climate change. Hannah Fearn writes
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Daytime TV: All the lonely people
Gary Day is moved by a film about those who die alone, and finds Miss Marple surprisingly alluring
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Field rankings for Canada
Ranked by relative citation impact. Data provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators, 1999-2009
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'Mad moment' - Chemistry Don
"I got carried away. It could have happened to anyone. I had a moment of madness." Just a sample of the remarks screamed at onlookers by Dr D.W. Blodgett of our Department of Chemistry as he was...
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A tale of two systems
US attacks on the NHS also raise issues about the academy, says Kevin Fong
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Off Piste: Confucius says he who waits contemplates
Jon F. Baldwin finds the slow-moving Saturday night queue at his local Chinese takeaway sometimes provides the only opportunity for self-reflection in an otherwise frantic week
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Leader: Just who are you here for?
Education suffers because teaching gets no respect. That must change, and academics can start with themselves
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From where I sit: Losing the power of concentration
There's been a kerfuffle in Australia lately over literacy levels, as old statistics are trotted out yet again to make sensationalist headlines.This time it was the Australian Industry Group, which...
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Michael Rose, 1937-2009
Michael Rose, a leading industrial sociologist, has died.He was born in Bray, Berkshire on 24 November 1937 and grew up by the River Thames - where his family owned a well-known boat-building...
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'Quality' controls must be eliminated
I agree that there are huge problems with lack of autonomy in British universities ("Winning the war of independence", 3 September), but it is not just in the US where things are better - there is...
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A dangerous precedent
We, the undersigned, are psychologists alarmed by the treatment of our colleagues at the University of Surrey.As part of the university's plan to reduce its financial deficit, the department of...
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Two meanings of teaching 1
Jo Pickering's letter (3 September) criticising Joao Magueijo's article on the teacher training of university lecturers reveals certain assumptions underlying the whole project. In particular, she...
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Two meanings of teaching 2
Amid the ping-pong of debate ("Those who can, get a PhD; those who can't, simply teach anyway", August), has the issue of advancing knowledge by working at a high level of academic discipline in one'...