Stranger than fiction: Harry Potter and the Order of the Entitled
Widening-participation pieties that ignore class are as much a fantasy as J. K. Rowling's magical-mirror Oxbridge, says Mary Evans
Widening-participation pieties that ignore class are as much a fantasy as J. K. Rowling's magical-mirror Oxbridge, says Mary Evans
Wellington was once a town where espresso was dangerously pretentious, but an innovative alliance of galleries, libraries, archives and museums has helped rebrand the New Zealand city
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A lively way of broadcasting information to technologically savvy students, podcasts can be created with a minimum of equipment and skills
When dealing with sensitive employment issues, it is vital that employers are able to speak freely with their legal advisers without fear that the contents of those communications may be disclosed....
Your enthusiasm could be key to engaging students in setting learning and career goals and identifying achievements they can build on.

"Nobody likes us - and we don't care." That was the fighting response from Professor Gordon Greenwich, the Deputy Head of our Theology Department, to the recent suggestion from "a union source" that...
The tyranny of 'the hypothesis' has made science too timid, says Tim Birkhead
Gary Day chews over our fascination with foul-mouthed chefs and scary diet pedants and wonders if their ubiquitous TV presence is a symbol of social harmony or disharmony
The economic slowdown calls for strong leadership and new ways of working across boundaries, says Ewart Wooldridge
The University of Edinburgh lowered the flags on its main buildings to mark the funeral of comparative law expert Joelle Godard, who died following a sudden illness, aged 51, on 15 June.Colleague...
While I applaud any attempt to put a new spin on an old debate ("Beyond classification", 24 July), I think Kevin Sharpe is wrong.The idea that "without traditional examinations ... students rightly...
So Kevin Sharpe fears that "letters lamenting the ever-increasing proportion of first-class degrees and upper seconds and declining standards have become an annual ritual ... ". My concern is that...
We were pleased to see such a complementary series of articles ("MPs have bone to pick with QAA over standards"; "Honesty is not the best policy"; "Beyond classification"; "No points for learning",...
Your survey of opinions on whether widening-participation resources might be better invested earlier in the education system ("Academics split over value of access funding", 24 July) did not include...