Odds and quads
This 19th-century stuffed cyclopic piglet and plaster cast of a rattlesnake - brought to Scotland by Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in 1904 - are among the strange and sometimes shocking natural...
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Do the maths: Cetls' contributions add up (1 of 3)
We wish to take issue with Paul Ramsden's argument concerning the Centres for Excellence in Teaching and Learning ("A poor policy poorly managed leaves little to show for £315 million", 15 March). We...
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Do the maths: Cetls' contributions add up (2 of 3)
While a full account of the legacy of the Cetls is not possible in a brief letter, one important example is the large number of higher education staff who, through engagement with the centres, have...
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Do the maths: Cetls' contributions add up (3 of 3)
While the £315 million funding for the Cetl project was the largest of any recent initiative that failed to improve university teaching standards, it is by no means unique.Greybeards and silver...
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Results of corruption
Your report on a global study of academic salaries ("You won't get rich (but you might get a free turkey)", 22 March) notes that academic moonlighting is rife in low-paid countries. The reality is...
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Tolerate this, what's next?
Ruth Deech has done a great service by highlighting the failures of some universities to respect the laws that protect students on campus from intimidation, harassment and defamation ("Hate has no...
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Evolutionary battleground (1 of 2)
Steve Fuller objects to being called an anti-evolutionist and then goes on to name Pierre Teilhard de Chardin as one of the heroes of his book, Humanity 2.0 ("The Darwin delusion", Letters, 8 March)....
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Evolutionary battleground (2 of 2)
Steven Rose claims that Mark Pagel's Wired for Culture is full of contradictions and misunderstandings, but this is actually more characteristic of Rose's review than Pagel's book (" 'Brain candy' is...
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Flagged up
Regarding "Journalistic prejudice" (22 March). The article, about Australian media issues, is written by a Melbourne-based author...but the flag above it is New Zealand's. Granted, they are similar,...
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University participation rate stalls
The growth in the proportion of young people participating in higher education has stalled after years of steady increases, according to new figures.
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Campus Review: Hecs black hole reaches A$500m
By Susan Woodward, for Campus Review
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London lecturers strike over pensions
Lecturers from post-1992 universities in London are joining school teachers in a walk-out to protest against changes to their pensions.
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Ucas ditches PQA plan
Plans for students to apply to university after getting their grades have been abandoned in the face of opposition from schools and universities.
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University donations up but Budget raises worries over future
Universities have once again seen a rise in philanthropic donations, but there are warnings that a cap on tax relief announced in last week’s Budget could stop this progress “dead in its tracks”.
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Student visa system criticised by NAO
The National Audit Office has called for tougher action against overseas students who are breaking visa rules, prompting Universities UK to warn that “legitimate concerns about immigration” should...