Gender is off the agenda
While science, technology, engineering and mathematics subjects have been ring-fenced and are being protected by the coalition government, it is clear that gender equality in STEM subjects does not...
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Rankings blind spots
Charles Harvey and his colleagues' defence of journal rankings does not withstand scrutiny (Letters, 6 January). They assert that some forms of ranking have been around for 40 years. But the...
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Not-so-happy days ahead
The government is apparently keen to include psychology in developing and administering policy. It will be interesting to see how the government fares on its political interpretation of "happiness"....
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Nurture reason and respect
The feature "Contravene or intervene" (6 January) is a thoughtful, nuanced and vital contribution to efforts to sustain university communities that vigorously support free speech and simultaneously...
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Programmed to think
Logic, grammar, rhetoric, mathematics, music, geometry and astronomy ("It's the breadth that matters", 23 December)? The strength of these subjects is surely that they do not tell us how the world...
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Proof of life
At last a real stance on a real issue of academic freedom ("Scholars chip in with a defence of freedom", 6 January). Perhaps there is life remaining in higher education as demonstrated now by...
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Oxford demands star quality from candidates
The University of Oxford has announced that it will start asking for A* grades at A level.
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Tara Brabazon: The science of seeing
Visual media educators have a great choice of technological wizardry they can employ to enhance their teaching, writes Tara Brabazon
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Cut ‘burdensome’ red tape stifling medical research, report urges
Health research in the UK is being “stifled” by excessive regulation, a report by the Academy of Medical Sciences has concluded.
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Millbank protester imprisoned for violent disorder
The protester who threw a fire extinguisher from the roof of Conservative Party headquarters during a tuition-fee demonstration has been jailed for 32 months.
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Inside Higher Ed: An open, digital professoriat
By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed
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Ex-minister joins Plymouth’s ranks
A former minister for higher education during Labour’s days in power has been appointed deputy vice-chancellor at the University of Plymouth.
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Acclaimed Cuban film school trains its focus on ‘cinema and life’
Inside the main building of the International School of Film and Television (EICTV) in Cuba, the atmosphere is a mixture of warm conviviality and frenetic hard work. Each year, around 500 applicants...
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‘Inexplicable delays’ in disclosure of teacher-training funding
The group representing university teacher-training centres has written to Michael Gove, the education secretary, to complain about “inexplicable delays” in the announcement of funding allocations for...
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The 126th MLA annual convention: something for everyone
In the middle of the week, downtown Los Angeles was very much its usual self – with teenagers lining up to catch glimpses of the celebrities emerging from this year’s People’s Choice awards.