Unfinished business
The desirability of the relationship between undergraduate education and the national economy has been acknowledged in the UK since at least the 1963 Robbins report. It is often forgotten that the...
The desirability of the relationship between undergraduate education and the national economy has been acknowledged in the UK since at least the 1963 Robbins report. It is often forgotten that the...
"Just a few rotten apples?" (2 September) accurately and fully addresses the three major issues frequently associated with US for-profit institutions of "higher learning": academic integrity; student...
At the risk of sending Times Higher Education's readership to sleep in the calm before the new academic year's storm, I would like to urge that fundamental changes to the way that universities are...
I am always pleased to see evidence of Mass Observation's (MO) enduring appeal, not only as a historical resource, but also as an inspiration for new research ("Researchers aim to capture a day in...
There is clear concern in the views expressed by Lord Baker ("The Queen's shilling is no sovereign remedy for a world-class sector", 9 September). Universities need both state support and autonomy:...
It is hard to understand what Paul Benneworth thinks a functioning higher education market should look like ("Higher fees could be the undoing of England's universities", 2 September). He clearly...
My highly esteemed, Stakhanovite but far too modest colleague Adrian Furnham fails to point out that his production in 2009 of 30 papers and three books represents one of his lean years ("For love or...

A campaigning academic expert on organised crime in Italy has died.Tom Behan was born into an Irish working-class family in London on 22 June 1957. He attended school in Middlesex but spent almost a...

Rumours that Poppleton might follow in the steps of BPP and become a "for-profit" university have been vigorously dispelled by our vice-chancellor.In a strongly worded statement unanimously described...
If Jane Austen can flout the rules of grammar so can I, writes Sally Feldman
The idea of what a university should be is changing in India. This clearly emerges in the concept note for the 2010 Universities for Innovation Bill. This seeks to facilitate the creation of a...
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
Christoph Bode's love of the Beach Boys has only been deepened by Brian Wilson's late-career deconstruction of his own California dreaming
New collaborative links between Britain and the subcontinent will bring technological gains to both, writes Cat Davies
Our new rankings show the UK sector remains a global power, but it needs resources to give it and the nation a strong future