What are you reading? – 21 September 2017
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Books interview: Daniel Everett
The anthropologist on the wonders of language and how missionary stories inspired his work in the Amazonian jungle
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Slums: The History of a Global Injustice, by Alan Mayne
Book of the week: Is poor housing here to stay? Hopefully not, but one word associated with it has a grip on our culture, says Danny Dorling
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The week in higher education – 21 September 2017
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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More or less in balance
Countries worldwide are grappling with the challenge of expanding higher education with limited resources while maintaining quality
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Laurie Taylor – 21 September 2017
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!
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Face it – there’s no going back on tuition fees
In his article “Is abolishing tuition fees regressive? It depends how it’s done” (Opinion, 17 August), Lord Adonis says: “My political sense is that if the universities and/or the government move...
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Mythical market
Once again, it is suggested that the “global marketplace that now exists for university leaders” accounts for large rises in the pay of UK vice-chancellors “Are rising fees bankrolling growth in v-cs...
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Salary calculator
“What is the right level of pay for those who lead UK universities?” asks Andrew Oswald (“Because they’re worth it?”, Features, 14 September). There is an easy answer: let the market decide....
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Cocky writings
Reading Laura Frost’s review of Vibrator Nation (“Happiness lies in your own hands”, Books, 7 September), which I very much enjoyed, I was reminded of such literary greats as Thomas Nashe’s poem ...
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The French revolution in higher education is starting to bear fruit
PSL’s high entry position in the THE World University Rankings reflects one of the ambitions of France’s programme of mergers, say John Ludden, Philippe Le Prestre and Jean-Marc Rapp
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Ignore the cacophony, but speak up
The attacks may be ill-informed, but universities must keep demonstrating the value that they provide for students, graduates and society, says Anton Muscatelli