Crossing Jerusalem, written and directed by Julia Pascal
A Jewish writer fills a vacuum with a play about Israel that refuses to take a simple view as it foregrounds an erotic older woman. Matthew Reisz writes
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Should memorials to controversial historical figures be removed from universities?
Three academics examine buildings, art and statues that arguably have no place on a campus in 2015
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Applicants for higher education diplomas in England and Wales
More than 44,500 people registered on an access to higher education diploma course in England and Wales in 2013-14, new data show
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Fair prices and market limits
Loans could push up the price of master’s courses, but with such degrees becoming sine qua nons, should fees be restrained?
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Piled Higher and Deeper, by Jorge Cham – 13 August 2015
Comic conclusions on the world of doctoral study
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Archive data to stop research fraud
Peer review may not spot fraud, but it is difficult to see how institutions might police research integrity without adding to bureaucratic and other constraints on research (“Valuing research...
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Up for review
I do not see why we are highlighting the negatives of peer review, unless the editors of Times Higher Education have already decided that they oppose the current peer review system (“On the receiving...
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Useful samples of work
Paul Redmond’s article on the rise of work experience will come as no surprise to the many staff working to support students who are taking work experience as part of their university course (“Rise...
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And the awards go to...
It is of interest that the per capita number of Nobel prizewinnners by country provides another view than that shown by Ellie Bothwell’s report, which is based on overall numbers (“Stanford top of...
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Style isn’t everything
Yellowlees Douglas’ plea for a “scientific” approach to teaching writing skills is understandably a plug for her new book, which may be very good (“Unlocking the black box”, Opinion, 6 August)....
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We need Ucas to be open
We read with frustration Andrew Grice’s recent article in The Independent on Ucas’ refusal to release student data. Higher Education Access Tracker is a collaboration of more than 40 English...
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Teaching standardisation
Reservations about the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s attempts to measure what students learn at different universities around the world have to come from two directions (“...
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Live by the metric…
Peter B. Baker uses an Isaac Asimov short story to illustrate the absurdity of being able to predict student success based on analysing their first week on the course (“I, graduate”, Letters, 6...