We must do more to tell the full story of impact
Most REF case studies related simple, short-term impacts, missing a host of wider, longer-term effects, argues Trisha Greenhalgh
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MI5 files are worth the wait for researchers
Declassified after 50 years, the papers aren’t always reliable sources of information, but they help historians fill in the blanks, says Geoff Andrews
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Grant winners – 1 October 2015
A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash
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The week in higher education – 1 October 2015
The good, the bad and the offbeat – the academy through the lens of the national press
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No 10’s extremism report mirrors text of thinktank study
Government urged to reveal source of claims about universities that allegedly hosted extremist speakers
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Laurie Taylor – 1 October 2015
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!
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A bad defence is offensive
It is difficult to know where to begin with Charles Clarke’s latest self-defence on tuition fees (“Corbyn wrong to apologise for Labour fees, says Clarke”, News, 24 September). Perhaps I can just...
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No control
I read with interest the piece on the greater success of state-educated students in degree classifications, but I was very surprised not to have seen some control for the institutions attended (“...
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Marketing failures
It was brave for Philip Moriarty to argue that university marketing approaches need to stop insulting the intelligence of students (“Words fail us: marketing-speak damages the brand”, Opinion, 24...
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Payback’s a hitch
Nick Hillman says, “I realise [that] some people in the sector will think that is a harsh view, but no political party opposing fees has won an election in the lifetime of current sixth-formers and...