Russellers, refried
John Brennan (“A premier notion”, Letters, 24 April) welcomes the proposal by Poppleton University’s Georgina Edsel for a new name for low-ranking members of the Russell Group of universities and...
John Brennan (“A premier notion”, Letters, 24 April) welcomes the proposal by Poppleton University’s Georgina Edsel for a new name for low-ranking members of the Russell Group of universities and...
I was pleased that Vanishing for the Vote was your Book of the Week (17 April). However, I noted the reviewer’s final point about the poor quality of the census schedule reproductions. Because others...
Harvey Goldstein outlines an open access model for journal publishing that he claims is neither green nor gold (“Try DIY, not green or gold”, Opinion, 1 May). But, like all journals, the model has to...
While making some valid points of comparison as well as some misleading ones between the Higher Education Academy, the Staff and Educational Development Association and the Institute for Learning and...
Graham Gibbs is absolutely correct to suggest that organisations such as the Quality Assurance Agency need to be clear and informed in their student engagement activity (“Looking beyond the buzzword...
It is a great shame that Michelle Thew from the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (Letters, 8 May) seeks to pour scorn on universities’ moves to be more open about the animal research...
It was disappointing to see such a negative portrayal of higher education institutions as employers in the article “Disappointing pitter-patter of tiny pay packets” (News, 8 May). The article...
Martin McQuillan (“Selective hearing”, Features, 8 May) ignores those facts about the student occupations at the University of Sussex that do not fit his narrative. For instance, in March last year...

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