UCL attacks Mail over race and gender ‘insinuation’
Pro v-c ‘deeply disappointed’ after diary column on scientists’ appearance on Newsnight
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THE podcast: 20 March 2014 issue review
Download the podcastThe cost of the higher education reforms, pre-degree pathway centres, the lack of black professors in UK universities and the idea of tying research council funding to diversity...
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THE podcast: John Last interview
Download the podcastJohn Last became the first vice-chancellor of Norwich University of the Arts when the institution gained university status in 2012.In this podcast, he discusses how the impact of...
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Research councils may tie funding to diversity accreditation
Scepticism that proposal to encourage diversity could effectively regulate sector
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Sex and the REF
Does research assessment discriminate against female academics? asks Barbara Graziosi
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Durham scholars working in a ‘culture of fear’
Evidence cited by a review of governance reveals a series of concerns
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Researchers seek more advice on retractions and peer review
Editors unsure of whether to issue retraction, correction or expression of concern, ethics expert says
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Not a headline act
“The week in higher education” (13 March) notes that two Oxford pro vice-chancellors rebutted Luke Johnson’s claims “that the university had been slow to adapt to the world of online learning” by...
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Safeguarding patient data
The Medical Research Council’s Sir John Savill (“Duty to share data”, Letters, 6 March) claims that MRC-funded research will use “rigorously de-identified data in an approved research environment...
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Student insights
Sarah Moore’s point about the tendency to caricature students is well made (“Beware the caricature: students need nurturing, not negativity, to thrive”, Opinion, 13 March). Not only have the same...
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Close-up on bursaries
Amanda Chetwynd and Peter Diggle (“Bursaries’ individual impact”, Letters, 13 March) are mistaken: the Office for Fair Access’ powerful new analysis in our interim report on the effect of bursaries...
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Independence and quality
Regarding the article “Private pair claim more public cash than LSE” (6 February), which looked at the support received by students at private providers from the Student Loans Company. We would like...
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Serfs up
When I was personally exposed to zero hours contracts two years ago, my reaction was “I thought serfdom had been abolished” (“It’s casual, and that’s a problem”, Leader, 13 March). Such contracts may...
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Small Business Charter Awards honour SME partnerships
Association of Business Schools will recognise institutions’ support for small firms and local economy
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History for tomorrow’s world
Ice cores from 11,700 years ago aid the climate change debate, but the recent past has its own share of lessons, says Howard P. Segal