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  1. Goodbye, custard powder

    Our Deputy Head of Brand Management, Georgina Edsel, has warmly welcomed an analysis by Patrick Freeland-Small, the chief marketing officer at the University of Melbourne, that argues that...

    #Laurie

  2. Crawford Greenewalt, 1937-2012

    An archaeologist who played a central role in excavating King Croesus' city of Sardis has died.Crawford Hallock Greenewalt, Jr - commonly known as "Greenie" - was born on 3 June 1937 in the US city...

    #Obituary
    #People

  3. European model seems unsustainable

    Roger Walters is correct in stating that The Open University's council has initiated a full consultation exercise on the proposal to cease direct employment of its staff based in continental Europe...

    #Letters

  4. Facts better than forecasts

    I write regarding your news article "Elite institutions predicted to fall short on research student qualifications" (17 May), which draws on data from the Higher Education Funding Council for England...

    #Letters

  5. Quality, not quantity

    Under the headline "Three times the cost but same timetable" (News, 17 May), Times Higher Education analyses the recent Higher Education Policy Institute report The Academic Experience of Students at...

    #Letters

  6. System failure

    I recently spent the best part of a Sunday afternoon trying to help my daughter complete the student loan application for entry in September.The Student Loans Company website prompts students to use...

    #Letters

  7. Tolerance a two-way street

    I cannot tell from Maleiha Malik's review of Martha Nussbaum's The New Religious Intolerance to what extent this may be true of the book, but the critique is deeply flawed ("Signposts to a brave new...

    #Letters

  8. Free time (1 of 2)

    It is by no means only outside the academy that "Free-range thinkers" (3 May) plough their non-conventional furrows; and it is arguably essential for Foucauldian "fearless speech" to survive and...

    #Letters

  9. Free time (2 of 2)

    So, according to the Universities Human Resources group, autonomy and academic freedom are past it ("Freedom a 'former value' in admin-led sector", News, 17 May). In the same issue, Tom Palaima...

    #Letters

  10. Tight club

    I congratulate the academic who managed to wring £50 from the BBC for her work ("Auntie exploitation", Letters, 10 May). I recently volunteered to participate in a public event for BBC Learning, tied...

    #Letters

  11. Who cares out there?

    Recently I attended a talk by Stefan Collini about What Are Universities For?, his new book. I expected the venue (a bookshop in central London) to be packed with students, lecturers, perhaps even...

    #Letters

  12. Ancient rivalry

    Your remark about the greater influence of the University of Oxford compared with the University of Cambridge appears tongue in cheek, but it might be taken more seriously (The week in higher...

    #Letters

  13. Tweet clarity

    I note that the issue of research impact is again of concern (eg, "Dismissal threat for metrics letter", 17 May). In particular, it seems there is an issue about communicating research insights...

    #Letters

  14. Appointments

    King's College LondonPaul JoyceThe newly appointed Samuel Davidson chair of Old Testament/Hebrew Bible studies at King's College London has admitted he is excited to be taking up a position...

    #Appointments
    #People

  15. Campus round-up

    University of StrathclydePower cosmicSatellites could one day gather solar power and beam it back to Earth via microwaves or lasers to supply remote areas of the planet with electricity, researchers...

    #Campus round-up
    #News