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  1. Working with, not against

    Students' unions now focus on cooperation, not opposition, says Paul Greatrix

    #Opinion

  2. Sandwiches are us

    "A commercial breakthrough." That was how Desmond Ponzi, the manager of our staff snack bar, The Big Hub, described the fundamental changes he is making to his current "retailing strategy".From now...

    #Laurie

  3. No feedback loop, no way to improve (1 of 3)

    Frank Furedi's typically provocative piece on student satisfaction surveys' malign influence on academic standards misses the point ("Satisfaction and its discontents", 8 March).If the purpose of...

    #Letters

  4. No feedback loop, no way to improve (2 of 3)

    Many of my most satisfying experiences have also been the most challenging: I bet the same is true for Frank Furedi. So why does he argue that a focus on the student experience "inexorably" leads to...

    #Letters

  5. No feedback loop, no way to improve (3 of 3)

    Feedback from students is an essential element of any pedagogic process: without it, education is reduced to indoctrination. Standardised evaluation forms and formal box-ticking exercises such as the...

    #Letters

  6. Tourist attractions

    The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills is rightly concerned about the effect a cut in international student numbers will have on the UK economy ("Britain needs foreign talent flow -...

    #Letters

  7. Slave labour

    Sir Tim Wilson's Review of Business-University Collaboration raises the prospect of a generation of students suffering the exploitation of unpaid internships under the guise that they need more work...

    #Letters

  8. Offensive characterisation

    The characterisation by Ruth Deech of the Office for Fair Access' collaborative work with universities, which encourages them to maximise their range of qualified applicants (and therefore entrants...

    #Letters

  9. Gender agenda

    In "De Montfort ga ga as Queen selects it for Jubilee party" (8 March), it was reported that the Duke of Edinburgh was keen to visit a robotics club designed to interest local secondary school...

    #Letters

  10. Reach for the stoicism

    While it is good to see Sir Douglas Bader get an honourable mention ("Holding on to hope", 8 March), you are wrong to state: "In 1931, for example, Sir Douglas...could describe a ghastly crash with...

    #Letters

  11. Tag - you're it

    My reading of Felipe Fernández-Armesto's excellent piece on university mottoes ("Playing to win at Latin tag", 1 March) coincided with the landing on my desk of the annual report of a prominent...

    #Letters

  12. Is it getting hot in here?

    Here is proof that a general knowledge entrance examination for all prospective university students is sorely needed. A colleague of mine at another institution has just marked a first-year essay...

    #Letters

  13. Augusto Gansser, 1910-2012

    According to science journalist Simone Ulmer, Augusto Gansser was "one of the last true adventurers who made his passion his profession".The geologist, researcher, teacher and explorer studied at the...

    #Obituary
    #People

  15. Appointments

    University of Western OntarioMichael MildeThe newly appointed dean of the University of Western Ontario's Faculty of Arts and Humanities believes that people should not be discouraged from studying...

    #Appointments
    #People