Great, another layer of league table 'insight'
The Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey raises three concerns about such national surveys ("Taking everything into consideration", 17 February).First, institutions are beginning to...
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We've been poly-bagged
Readers of your article about the threat posed to modern languages, adult education, nursing, Classics, archaeology and anthropology at the University of Glasgow ("Polyglots plot as Glasgow letter...
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The real fifth columnists
As members of the University and College Union coordinating committee at the University of Brighton, we take issue with your correspondent L. Roger Numas ("Our own worst enemy", Letters, 17 February...
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Inside Higher Ed: Why they are rallying
By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed
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Tara Brabazon: Dealing with digital incontinence
From: Brabazon, Tara Sent: 23 February 2011 11:41To: Pencil-skirted administrator in network (PAIN@sedateduniversity.co.uk)Subject: Email behaviourStatus: (Very) NormalDear PAIN,I have reviewed the...
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Report criticises proposed changes to student visa system
Proposed changes to the student visa system may be used as a political tool to create the “appearance” of a significant reduction in net migration, a new report claims.
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LSE cuts ties with Libyan state
The London School of Economics has severed links with the Libyan authorities following violence against anti-government protesters that has led to more than 200 deaths.
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NUS president to stand down
The president of the National Union of Students has announced that he is to stand down.
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Knowledge pool: UK-Iraqi collaborations jump in at the deep end
Anyone trying to create a scholarly centre for gender and violence studies in Iraq is unlikely to have an easy time of it. It is an environment, acknowledged Nazand Begikhani, senior research Fellow...
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Attack of the clones: plagiarism by university applicants soars
The number of pupils plagiarising personal statements in their university application forms increased by one-third last year, it has been revealed.
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Visa plans are a ‘hostile act against universities’
Government plans to overhaul the immigration system and drastically reduce the number of visas issued amount to a “hostile act against Britain’s universities” and contain elements that have an “ugly...
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Informed opinion the key to matters of reputation
It is an eye-wateringly powerful critique. The influential journalist Malcolm Gladwell, writing in the current edition of The New Yorker, shines a harsh light on the US’ national college rankings.The...
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Panel games
Much of the Ivy League eschews interviews when filling posts, says Amanda Goodall, and UK universities keen to hire the best should follow suit. But Richard J. Evans, appointed to a chair at...
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The Evolution of the Human Head
Chris McManus is impressed by a multidisciplined tour de force that simply oozes scholarship
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Shelley's Ghost: Reshaping the Image of a Literary Family
Duncan Wu is gripped by a tale of a remarkable family's careful crafting of its public standing