Average measurements
Malcolm Gillies discusses the fees revolution’s mean, median and mode

Malcolm Gillies discusses the fees revolution’s mean, median and mode

A scandal involving clinical trials based on research that was riddled with errors shows that journals, institutions and individuals must raise their standards, argues Darrel Ince
Study of the best that has been thought and said is under attack. Fred Inglis turns to F.R. Leavis for the ordnance with which to defend the humanities
Like Michael Rayner ("Star signs and bad omens", 28 April), I too was dismayed to learn of the Higher Education Funding Council for England's intention in 2011-12 to reduce by more than two-thirds...
Neil Badmington's and Lisanne Gibson's responses to my correspondence of 7 April (Letters, 14 and 28 April respectively), in which I highlighted the need for regular face-to-face academic guidance...
Your obituary of Gordon Stone (28 April) followed the lead of the University of Bristol's website, which cited 1998 as the date of Stone's review of chemistry in the UK academy.This is incorrect. The...
In reply to Jackie Cassell (Letters, 21 April), the "real" Oxbridge scandal is its labyrinthine college application system. This presents a formidable barrier to those without the social skills to...
It is a pity that Jackie Cassell's attempt to challenge the availability of subjects in state schools should perpetuate the myth that high-achieving independent schools contain disproportionate...
Graham Farmelo's review of David Edgerton's book Britain's War Machine: Weapons, Resources and Experts in the Second World War (21 April) was refreshing, as there is clearly still much to do to get a...
The US study you reported ("Mission creep as US spends, spends, spends on the extras", 28 April), showing that between half and three-quarters of American students pay more in tuition than their...
Universities that charge £9,000 a year will have to show that they are widening participation from state schools and the lower social classes.But what about those callous universities charging, say...
Nicholas Morton's "aged and magnificently bearded relative" ("Pick a book, any book", 21 April) would have agreed with Sir Geoffrey Howe. In 1962, when he was neither aged nor bearded, he declared...

Deficit of £30m forecast even as non-EU fees take second 10% rise in a row, writes Simon Baker

Philip Dodd finds physical and critical distance obliterated in a 3D film where the brand is king

Gary Day is mesmerised by the bedridden life of a man mountain who courts global media attention