Distinct opportunity
In Phil Baty's leading article "Missions trail leads to success" (13 January), the case for diversification and differentiation was made strongly with the warning: "Universities that fail to...
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Reality? No, it's rhetoric
Your feature "Contravene or intervene?" (6 January) gives an insightful overview of the complex problems that universities face in dealing with extremism and the potential terrorist "radicalisation"...
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Tyranny and equality
Felipe Fernández-Armesto suggests that Venezuela's president, Hugo Chávez, is "wasting" the country's resources ("Lack of laughter is no joke", 6 January). Research by the Organisation for Economic...
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Priceless humanities
The government is asking a generation of students to regard university study as a financial investment. Tuition fees of £9,000 a year are, apparently, an acceptable price to pay for a better - read...
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Bias, not belief, is problem
Your article "Campus survey of religion is biased, secularists charge" (13 January) concluded with a response from the Equality Challenge Unit that implicitly accused me of discrimination: "......
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Ability over ability to pay
Postgraduate taught degrees may require amendment for a wide range of reasons, but the key point of the article "Taught postgraduate degrees may soon be preserve of the rich" (13 January) should...
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Light relief at the MLA
"Plateaued at the bottom of the canyon"? ("Speed daters try luck in the salon", 13 January). Still, at least Rosemary Feal is chief executive of the Modern Language Association and not the Geography...
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‘Violent’ accusation: Tory MP takes aim at UCU
A Conservative MP has attacked the University and College Union for supporting “violent and illegal protest” in a move described by the union as a smear ahead of a key Commons vote.
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Learning on the job: social work watchdog demands better placements
The social work watchdog is urging universities to drive up the quality of work placements for students after two-thirds of providers were asked to make improvements.
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Inside Higher Ed: How not to deal with a student mother
By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed
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Have-less versus have-lots: Erasmus Scheme’s ‘unfairness gap’ criticised
The Erasmus Scheme was set up in 1987 with the admirable aim of increasing academic mobility within Europe.Via the funding of exchange programmes for students and staff, the scheme involves 90 per...
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Ledger in the black: KPMG unveils paid alternative to full-time study
Students will receive a generous salary and have their tuition fees and accommodation costs met while studying at Durham University under a recruitment programme announced by the accountancy giant...
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Opinion: The giant school’s emancipatory lessons
Mike Cole and Sara C. Motta defend the record of post-Chávez Venezuela, a country that offers a vision of genuine participatory democracy in stark contrast to the West’s cynical politics
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Hesa points to degrees of growing success
The proportion of students gaining good degrees is continuing to climb, according to official figures published today.
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The fruits of Californication
The Golden State's mix of public planning, spin-off innovation and private excellence has made it one of the global academy's powerhouses. But funding cuts threaten the University of California's pre...