Spice of academic life
We were a little surprised to see how our U-Multirank project was described in THE ("'Serious defects' apparent in 'crude' European rankings project", News, 24 June) - all the more so since the...
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Statistically meaningless
Ian Taylor is correct to say that the tendency to throw around large, uncontextualised numbers as statistical evidence of China's size - and by implication, "threat" - to "us" in the West poses a...
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Republican sentiments
Writing as an avowed anti-monarchist, I was dismayed to read Peter Rice-Evans' attack (Letters, 17 June) on Felipe Fernandez-Armesto's article "Duke of moral hazards" (3 June). Fernandez-Armesto...
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Written by the tweeters
I agree entirely that historians should make more effort to ensure their work is accessible to a wider public ("Historians told to be 'evangelical' in their duty to inform public", News, 24 June). To...
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Raymond Allchin, 1923-2010
The leading British expert on Indian archaeology, whose interests embraced much of the culture and history of South Asia, has died.Raymond Allchin was born in Harrow on 9 July 1923 and educated at...
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University of Oxford - Cassandra's legacy
A new website has brought together the handwritten manuscripts of Jane Austen. Led by Kathryn Sutherland from the English faculty at the University of Oxford and funded by the Arts and Humanities...
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On yer bike!
In a dramatic cost-saving initiative, our Head of Procurement, Mr T.G. Messina, has announced that all Poppleton academics attending conferences less than 90 miles from campus will be required to...
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Morale heads for the pan
Tim Birkhead fears the consequences of insensitively applied funding cuts
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From where I sit: Two extremes, equally flawed
Japan is a collective-oriented society, as are China and India, albeit all in different ways. The US is an individualist society, as is the UK and much of the rest of Europe, although most other...
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Research intelligence - Far away, so close
Ongoing research can now be shared face-to-face in full digital detail across the globe. Paul Jump reports
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Leader: As one in search of excellence
Every institution aspiring to be a great university shares a set of values that link multifarious activities to a common purpose
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University of Reading - Pass it on
Teachers from the Caribbean have visited a UK university as part of a scheme designed to improve maths and science standards in West Indian schools. The University of Reading is working with the...
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University of Portsmouth - Town to gown
Almost 100 junior school children "graduated" from a university following an event to enrich links between the local community and higher education. The ceremony, held by the University of Portsmouth...
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Keele University - Keep it out of the family
Researchers are to study what can be done to stop young men becoming perpetrators of domestic violence. The Economic and Social Research Council is to fund a three-year study, led by Keele University...