Mandatory academic writing classes: they'll thank you for it later
The UK sector should tackle undergraduates' poor written English via a nationally prescribed update of the US model, urges Alex Baratta
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How to stay on top
In this age of austerity, we need to fund excellence, say David Price and Stephen Caddick
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My wife's gone to the West Indies - official
Our vice-chancellor, who is currently in the Caribbean attending a two-week international conference on the challenge for higher education in a time of economic crisis, has responded angrily to Hefce...
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Just one more thing ..
Need to decipher a CV? Channel your inner detective, says Sally Feldman
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Leader: Teaching fare's just deserts
Universities must serve up pedagogy fit for the 21st century or suffer the consequences in reputational terms
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From where I sit - Grand plan or mission impossible?
From down here in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of Kerala in south India, the government's higher education reform proposals look a bit different than in glitzy New Delhi. Kerala, ruled now by mild...
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Iran's publish 'at any cost' mentality blamed for surge in academic fraud
University of Tehran scholar condemns quantity over quality approach. Hannah Fearn reports
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Alan Gilbert, 1944-2010
The inaugural president and vice-chancellor of the University of Manchester has died.Born in Brisbane, Australia, on 11 September 1944, Alan Gilbert studied history at the Australian National...
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Research intelligence - The good conduct guide
Singapore Statement seeks global cooperation to clarify and reduce misconduct, writes Paul JumpThe launch of the European Science Foundation's new code on research integrity marked a new level of...
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No comfort for dictators 2
George Watson ponders the relevance and impact of poetry in 2010 and does not once mention Bob Dylan. You don't need a weatherman, as the great musician once noted.Keith Flett, London.
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Why we fight 1
Regarding the Universities and Colleges Employers Association's refusal to negotiate a nationwide agreement on job security ("National action over jobs cuts likely, union says", 29 July): Ucea's...
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Why we fight 2
The UK coalition government's strategy for public services, notably the NHS and in all likelihood the academy, is to make massive cuts and then pass to professionals, users and local people...
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Ends rather than means
I find Adrian Quinn's opinion piece extraordinary ("Paying for a course doesn't mean students can buy a degree", 29 July). By stating that attendance at lectures should be compulsory, he seems to...
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Joined-up models can pass the buck
It is remarkable to see how easily the heads of respectable universities are being seduced by models drawn from the market ("Global future: together alone", 29 July). There is clearly a strong case...