Quality, not quantity
I enjoyed Greg Garrard's interrogation of the packed reading lists in university literature courses ("A novel idea: slow reading", 17 June). This is an old problem: however, it is not as old as one...
I enjoyed Greg Garrard's interrogation of the packed reading lists in university literature courses ("A novel idea: slow reading", 17 June). This is an old problem: however, it is not as old as one...
Why did you publish "Get in shape: lose the fat" (29 July)? That Clive Bloom rants in public against another department in his own institution is bad form, but his article also suffers from a...
Clive Bloom, please get your facts "in shape". His article on the direction of post-1992 institutions, using Middlesex University as the prime example of how we have got things wrong, is totally...
In his otherwise interesting article on the role of poetry today, "The virtue of verse" (29 July), George Watson claims that Modernist works such as Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot "may have been...

Producing graduates who are critical thinkers requires teachers who can bring scholarship and leadership to the academy. It is vital that we find them, says Paul Ramsden
It is a familiar lament: teaching excellence is doomed never to be rewarded as handsomely as research success - if at all. But some institutions are determined to tackle the pedagogical deficit....
Be it on the pitch or on the stage, performance is king and the passion it arouses is key to why Dominic Shellard loves the theatre - and football
Many academics feel anxious about approaching and working with a publisher. Katharine Reeve, who has been on both sides of the fence, dispels myths about the publishing process and offers advice on...

Critical analysis - ‘Pedagogic pact’ the key to developing discerning graduates
Seven new deans have been appointed by the University of Southampton after the research-intensive institution reorganised its academic structure.The university, which has more than 22,000 students...
Thames Valley University has been granted permission by the Privy Council to change its name to the University of West London.Thames Valley said its announcement today highlighted “a strategic shift...

The US academy should treat discrimination against Christian students or scholars as seriously as it would racism or sexism, according to Timothy Larsen, for Inside Higher Ed
The student visa system is to be reviewed following a surge in the number of visas issued.Damian Green, the immigration minister, said the review would represent a “thorough evaluation” of the system...

At the heart of Japan’s decline is a dearth of international collaboration. Paul Jump reports
Universities’ competitive position is at stake, warns Beveridge review. Hannah Fearn reports