Subtle engagement
Your headline-grabbing article "'Naive' arts partners exploited by the academy" (4 February) fails to provide a reference to the title and location of my report. THE readers who look beyond your...
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Epistemology knocked
According to John Radford (Letters, 11 February), "science is based on objective, public, replicable observations yielding testable conclusions". In fact, it is based only on what we know, understand...
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Still offering shelter
Your report that the National University of Ireland (NUI) has been dissolved by the Irish Government is premature ("Umbrella body put down", 28 January). Batt O'Keeffe, the Minister for Education and...
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Cheap incentive
To improve the quality of teaching in research-led universities in the face of cuts, let's persuade the research councils to allocate funds on the basis of assessments of the quality of applicants'...
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Reason to live
Socrates dreamt of a society of critical thinkers. Linda Elder explores how we can cultivate Socratic traits and methods to develop clear-headed and rational thought
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18 February 2010
20 steps to increase your ranking - Ways to rise in the league tables without breaking the bank
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Students taking second degrees withdrawn from recruitment limits
Universities will be able to take an unlimited number of non-funded students, but they cannot transfer their places to funded students. Melanie Newman reports
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Tara Brabazon: The start of a new chapter
We may be losing printed materials, but let’s not forget we’re also gaining useful digital resources, says Tara Brabazon
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Tributes paid to Robert Gordon principal
Colleagues speak of loss after death of Mike Pittilo. Zoë Corbyn reports
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The insecure scholar: A personal credit crunch
Financial woes make a short-term solution tempting. How desperate must I be to jettison my principles?
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UK chases golden prospects as US donors retreat
British fundraisers still upbeat despite record fall in American gifts. Hannah Fearn reports
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Pragmatic social science research called for to inform policy
Governments unable to wait for all the evidence before making decisions. Matthew Reisz reports
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Nature editor quits ‘Climategate’ review panel
Departure comes as UEA launches second probe into climate science. Zoë Corbyn reports
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First Secretary takes aim at retrenchment ‘hyperbole’
Lord Mandelson criticises v-cs’ attempts to ‘get a retaliation in first’ and hints that Budget will not deliver additional cuts. John Gill reports
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Book of the week: You Are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto
A cool critique of Web 2.0 needs a pedagogic angle, writes Tara Brabazon