Purls of wisdom
Thank you for "Stitches through time" ( August). The image of knitting as "integral" to Sara Schley's life rang very true. But more than this biographical lesson in "connections", knitting is also an...
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That sinking feeling
Further to earlier letters on your annual exam howlers feature, I still can't decide whether the answer I once received to the question "name a city destroyed by a natural disaster" - "Atlantis" -...
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Michael Rose, 1937-2009
Michael Rose, a leading industrial sociologist, has died.He was born in Bray, Berkshire on 24 November 1937 and grew up by the River Thames - where his family owned a well-known boat-building...
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'Mad moment' - Chemistry Don
"I got carried away. It could have happened to anyone. I had a moment of madness." Just a sample of the remarks screamed at onlookers by Dr D.W. Blodgett of our Department of Chemistry as he was...
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Off Piste: Confucius says he who waits contemplates
Jon F. Baldwin finds the slow-moving Saturday night queue at his local Chinese takeaway sometimes provides the only opportunity for self-reflection in an otherwise frantic week
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A tale of two systems
US attacks on the NHS also raise issues about the academy, says Kevin Fong
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From where I sit: Losing the power of concentration
There's been a kerfuffle in Australia lately over literacy levels, as old statistics are trotted out yet again to make sensationalist headlines.This time it was the Australian Industry Group, which...
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Leader: Just who are you here for?
Education suffers because teaching gets no respect. That must change, and academics can start with themselves
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'You want jobsworths? Then pay us what the job's worth'
Liverpool Hope's nine-to-five plans prompt debate about academics' working lives, writes Ciaran Jones
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News in brief
CorruptionTuition fee bribes for foreign workThe City of London Police has uncovered evidence that British firms are paying foreign students' tuition fees to win international contracts. The force's...
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Union fights for campus crèches
Unison prepares campaign to reverse planned closures of nurseries. Hannah Fearn reports
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Original features
The University of Sunderland's CitySpace, which opens next week, was designed by architects FaulknerBrowns to act as the focal point for all non-academic aspects of campus life: sport, socialising...
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Librarians desperate for e-books as demand outstrips supply, Jisc finds
Study also shows that provision does not affect sales of printed texts. Rebecca Attwood reports
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Lights, camera, Salford: v-c set for MediaCity challenge
Martin Hall is excited by the university's role in the 'media hub' of the North. Rebecca Attwood writes