Dearing unheeded
Further education colleges are not new players in undergraduate education and only journalists have dubbed them "new polytechnics" ("Degrees of freedom", 13 August).However, it was the Dearing...
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Compounded error
On my return from a research trip to China, I dutifully read through the accumulated back issues of Times Higher Education. My gratification on seeing that you had published my letter (30 July)...
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Shaky sources
I can't be the only one concerned about Bruce Charlton's comments on grade inflation (Letters, 13 August). I'm not sure if I'm more worried about his assumption that half of students achieving one...
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Violent talk
I trust that your review of the use of non-discriminatory language will be extended to the University of Poppleton ("Staff continue using terms deemed inappropriate by PC language advice", 6 August...
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Taking the acronym
Following the observation that Thames Valley University was advertising for a post in "Strategic Hospitality Information Technology" (Letters, 30 July), I see that Roskilde University (same issue,...
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Scarred for life?
The recession has intensified competition for university places, with degrees more vital than ever for gaining an advantage in a tough job market. As clearing begins, will the 'lost generation' be...
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Forget Me Not (but remember me warts and all)
Far too often, obituaries are drab and sanitised affairs, so Matthew Reisz asks scholars how they might word their own death notices
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Unsuitable candidates
Brilliant thinker, shame about the suit: dossiers retrieved by Belagir M. Synkina reveal academic search committees' encounters with genius
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Leader: Anthem for doomed youth
The Government is all at sea. Its wave of contrary policies mean it is in danger not only of losing a generation but of squandering it
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20 August 2009
Admissions of failure - How a generation of students has been sold short
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Part-time students deserve cash injection, says think-tank
Report calls for £33 million to be diverted from the University Challenge fund to support the group, writes Rebecca Attwood
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Could do better
Half of all students who train to be teachers actually go on to teach. Melanie Newman reports
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Gloria Monday: Don’t look now…
If you want to stay abreast of what’s happening in the holidays, Gloria Monday’s advice is not to leave the building
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Unite rejects 0.5 per cent pay offer
Ucea must meet the union within seven days to seek a resolution. Melanie Newman reports
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Book of the week: The New British Constitution
Anthony King watches Britain inching towards a new constitution