Out of your league
Alan Ryan ("The trouble with tables", 21 May) writes with his customary acerbic wit on the absurdity of attempting to rank UK universities on single scales in terms of quality. I was astonished by...
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Anger at language cuts
We are writing to support protests against decisions made by Imperial College London in the light of government funding cuts. One consequence is a proposed reduction in college-funded foreign-...
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An Orwellian nightmare
Ann Singleton et al are to be congratulated on their principled stance on the UK Border Agency's (UKBA) new regulations ("We won't collude with efforts to use the academy to police immigration", 7...
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Dude, where's my stimulus?
Kevin Fong bemoans science's continuing inability to secure its future
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From where I sit - Collaboration can be win-win
Tuberculosis has re-emerged as a serious health problem. Unless significant steps are taken to raise awareness and align prevention strategies across Europe, all the progress made in controlling the...
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Leader: Go public to prevent extinction
Knockabout popular debate appeals to few scholars, but if intellectuals disappear from the public eye, academia may suffer
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Breaking the book barrier
Expensive textbooks put the brakes on higher education for many students in developing nations. But a project aiming to make such books available for free via the internet could change all that,...
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Help to make missing links
Elsevier wants to foster web tools that 'improve' science by making the oceans of data online more navigable. Zoë Corbyn reports
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Grant winners
ACTION MEDICAL RESEARCHAward winner: L. IslamInstitution: Institute of Child Health, University College LondonValue: £138,300Blindness in childrenAward winner: S. KhanjaniInstitution: Imperial...
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The challenge: balance defence of science with popular engagement
At the Royal Society's new Science Policy Centre, James Wilsdon can push his ideas, says Zoë Corbyn
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Motes of trust
The scandal over MPs' expenses may have little impact on voter numbers, says an expert on the public's faith in politics
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Appointments
Jeremy Harbison and Gerry Mallon have been named the two new pro-chancellors at the University of Ulster. Both have been members of the university's governing council since 1994. Mr Mallon, 39, who...
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Soon, we'll be banking it
How to thrive in recession - create a market in university course futures. Richard Middleton has a modest proposal
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Watchdog makes case for a guard with teeth, but will it have the bite?
The QAA makes some sound recommendations, but it ducks the most troublesome issues, say Geoffrey Alderman and Roger Brown