Restoring standards
G.R. Evans asks: "Who in teaching and research is going to be willing to give time to the accreditation of courses on the European model?"(Letters, 9 April). I suspect there will be no shortage of...
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Forget freshers' week
Imagine you are a young person who does not socialise easily and has never left home before. What would you think of the suggestion that you move to a new town on your own, take up residence in a...
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True value of student visas 1
In response to your story "UCU joins call for boycott of immigration regulations" (26 March), the Government has always welcomed genuine international students and the economic and cultural...
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True value of student visas 2
Phil Woolas emphasised the need to avoid bogus applications to study in Britain, which is certainly necessary to maintain the UK's reputation as a provider of the academic gold standard ("Only the...
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Not a quality job by QAA
The suggestion that a reconstituted Council for National Academic Awards should monitor university standards is an excellent one ("An Ofqual, not a QAA, is needed for standards", 2 April).Now that I...
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Lazarus-style comeback
A revival of interest in theology is evident in academic and political debate, and John Milbank and the radical orthodoxy movement are spreading the news, writes Melanie Newman
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View from the basement
Enjoyment or pursuance of a subject does not always depend on knowledge of its foundations. George Watson considers the death of Grand Theory
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Where power lies
The unexpected exits of two vice-chancellors have raised questions about governors and their authority, and about whether new forms of governance are appropriate for universities. Melanie Newman...
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16 April 2009
The deciding vote - Do outsiders have too much say in university governance?
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Gloria Monday: What were YOU thinking?
In these days of low morale, universities will try anything to grab positive publicity. Gloria Monday just wishes there was a little less spin and a little more substance
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Bullied Blogger: Kafkaesque days of menacing complexity
I am totally confused by what is happening. I am signed off sick by a concerned GP; I am suspended; I am taking out a grievance against my university; they are taking out a disciplinary action...
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A clash of sensibilities
Claire Harman’s citation rows with Oxford scholar Kathryn Sutherland and Peter Sabor of McGill University demonstrate the bad feeling that can arise when popular writers and academics operate on the...
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Liverpool John Moores student held in terror raid
As many as ten suspects could possess student visas. Melanie Newman reports
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Virgin territory
Mother of God, Miri Rubin's ambitious new book, looks at the figure of Mary, concentrating on her image in love, grief and the primordial experience of the mother. Matthew Reisz talked to her