Brought to book
Something about the book industry seems to induce jeremiads. Susan Bassnett seems to confuse a narrowing range of bricks-and-mortar retailers with the range of titles getting published ("Shrinking...
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Shrinking support
Your article on university laboratories facing a "demographic time bomb" ("Labs at risk from loss of expertise", 4 January) highlighted a continuation of the trend identified by the Royal Society in...
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Spot the difference
As a former Quality Assurance Agency review co-ordinator, I begin to wonder just exactly what the agency is now doing to enhance the quality of university provision ("QAA to enlist students to audit...
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Eye on the future
Why no new name for The Poppletonian? The newsletter's title needs to reflect Poppleton's outward-looking mission and strategic focus. I suggest "Popeye".Robert Goddard, Leeds.
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Burning question
I applaud your ambition to be a shelf above Motorcycle News (Leader, 10 January), but what am I to light the fire with?R. W. Hoyle, Professor of rural history University of Reading.
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Diversity challenge
A sanctuary for academic pursuit or a hotbed of entrepreneurship? While educators quibble over the definition of a university, writes Matthew Reisz, all agree that academic freedom is at its core.
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Intellectual extras
Makers of films and TV shows often hire scholars to give projects authenticity and gravitas, but what's in it for the academics? asks Reece Mathews
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Relative interests
Jacob Bronowski, one of the 20th century's great public intellectuals, was born 100 years ago this week. Matthew Reisz speaks to his daughter Lisa Jardine.
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Bournemouth: professor of journalism
Stuart Allan has joined the Media School as professor of journalism and chair of the Journalism Research Group, from the University of the West of England.
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Bath Spa University: Artswork senior teaching fellow
Emma Gersch has been promoted to Artswork senior teaching fellow in the School of Music and Performing Arts.
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Are managers liable for the conduct of the public at work?
By Diane Gilhooley
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The Greeks and Greek Love
Simon Goldhill is stimulated by a spunky new take on Greek male relations.
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A Life Decoded - My Genome: My Life
The ability to sequence the human genome is providing one of the most important opportunities in biomedical research in this new century. It will lead to the development of effective therapies for...
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The Virtual Life of Film
To say that David Rodowick's essay is a continuation in print of confessions and polemics that have been taking place for nearly a decade wherever film and media scholars gather is not intended as a...