Defer to whose expertise?
Perhaps Michael Heaney should test his claims by becoming a daily reader in the University of Oxford’s libraries himself, although he does confirm that the priority for that physical book collection...
Perhaps Michael Heaney should test his claims by becoming a daily reader in the University of Oxford’s libraries himself, although he does confirm that the priority for that physical book collection...
Like any loyal graduate of the University of Oxford, I was delighted to see that its current big fundraising drive has been so successful (“Oxford hits £2 billion in fundraising campaign”, 12 May). I...
Adamantios Diamantopoulos seems to be labouring under a misapprehension (Letters, THES , October 31). The academic judgements in QAA reports are formed by panels of senior academics, whose names are...
Adamantios Diamantopoulos seems to be labouring under a misapprehension (Letters, THES , October 31). The academic judgements in QAA reports are formed by panels of senior academics, whose names are...
G. R. Evans (“Questions over open books”, Letters, 29 May) may be pleased to hear that there are, by my count and off the top of my head, at least seven large projects already investigating the...
In his September speech to Universities UK, Jo Johnson reported (anecdotally) that some teaching was “lamentable” and he was “determined to address it”, but did not mention how (“Jo Johnson: research...
Requiring students to grant rights over their intellectual property to a university has become usual since the 1990s when one or two higher education institutions began it, the University of Leeds...
On 16 June, Alex Chisholm, chief executive of the Competition and Markets Authority, wrote a letter to Sajid Javid, the new secretary of state at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills,...
I have been interested to see that my letter on open access for monographs (29 May) has prompted a series of responses, acknowledging that this is a highly complex question and offering assurances...
The delayed annual grant letter was received by the Higher Education Funding Council for England on 10 February. Annex 3 (Conditions of Grant on Regulated Fees) seems to raise an important and...
The Royal Society has recently published guidance on the career expectations of doctoral students in the sciences (“Dispel illusion of PhDs leading to jobs for life, says Royal Society”, News, 18/25...
Should the responsibility for regulation be separated from responsibility for funding, as the Higher Education Policy Institute suggests? (“Only a super-regulator can preserve truth, justice and the...
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