UK universities are on an island adrift
Since the Brexit vote, UK institutions have been losing friends and influence around the world. That will continue unless they win political support
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Grant winners – 2 March 2017
A round-up of academics awarded research council funding
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Laurie Taylor – 2 March 2017
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!
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Counting the hours shows fast-track flaws
The UK government has announced plans to alter the Higher Education and Research Bill to allow the creation of two-year “fast-track” degrees (for which institutions could charge higher tuition fees...
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Where radicals write
In the article “Young academics’ research ‘elegant but not interesting’ ” (News, 23 February), Richard Robison, discussing the increasing “conservatism” of young scholars’ papers, says: “Ironically,...
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Parliamo
In “The gift of tongues” (Features, 23 February), Jacqueline Dutton rightly observes: “Modern languages will survive if academics continue to work together to support each other across languages and...
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Fuel for thought
With the triennial valuation of the Universities Superannuation Scheme due in March, we are concerned about the self-inflicted harm caused by a flawed measure introduced by the trustee to manage risk...
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Stalinist past
According to Richard Joyner in his appreciative review of Krishna Dronamraju’s biography of J. B. S. Haldane, Popularizing Science (Books, 23 February), J. B. S. “became a Marxist and then an...
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Put reputation over revenue from pseudoscience
Universities cannot wash their hands of responsibility for who is booked to speak on their premises, says Michael Marshall
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Government attacked for ‘pub economics’ in English HE
IoE and IFS economist laments drive to rely on ‘market alone’ in university sector
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Research in the danger zone: should academics do it?
Interviewing a Mafia researcher made John Elmes consider how scholars should study volatile groups