Just Around Midnight: Rock and Roll and the Racial Imagination, by Jack Hamilton
Emma Rees is happily lost in a Sixties’ soundscape but wonders why there are so few female artists

Emma Rees is happily lost in a Sixties’ soundscape but wonders why there are so few female artists

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This graph compares how UK, US and Japanese universities perform on measures of the economic impact of their research

A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash

Via fiscal reform, income-linked loans and four-year places, a famed higher education system can be saved, says Simon Marginson

The country’s learners and academics are more thoughtful, engaged and generous than their UK counterparts, says Sam Gilchrist Hall
I write this letter as an employee of the University of Leicester, specifically the Vaughan Centre for Lifelong Learning, a department that the university is trying to close down. I am writing this...
The creation of grammar schools is an interesting but risky policy (“What will the creation of new grammar schools mean for UK universities?”, 9 September). Presumably, most schools will select by...
As a long-term resident of Liverpool and a staff member of the university, I wouldn’t say that the citizens of Liverpool voted to stay in the European Union because of their fear of losing...
Daniel Dennehy’s argument about value for money as a way to justify writing for an essay mill is seriously weakened because he omits to mention the huge hike in tuition fees that occurred in the UK...
“Leopold”, in discussing university applicants, uses the word “child” twice and the words “offspring” and “children” once each (“Parents have a right to attend open days”, Letters, 15 September). It...
We must encourage our students (and colleagues) not to use “absolutely” instead of “yes”, and also not to begin almost every reply or statement with “so”. Another irritating habit is the raising of...

Funding, freedom from regulation and staff of the highest calibre are the keys to global success