The week in higher education – 4 August 2016
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Laurie Taylor – 4 August 2016
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!
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Grant winners – 4 August 2016
A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash
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Not for you: what ‘experts’ debate tells the working class
The ‘university-educated expert’ v ‘common man’ conflict cements the notion that higher study is not for the poor, says Ryan Coogan
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A humble request: don’t ask for letters of recommendation
Asking applicants for academic posts to submit references from supervisors can lead to exploitation; the practice needs to end, says Sanjay Pulipaka
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With end of tenure in sight, end of tether is too
With retirement age approaching, Irritable Male Syndrome is hitting Mark Montgomery particularly, unexpectedly, hard
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Impact of Stern REF review assessed
Re “Stern aims for lower REF workload, more ‘game-changing’ research” (28 July). As someone doing good research, this is how I read the recommendations of Lord Stern’s Review of the UK’s Research...
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Private positives
I would argue that the disappointing letter “Private ventures ripe for failure” (28 July) is backwards-looking and self-protectionist. It is an unreasoned attack on the alternative provider sector in...
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Beyond training
Re “The vocational alternative: a definitive opportunity for universities?” (31 July) How often do we have to read of universities’ failure to “equip” young people for work when their brief is to “...
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Help, don’t snark
Academic writing is an easy target: there’s so much of it, and not all of it is good. Understanding and detailing good practice is much harder to do. Zachary Foster’s list of bad writing tics (“How...
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Stern review: research ructions and reality
Unease over the suggestion to tie work to universities overlooks the reality that the REF is an institutional review