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The story “£6K fee choices: Film, not finance” (News in brief, 30 April) suggests that about 40 per cent of university applicants might select a different course if fees are lowered.Tuition fees are...
The story “£6K fee choices: Film, not finance” (News in brief, 30 April) suggests that about 40 per cent of university applicants might select a different course if fees are lowered.Tuition fees are...
Rachel Carey’s choice of William Stoner as an example of an academic who might not survive in academia today (“An examined life”, Opinion, 30 April) is unfortunate, because he was a failure in nearly...
We write with reference to the consultation regarding the proposed closure of the Universities Superannuation Scheme’s final salary scheme. We suggest that the current timescales do not represent an...
Nigel Piercy’s recently reported personal insults about trade unionists seem designed primarily to court controversy and thereby attract publicity.We have, of course, been here before with Piercy’s...
Your Careers Intelligence piece about getting media exposure for one’s scholarly research (“Don’t bore us – get to the chorus”, 30 April) is right about the “thrill” of seeing one’s research getting...
David Colquhoun’s letter “Pressured peers” (30 April) discussed peer review and some of the reasons why the practice is flawed.PeerJ has been tackling some of the problematic issues of peer review...
Shahidha Bari should count herself lucky that she has an office so that she can pursue her job in quiet and privacy (“Give me room to breathe”, Opinion, 16 April). I have heard on the grapevine that...
Your financial health check of universities (“Keep squirrelling away the nuts”, Features, 30 April) showed that the sector reported net assets “excluding pension liabilities” of an impressive £40...

Ten research-intensive universities in the South of England will get more than £2,000 each year in quality-related research funding for every student at the institution, an analysis has shown

Critics cry ‘cop-out’ over decision on publishing report

Scholars have asked university communications departments to publicise their birthdays and businesses as well as academic conferences

Rector at Maastricht University fears that curbs on using English are preventing some institutions from innovating and internationalising

Watchdog finds reports of fighting in classroom at private provider and sets six-week deadline for action plan

Provost says university’s size will help it hit a ‘moral’ target of 50 per cent women across its professoriate and board

Scholar Will Brooker says comic-book giant’s new-look superheroine seems to share traits with his own series