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Languages pushed to brink
It was interesting to read that modern foreign languages are being marginalised in some of our post-92 universities in the wake of the fees hike (“Seeking commitment”, Opinion, 4 September). I fear...
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IP ‘surrendered’ at outset
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...
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Solving the literacy puzzle
It is strange that the article “The puzzle of UK graduates and their low-level literacy” (News, 11 September) didn’t consider the issue of measurement performance indicators as themselves a possible...
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Hanging on your every word
Getting students to listen is the perennial problem of teaching, matched by the problem of getting them to read (“Your attention please: we must learn to listen”, Features, 11 September).Today there...
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We will pay too high a price for independence
The results of your survey show that a majority of Scottish academics will vote “no” in the referendum on 18 September and that an even larger proportion believe that separation will be damaging for...
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Labour’s proposed £6K fees policy to be omitted from leader’s conference speech
Shadow chancellor Ed Balls wants to formulate funding before announcing policy
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Hepi warns of negative effects of removal of student number cap
‘Rushed’ policy took no notice of ‘precedents at home or abroad’, says report
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Commercial backing means faster start for clinical trials
Smaller proportion of public and charity-funded research approved within target times
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Manchester Met chair of governors resigns over rejection of v-c appointment by board
Current vice-chancellor to stay on until June 2015
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Students’ last-minute submissions score lower, study finds
Universities have a duty to help procrastinators improve study habits, say researchers
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Grad Diary reveals graduate numeracy league table
‘Bit of fun’ rankings grows out of practice tests on website for jobseekers
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More academic leaders from arts than science
Hefce data reveals 70 per cent of department heads from arts, humanities and social science disciplines
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Call to use Carnegie Classification in UK
US analysis of institution’s diverse missions can supplement ‘simplistic’ league tables focusing on research, says scholar
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Iran’s persecuted Baha’is are fighting for education
Iran’s attacks on institute serving the persecuted community are highlighted. Matthew Reisz writes