Search

168,313 results
Page 2722 of 168285 results

  2. Silver lining MacBook

    It is indeed a relief that thanks to the use of cloud technology, Ucas is confident that its admissions site will work perfectly on A‑level results day (“Ucas says cloud will keep it safe from...

    #Letters

  3. Classical Taylorism

    When Laurie Taylor is toppling academe’s totems and fads, it looks easy, but then a little phrase catches the light and you realise that the brilliance is in the detail. His recent throwaway line – “...

    #Letters

  4. Oxbridge sticks and stones

    One usually associates the University of Oxford with rigorous yet polite debate, but “Applied mythology” (11 July), Edward Hicks’ response to my letter on Oxbridge admissions, suggests otherwise.I...

    #Letters

  5. R&D freeze cuts no ice

    Public investment in UK higher education research is crucial to the academy maintaining its world-class status. As your graph shows (“Who greases the wheels of research? Funding for UK higher...

    #Letters

  6. Input, not imperium

    In a recent letter (18 July), I suggested that the Robbins report led to a mistake because the number of UK university places was driven by student demand rather than economic need. Paul Temple...

    #Letters

  7. ‘Enemy within’ returns Inglis’ unfriendly fire

    Thank you, Fred Inglis, for jolting me out of my false consciousness (“Incinerated by the branding iron”, 18 July). We can all agree that university branding often seems flaky, while managerialism...

    #Letters

  10. First things first

    “I have every sympathy with the University of Surrey’s desperate attempts to increase the number of its students with top‑class degrees.”That was the supportive response of Dr K. T. Rounding Upwards...

    #Columnists
    #Laurie
    #Laurie Taylor
    #Opinion