News in brief - 23 May 2013
Efficiency savingsIn praise of super scrimpersUniversities saved £1.38 billion between 2005 and 2011 by sharing high-value resources and using innovative technologies, a report has found. Examples of...
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The QAA is hitting the right notes
Your leader of 16 May (“Nul points for agency standard”) may have got it right in relation to the UK’s dismal Eurovision performance, but it is wide of the mark concerning the Quality Assurance...
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Fulfilling work
The article “Disinfectant, disdain and disrespect” (16 May) paints a very narrow and negative picture of student employment at universities.At Birmingham City University, we have in the past year...
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Respect union democracy
The article “UCU Left’s call to go for growth decried as ‘gamble’ by opponents” (16 May) is correct to say that it will be delegates at the University and College Union’s congress who will determine...
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Neurons don't a man make
Annette Karmiloff-Smith’s cautionary remarks on the limitations of neuroscience in the field of psychology are to be welcomed (“Brain scans go deep, but you need intuition for light-bulb moments”, 16...
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An immersive art
One can only support the broad thrust of John Furlong’s piece on the dangers facing educational academia (“In pursuit of the truth”, 2 May). Probably the main difficulty facing this field is that...
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All-too-open invitations
I cannot be the only academic whose in-box is suddenly full of a new kind of invitation. I am urged to join the editorial board of an engineering journal in view of my “outstanding contributions in...
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Sole-searching
Your suggestion that the Daily Mail might consider launching a regular series of articles on academics and their footwear (The week in higher education, 16 May) may not be entirely frivolous. Over my...
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Great Gatsby-mania
Catherine Clinton examines the novel’s enduring appeal as Baz Luhrmann’s version of The Great Gatsby bursts on to cinema screens
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Human Capitalism: How Economic Growth Has Made Us Smarter – and More Unequal by Brink Lindsey
An argument that blames financial inequality on ‘cultural attitudes’ exasperates Kitty Stewart
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Lu Xun’s Revolution: Writing in a Time of Violence by Gloria Davies
Eva Shan Chou on a groundbreaking attempt to assess the later work of one of China’s literary greats
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What’s Wrong with Climate Politics and How to Fix It by Paul G. Harris
Joanna Depledge applauds bold suggestions for how to end the international stalemate over the environment
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Over my dead body!
“I’ll murder you!” she screamed, stabbing at his heart with the blackboard pointer. “How dare you interfere with my 59!”This is just one of the many disturbing incidents described by an assessment...
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Not what the doctor ordered
Moving health research and education funding to the Department of Health may mean higher education loses its voice
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Business schools too busy to boost UK economy
Recruiting overseas students is the priority rather than UK growth and innovation