Grade-point mileage
Regarding “Classification reform will display your ‘Tutu’ and your average number” (News, 21 February). We were interested to note that Oxford Brookes University is to publish a grade-point average...
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Learn while they earn
The Sutton Trust’s recent report on the “postgraduate premium” shows that postgraduate education is the new frontier of widening participation (“Postgraduate premium’ fuels vicious cycle of social...
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First things first
Alan Ryan is quite right in advocating an emphasis on primary education (“Build from the ground up”, Opinion, 14 February). When the old Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals first supported...
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Pulp faction
As a long-established educational developer without an institutional subscription or a local university library, I am a strong supporter of open access (“Fools’ gold”, 14 February). However, in an...
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Funding councils begin open-access consultation
They say ‘lessons have been learned’ after Research Councils UK is condemned for lack of dialogue
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Rotten to the core? Far from it
Bad apples who cheat may at times beat the system, but their misdeeds should not taint the honest and ethical majority
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Brick nations’ strengths are unevenly distributed, says report
Research gains in Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Korea are not necessarily in their strongest suits, finds Thomson Reuters
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University of Buckingham medical degree to cost more than Harvard’s
Private university’s new course awaits General Medical Council approval as critics decry projected £144,000 price
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Are you looking for trouble?
“A wonderful opportunity.” That was how Louise Bimpson, corporate director of our ever-expanding Human Resources team, reacted to news that The Hub Events training organisation (motto “Fresh Ideas,...
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28 February 2013
Rotters, not rotten - How does a discipline survive a series of scandals?
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Universities mine institutional data in search of gold
Analysis of information on staff and students can help to improve recruitment and retention
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Textbook guide - 28 February 2013
Subjects covered: Biosciences, Geography and environmental sciences, History, Literature, Medicine, Politics & international relations, Statistics and research methodsSee the 28 February...
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Nature All Around Us: A Guide to Urban Ecology
Editors: Beatrix Beisner, Christian Messier and Luc-Alain GiraldeauTranslator: Beatrix BeisnerEdition: FirstPublisher: University of Chicago PressPages: 160Price: £11.50ISBN: 97802269251For the first...
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Biology Today and Tomorrow without Physiology
Authors: Cecie Starr, Christine A. Evers and Lisa StarrEdition: FourthPublisher: CengagePages: 432Price: £117.99ISBN: 9781133365365The study of any machine, living or otherwise, is a challenge unless...
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Megachange: The World in 2050 (Student review)
Editors: Daniel Franklin and John AndrewsEdition: FirstPublisher: Profile BooksPages: 320Price: £15.00ISBN: 9781846685859The world as we know it is changing at an alarming rate. Technology that was...