First among equals
Ruskin College, Oxford has run a successful MA in public history since 1996 ("Learn to tell history with a popular touch", 25 June). The assertion that the MA in public history at Royal Holloway,...
Ruskin College, Oxford has run a successful MA in public history since 1996 ("Learn to tell history with a popular touch", 25 June). The assertion that the MA in public history at Royal Holloway,...
Am I the only person who has noticed that Keith Ponting is still only 30, despite being that age since the start of May last year?Roland Ibbett, Emeritus professor of computer science, Edinburgh.
I thank David Roberts for his response (Letters, 25 June). Case rested.Michael W. Thomas, Associate lecturer, The Open University.

The recession has served only to highlight the dearth of foreign-language skills among British graduates. But are we simply too lazy to tackle the problem? Matthew Reisz reports
Many science undergraduates struggle to write well or solve simple maths problems. We fail them if we do not bring their basic skills up to scratch, argues Harriet Jones

Rue Britannia - UK will pay for the loss of foreign fluency
Concerns over body date back to October 1998, secret Hefce list reveals. Melanie Newman reports

He might be the ultimate killing machine but, says Tara Brabazon, the Governor of California is out of his depth when it comes to understanding how students use textbooks

The Government must find a way to fund additional places, says Pam Tatlow, and there are options

Hefce head says get set for REF by gathering evidence of how research pays off, Zoë Corbyn writes
Short-term reductions preface further funding losses. Zoë Corbyn reports
In a secular and anti-heroic age, the devotion of fans to celebrities is that of believers to gods. Expect the death of the god-like King of Pop to be denied, says myth scholar Robert A. Segal.

Dissolution was considered by funding chiefs as a ‘last resort’. Melanie Newman reports

But lack of dedicated oversight for university policy worries v-cs. Rebecca Attwood and Zoë Corbyn report
Seventy reformist scholars are detained by the authorities, writes John Gill