Broad-based equality
We were interested to read “Athena SWAN is poised to achieve liftoff” (News, 10 October) and “Dawning diversification” (Letters, 17 October).We would like to respond to the incorrect statements made...
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Personal is political
The Pearson Think Tank recommends the abolition of Ucas personal statements on the grounds that not everybody makes a good job of them (“Statements of disapproval”, News, 10 October).Where does one...
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Working time directive
Edward Acton (“You get out what you put in”, 17 October) argues that UK undergraduates should spend more time on their studies, particularly in the humanities and social sciences. I couldn’t agree...
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Differences of opinion
John Colley advocates publishing the results of student questionnaires and compares them to patient survival rates (“It’s got to be good”, Opinion, 10 October). He seems to think that the former are...
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Spoilage signified
Your excellent feature “Evolution of evaluation” (17 October) did not discuss the importance of the name change from the research assessment exercise to the research excellence framework. This...
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Intellectual fruit of neoliberal seedbed
In bemoaning the decline in higher education research since the publication of the Robbins report, Gareth Williams diplomatically sidesteps an assumption that Lord Robbins made that neither he nor...
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News in brief - 24 October 2013
Hefce appointmentsIn the student cornerThe Higher Education Funding Council for England has appointed a board member with specific responsibility for the student interest. Graeme Osborn is a former...
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UK pair build ‘genuine collaboration’ with Latin America
Delegation to Brazil underscores progress in UK universities’ collaborative efforts
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The War that Ended Peace: How Europe Abandoned Peace for the First World War, by Margaret MacMillan
Roger Morgan on the reasons why so much blood was shed
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Who picks up the tab for growth?
Willetts, like Robbins, envisages more graduates, but he is similarly reluctant to explain how expansion will be funded
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Uclan data point to falling student recruitment
Internal papers show 3 per cent decline in firm acceptances for University of Central Lancashire
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Research collaboration patterns in Europe
More than half (57 per cent) of all European research papers are written by authors with collaborators outside their institution, a study has found
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Research cluster explores all things gothic
Manchester Met launches interdisciplinary Centre for Gothic Studies
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JoVE journal’s videos take strain out of new science
Model is saving research from ‘scourge of irreproducibility’, says founder Moshe Pritsker