Satire is dead
A concern when reading Jamie Targett’s latest communication on performance management in The Poppletonian (29 August): I had previously thought there was a satirical element to this column. I now...
A concern when reading Jamie Targett’s latest communication on performance management in The Poppletonian (29 August): I had previously thought there was a satirical element to this column. I now...
It is erroneous of Kitty Stewart to declare that J. M. Keynes’ famous quote “In the long run we are all dead” had anything to do with the idea that economies left alone recover from recession on...
There are three unspoken consequences of Michael Gove’s A-level reforms (“Remaking the grades”, 15 August).Parity of status between the qualifications and technical courses may exist in politicians’...
ߣߣƵ’s international and postgraduate student fees survey (8 August) lists the University of Buckingham as charging the most in the UK for domestic and European Union undergraduates...
You recently reported Higher Education Statistics Agency figures on graduate unemployment by subject, with medicine and dentistry having the lowest rate and computer science the highest (“Try turning...
Allan Johnson struck a chord with his piece on question-and-answer sessions at academic conferences (“Interrogative mood music”, 29 August). However, I would like to point out that one type of...
Siana Bangura talks of “the sheer number of hours that go into making a stellar application to Cambridge or to Oxford” (“Right combination”, Letters, 29 August), while emphasising “the holistic...
David Aberbach’s arguments for cross-disciplinary study are compelling, but apply beyond the humanities: scientists should read literature, too (“A taste of Hard Times”, Opinion, 22 August). Our...


The growth in zero-hours contracts threatens the reputation of our universities and the morale of their staff

Universities are always trying to show that they provide a unique “student experience”. When students pay up to £730 a month for a room without a view save for a brick wall, mission accomplished. A...


Fewer 18-year-olds and rise in BTECs could leave highly selective universities vulnerable, says Ucas chief

New head of Higher Education Wales calls for review of funding to support students from deprived areas

Quintin McKellar discusses clearing, post-qualifications applications and tuition fees