Bob Welch, 1947-2013
A distinguished scholar of Irish literature who was also an acclaimed novelist, poet and playwright has died.Bob Welch was born in Cork on 25 November 1947 and graduated in English and Irish from...
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Cry 'foul' and give May the yellow card
In his critique of the sector’s approach to student visa policy (“In the twilight zone”, 21 February), Simeon Underwood suggests that the National Union of Students is “inside the [government] tent”...
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Artistic assessment
In “Opus versus output” (7 March), Nicholas Till asks, can artistic practice be research? “Original composition is research” was the mantra of composers on the research assessment exercise from its...
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Flaw show is not unique
As Wolfgang Stroebe and Miles Hewstone point out (“Primed, but not suspect”, 28 February), the chairs of the Levelt, Noort and Drenth committees tasked with investigating the fraudulent research...
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Summer kids in their ruin
You report a BBC finding that Oxbridge admission processes prefer autumn-born candidates (The week in higher education, 7 March). The next day, The Guardian published an article headed “Summer-born...
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Uncle Joe said it wasn't so
Vladimir Tismaneanu, in his appreciative review of Robert Gellately’s Stalin’s Curse: Battling for Communism in War and Cold War, makes the startling claim that “Stalin was intent upon provoking a...
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Site of condescension
The new ߣߣƵ website does indeed provide a much improved “front end” to access the publication. However, surely “Letters” should be immediately adjacent to the “Leader” section in...
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Grant winners - 14 March 2013
Leverhulme TrustPhilip Leverhulme PrizesClassicsAward winner: Michael SquireInstitution: King’s College LondonValue: £70,000The intersection between Graeco-Roman visual and literary culturesAward...
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Stick your oar in or we'll sink
By providing moral and intellectual leadership, university heads will help to protect the bottom line
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Fund ‘pick-and-mix’ Mooc generation, ex-wonk advises
State should fund the individual, not the provision, Sir Michael Barber argues
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Tax and rend for the Lib Dems?
Higher education could cause party fresh problems for 2015
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MIT doyenne: science still a man’s world
Nancy Hopkins identifies remaining obstacles to gender equality
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‘Responsive mode’ takes lion’s share of AHRC cash
Council unveils five-year strategy
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Afghanistan ‘must establish links’ with the West
Minister of education tells conference his country cannot progress without building foreign partnerships