Quiet American cash
With respect to Matthew Feldman’s review of British Writers and MI5 Surveillance, 1930-1960 by James Smith (4 April), it is useful to have confirmation that Stephen Spender’s salary while editing...
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Clubbing together
Paul White’s suggestion that we ban country-specific student societies to ensure that foreign students integrate (“Ban country clubs so foreign students mix”, 4 April) is a radical idea but futile....
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Avoid that four-letter word
The suggestion that prospectuses should be light on text and long on attractive images (“Message received: just keep it simple”, 4 April) reminded me of a poster that was designed for a college where...
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Letters
Openness must be a two-way streetThe feature about openness in universities (“Show and tell”, 4 April) implicitly makes a point about asymmetry. If institutions are not open, how can they make claims...
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4 April - 10 April 2013 - The week in higher education
While cinemagoers enjoy the Tina Fey romcom Admission - set at Princeton University - a real-life admissions furore has been unfolding in the US press. Writing in the Wall Street Journal on 5 April,...
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Equity is the best policy
If the UK wishes its sector as a whole to be as well regarded as its elite stars, the right balance must be found in funding
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Split persists on Thatcher legacy
Former prime minister’s higher education policies still elicit respect and rancour. Jack Grove reports
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Commission to scrutinise commercial providers
Cross-party group will review for-profit higher education operators
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Research must take gender into account
Future European funding may depend on identifying how research affects women as well as men
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Posh spice up CVs to gain edge at post-1992s
Affluent students who miss out on elite places ‘hyper-mobilise’ to retain status
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'Something to eat with that?'
The theory and practice of tampingArguments about whether universities should place “employability at the heart of the student experience” have escalated after the announcement of a new Poppleton...
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The gift rift
Demise of matched funding leaves majority of institutions worse off. David Matthews reports
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Thatcher’s legacy: golden age for higher education or ‘unmitigated disaster’?
Former prime minister’s higher education policies still elicit respect and rancour. Jack Grove reports
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Scrapping REF would make little difference to QR funding, says report
Report says distribution would change little if based on research council cash. Paul Jump writes