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Your lead book review does no favours to those wary of the forthcoming research excellence framework ("A wealth of detail on a conundrum", 15 March). Howard Davies knows a bit about failure from his...
Your lead book review does no favours to those wary of the forthcoming research excellence framework ("A wealth of detail on a conundrum", 15 March). Howard Davies knows a bit about failure from his...
Howard Davies' astute comments on the REF's corrosive effects on the quality of academic writing remind me of Flannery O'Connor's observation: "Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the universities...
Regarding "Russell Group 'a more natural fit' " (15 March). There is surely only one word for the universities that have left the 1994 Group: splitters.Keith Flett, London

John House was a passionate scholar, curator and art historian known for his boyish enthusiasm. His expertise in and keenness for 19th-century French painting were matched only by his enthusiasm as a...

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Manchester/Manchester School of ArchitectureLost undergroundExcavations for a long-forgotten underground railway in Manchester have been rediscovered. Martin Dodge, senior lecturer in human geography...

Measuring up - Judging scholarship as the US enters a post-tenure age

Financial aid for individuals during their studies is crucial, argues Liam Burns, but the incoherent NSP will do more harm than good

Media self-hatred is fuelling the attacks on media studies, says Sally Feldman

The Chancellor of the Exchequer has announced investment worth £100 million for universities in a bid to boost private-sector investment in research.
Almost one-quarter of students in the UK receive less lecture time than they thought they would get before they started university, a new report has revealed.
Removing international students from official immigration figures would reduce government statistics to “nonsense”, the head of a migration pressure group has claimed.

King’s College London has received the largest donation from an individual in its history - a £20 million gift for its School of Law.
The University of Warwick and Queen Mary, University of London, could share lecturers as part of a new programme of research and outreach collaboration.

Arab uprisings push US students from Egypt to Lebanon