Does Tim Luckhurst take a pessimistic view of the future of print journalism in the world of blogging, tweeting and people's vastly expanded ability to comment online untrammelled by restrictions?...
I may be the last person you would expect to rally to the defence of David Willetts, but if his recent comments on differential tariffs for A levels are interpreted in a certain way, they open a...
So vice-chancellors could not bring sense to bear on fees and funding policy reforms because universities are autonomous institutions and they knew that charges were going to rise anyway? ("Be ready...
Regarding "Speedier alternative to 'obsolete' OIA unveiled" (1 September) and "OIA remains the final refuge" (Letters, 8 September): we feel we should clarify the Centre for Justice's role.What is...
It is astonishing that the issue of how to use student feedback is still so problematic ("Efforts to secure student feedback 'missing the mark'", www.timeshighereducation.co.uk, 4 September).It was...
The Library of Congress isn't the only organisation interested in Twitter preservation ("Memory failure detected", 1 September).Last year, Jisc funded developments to the TwapperKeeper Twitter...
What is this "decline" in the numbers taking GCSE history that keeps cropping up in your and others' pages (Letters, 8 September)? History's share of GCSE entries has remained stable for the past 10...
Who do Christopher Grey and the collective of historians think they are kidding (Letters, 8 September)? It's not David Starkey's alleged lack of expertise that bugs them - it's what he said. Moreover...
When I was 17, 64 years ago, I sat the Higher School Certificate. In French, there was a grammar and essay paper and one based on the study of a play by Jean Racine, another by Pierre Corneille,...
The University of Roehampton study that the seeds of some trees on Madagascar could be dispersed only through the droppings of a species of lemur (Campus round-up, 8 September) reminded me of an...
Duncan Wu is charmed by a modest octogenarian photographer and the vivid street style he documents
Finding a gene for psychopathy does not help us face depravity beyond comprehension, says Gary Day
In addition to being a distinguished librarian, Geoffrey Ford was also famed for his "astoundingly untidy" office and formidable collection of Rudyard Kipling books.Born in 1942, Mr Ford studied...
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University of UlsterGolden opportunityNorthern Ireland has been selected as the location for a Confucius Institute. Designed to foster academic, cultural, economic and social ties between China and...