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  1. Diary

    BathOmens and InspirationsTo celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Great Comet of 1811, observed by William Herschel (1738-1822), and the opening of its new Caroline Lucretia Gallery, the Herschel...

    #Culture

  3. Keep it strictly to yourself

    "You know what they say? Jack of all trades and master of none." That was the vigorous response of Dr Fritz Itzig of our Department of Psychology to the recent argument by Professor Gill Nicholls,...

    #Laurie

  5. The week in higher education

    • It may not live in a pineapple under the sea, but a new species of mushroom will certainly join the ranks of nautical nonsense after being named in honour of the cartoon character SpongeBob...

    #News
    #The week in HE

  6. Leader: A big paper but no grand plan

    The government's proposals promise radicalism. But, born of compromise and fudge, they betray a disturbing lack of vision

    #Leader
    #Opinion

  7. From where I sit - South's rebel yell in the East

    When a spokeswoman for the Ministry of Education stated last month that the South University of Science and Technology of China should be "run according to the law", it put the fledgling institution...

    #From Where I Sit
    #Opinion

  8. Appointments

    University of TorontoGreg ScholesGreg Scholes, professor of chemistry at the University of Toronto, has been awarded the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Prize in the Physical Sciences. The honour, given...

    #Appointments
    #People

  10. Higher anxiety

    Alan Ryan considers whether traditional university education has run its race

    #Alan Ryan
    #Columnists
    #Opinion

  11. There's no good reason for this inequality

    A gruelling four-year battle with her institution over a gender pay gap was ultimately empowering for Liz Schafer, who hopes it will help other women in the fight for parity

    #Features
    #With image

  12. Figures of merit

    Competence in mathematics is desirable for everyone but vital for scientists, yet there is a widespread, deep-rooted fear of the subject. Stephen Curry insists that this can be overcome by making...

    #Features

  13. Teaching fellowships do not benefit anyone

    I suspect I'm not alone in noticing the recent proliferation of "teaching fellowships" in UK higher education, but who do they benefit?They appear to offer an opportunity for those recently...

    #Letters

  14. GPA: imprecise or exact? (1 of 2)

    The grade-point average system ("'Two tribes' to the wall? Elite set may adopt GPA", 23 June) initially appears to offer greater precision in student assessment. However, there is a danger that...

    #Letters

  15. GPA: imprecise or exact? (2 of 2)

    Your explanation of the US-inspired GPA system states that the average "is calculated by finding the average of course grades, although sometimes weightings are used to place additional value on...

    #Letters