Conflicts of interest
The Toepfer affair at the University of Oxford ("Tainted money?", 10 March) raises important questions about the way universities handle complaints about allegedly tainted donations and also about...
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Distinctly important (1 of 2)
Even James Ladyman, philosophy's great champion, underestimates the value of "learning to make distinctions" ("From politics to science to critical thought - 'we need philosophy'", 31 March).In...
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Distinctly important (2 of 2)
Welcome back to James Ladyman, doughty opponent of impact assessment, staunch advocate of interest and utility. Philosophy "is vital to our future national interests"; look at the impact it can have...
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Staines has fallen
Regarding "Rationalise to survive" (Letters, 17 March). The philistines aren't at the gates - they've reached Staines.Sue Powell, University of Salford
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Listen to your sentences
To communicate our ideas eloquently is a skill that takes practice. Dale Salwak offers advice on how to help our students write well
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Underlying disorders: The financial health of UK higher education institutions
Universities' accounts seem fairly healthy, but it's no indication of future well-being. Using an exclusive analysis of the sector's financial statements for 2009-10 by Grant Thornton, Simon Baker...
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Film review: Armadillo
Philip Dodd on the visceral and transformational reality of war in a Danish documentary
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TV review: Women in Love
A new adaptation of Women in Love may not adhere to the book, but shows profound understanding
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Campus round-up
University of YorkPhysical hub for digital ambitionsA multimillion-pound campus extension's first building has officially opened. A £21 million home for the University of York's department of...
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Odds and quads
This male finback whale was first spotted at sea in 1865 by a coastguard, who mistook it for the upturned keel of a wrecked ship.
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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7 April 2011
Ready for the future? - Our survey of university finances
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Delete 'Big Society': email protest presses AHRC to drop Tory mantra
Council claims it has no deal with government as thousands join campaign. Paul Jump reports
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Cable tells sector: you’re being ‘irrational’ over fees
Universities are being “economically irrational” by planning to charge tuition fees close to £9,000 and face permanently losing places if they fail to fill courses at that price, the business...
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Hundreds sign petition to save philosophy at Greenwich
More than 1,000 people have signed a petition calling for philosophy to be saved at the University of Greenwich.