Great, another layer of league table 'insight'
The ߣߣÊÓÆµ Student Experience Survey raises three concerns about such national surveys ("Taking everything into consideration", 17 February).First, institutions are beginning to...
The ߣߣÊÓÆµ Student Experience Survey raises three concerns about such national surveys ("Taking everything into consideration", 17 February).First, institutions are beginning to...
Readers of your article about the threat posed to modern languages, adult education, nursing, Classics, archaeology and anthropology at the University of Glasgow ("Polyglots plot as Glasgow letter...
As members of the University and College Union coordinating committee at the University of Brighton, we take issue with your correspondent L. Roger Numas ("Our own worst enemy", Letters, 17 February...
Yet again a distinguished economist betrays his unawareness of the economics of higher education. In "Quit the quotas: only competitive tension will keep fees down" (17 February), Tim Leunig argues...
I welcome a further review of post-qualifications applications ("Admissions accomplished?", 10 February). However, please ditch the hackneyed discourse of the "lazy academic". According to Steven...
The Association for University Research and Industry Links, the largest knowledge-transfer practitioner-based association in Europe, is extremely concerned about the planned reduction in knowledge-...
There is currently much debate within the academy regarding post-Browne tuition fees, a higher education "free market" and even revising offers to applicants owing to the overall increase in A-level...
It was illuminating to read about the two caps - one soft, one hard - suggested by the government for tuition fees ("Soft cap too hard for 'naive' sector", 17 February). Presumably they are designed...
Is there a good reason why the University of Cambridge's Faculty of History advertises "stipends" whereas every other university pays salaries (Appointments, 10 February)? Or is this a minor example...
It would be unusually early to have spied the first cuckoo of spring, so I was interested to note Don Braben's inference that two (albeit excellent) swallows can make a summer ("Successful Venture",...

As graduation rates shrink and tuition fees and student debts soar in the US, experts call on the UK sector to heed lessons from the world's academic powerhouse. Sarah Cunnane reports
Prospective students' increased focus on graduate employment prospects and salaries in the wake of tuition fee rises will have profound repercussions for the sector in terms of setting fees, argues...

It may be hard to sympathise, but even high-flyers hurt when they hit the ground, Duncan Wu learns

The e-reader cannot surpass the pleasures of the page, says Gary Day, where everything is illuminated
University of ManchesterBrief lives up NorthPeople from the North of England are significantly more likely to die before the age of 75 than those in the South. Researchers from the University of...