Our own worst enemy
UCU Left's timely reminder that this is the worst time for factionalism reeks of hypocrisy ("Save fight for real enemies", Letters, 10 February).There are arguably other factional groups within the...
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Unfair comparison
You've got to laugh. An assistant director of human resources at the University of Birmingham, whose vice-chancellor took home £310,000 in 2008-09 according to the most recent survey of vice-...
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I believe I said that
In his review of David A. Weintraub's book How Old is the Universe? ("13.7 billion years - final answer?" 10 February), Shobhit Mahajan says the author takes seriously "Stephen Hawking's wry comment...
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Save Moon - scrap the Sun
Gary Day, reviewing Do We Really Need the Moon? ("Satellite in my eyes", 10 February), mentions that the government might abolish the Moon on a strictly utilitarian basis. I believe that this would...
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Panel games
Much of the Ivy League eschews interviews when filling posts, says Amanda Goodall, and UK universities keen to hire the best should follow suit. But Richard J. Evans, appointed to a chair at...
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Film review: Fair Game
Duncan Wu finds a CIA thriller based on real events in Bush's White House more compelling than fiction
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TV review: The Chinese Are Coming
Gary Day worries that the increasing presence of China in Africa might be history repeating itself
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Campus round-up
London School of EconomicsCredit line for post-crisis studyA hedge-fund manager has donated £2.5 million to fund new research and teaching on Europe's role in the post-financial crisis world. The...
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Odds and quads: The Camberwell Collection of Applied Arts
This pinwheel windmill, intended as the centrepiece for a table, has discs set at exactly the right angle to respond to the slightest currents of air.
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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17 February 2011
Happy. Unhappy. Other. - How do students rate the quality of their undergraduate experience?
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Only way is down for state funding, think tank warns global academy
Public funding for higher education among members of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development may have reached its peak, according to a study published today.
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Campaigners claim victory as visa shake-up prioritises scholars
Academics are to be prioritised in the government’s shake-up of the visa system.
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Cambridge to reconsider cutting bursaries to fund fee waiver
Senior academics at the University of Cambridge will rethink a proposal to create a large tuition fee waiver for poor students by slashing bursaries after arguments against the plan were heard by the...
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Urgent action required to secure future of UK science
The Royal Society has called for drastic measures, including a fundamental reform of the A-level system, to break the “self-perpetuating cycle” which has resulted in the UK producing too few science...