The term open educational resources (OER) encapsulates the simple but powerful idea that the world's knowledge is a public good. The internet offers unprecedented opportunities to share, use and...
A.W. Brian Simpson has been variously described by his students as "hysterical", "remarkably in touch" and "so awesome my soul bleeds when I think about him".He was a noted academic lawyer who...
Positing that offshore university campuses are core to internationalisation misses a key point ("Branching out", 3 February). Individual institutional missions dictate their globalisation tactics....
Your report "Fees shift could leave UK 'haemorrhaging' cash to EU students" ( January) states that many European Union students will fail to reach the £21,000 threshold at which tuition fee repayment...
The University and College Union is not running five ballots for fun ("Invasion of the union snatchers" 3 February). Defence of pensions, jobs and conditions is what the UCU is for. Some employers...
In response to government proposals to introduce market-driven changes to higher education, the Higher Education Funding Council for England is consulting on the information that universities will be...
David Colquhoun suggests that my colleagues and I misrepresented his views on research concentration ("Now, concentrate", Letters, 3 February). Our previous letter ( January) accurately reflected the...
I enjoyed the article by Amanda Goodall on the leadership of our universities (Turning on the leading lights", January), and I very much enjoyed her book on this subject.I acknowledge many of the...
Amanda Goodall should not be so gullible as to believe the myth that the prime minister's salary is lower than that of many vice-chancellors. I commend to her the interim report of Will Hutton's...
I originally thought your headline "Watch this space: pressing deadlines may see prospectuses without prices" ( January) might have included the word "prices" just for alliterative effect. But no,...
Am I missing the point of the Dr Margot Feelbetter column (Blog confidential)? Is it all some elaborate, postmodern, ironic joke?Recent advice has included: ignore what was certainly a criminal...
You report that a new study has found that Twitter can improve students' performance ("The tweet taste of success: social media's grade effect", 3 February). Quite so; and now that Twitter is allowed...
Aaron Porter was not subjected to anti-Semitic abuse ("Oh, Mr Porter: NUS presidency in Left's sights", 3 February). He was referred to as "a Tory too" in chants by protesters (see a video at http://...
Whites-only in the 1950s, the University of Texas at Austin now has a majority of non-white students. As the nation's ethnic mix shifts, Jon Marcus asks whether US university campuses are becoming...
Reform of the university admissions process has been on the agenda for years. Many favour post-qualifications applications, but a workable system has proved elusive. Rebecca Attwood sets out the...