From where I sit - Sultan in the swing
Oman is seeking to upgrade its main university so that it can join the ranks of world-class institutions.Sultan Qaboos University, with 14,700 students - almost half of them women - and a state-of-...
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Norman Evans, 1923-2010
A leading figure in the movement to recognise experiential learning has died.Norman Evans was born on 6 August 1923 and educated in Bournemouth and at Rydal School, Colwyn Bay. After serving on...
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Post-results no easy path to better access
It was good to see Mary Curnock Cook, the head of the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service, reviving interest in a post-qualification application (PQA) system for university places ("Ucas...
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Use before summer 2011
Sally Feldman mentions the demise of the Lifelong Learning Networks ("Fuel for enlightenment", 9 December), which have been generously funded by the Higher Education Funding Council for England for...
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Treacherous conditions
Betrayal has been the order of the month. The first group betrayed, the students, shouted about the Liberal Democrats' broken promise on tuition fees, but failed to observe that its own leadership...
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Acceptable bonus culture
There is an alternative to destroying undergraduate teaching in the arts and humanities and hiking tuition fees by 300 per cent. If Vince Cable is serious about getting tough with the banks, he...
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Tutorial lessons
I would like to correct the inaccurate assertion in the letter "Theory first, teaching later" (9 December) that Teach First features minimal university involvement.The Teach First initial teacher...
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Wrong coordinates
David Barton is wrong to say that I "attempt to belittle" the five published case studies from the research excellence framework impact pilots in English language and literature ("Beyond the...
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DIY end to journal tyranny
In my brand of "hardish" science, peer review still works tolerably well, in the sense that a good referee can improve a paper. However, the only effect of the reviewing is merely to maintain a...
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News in Brief
ChinaIt's Party time, Xi tells academyThe man seen as favourite to become China's next president has urged the nation's higher education sector to build closer links with the Communist Party. In a...
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Canada set to step on the international accelerator
Provinces agree to work together to promote a 'national brand' abroad. Sarah Cunnane reports
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Out! Puerto Rico students defy judges and strike
A strike by university students in Puerto Rico has begun in the wake of the imposition of an $800 (£513) annual tuition fee and ill feeling about the presence of police on campus.Police took action...
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Campus round-up
Bucks New UniversityPersuasive case for collaborationA UK university has signed an agreement with a college in Saudi Arabia to help it set up the first advertising school in the Gulf. Academics from...
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Grant winners
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCHService Delivery and Organisation Programme• Award winner: Steven Goodacre• Institution: University of Sheffield• Value: £152,304Emergency planning in healthcare...
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Blogconfidential: Cold comfort in the Gulag
Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: Cold comfort in the Gulag