Rhetoric is not research
Shoddy perpetuation of presupposition and prejudice is passed off as "research" in the report of the forthcoming book by Dennis Hayes and Kathryn Ecclestone ("'Infantilised' students and staff rapped...
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Scholarship is still valued
Martin Cohen's witty attack on academic bookshops ("Banality at bargain prices", 12 June) singled out my Last Witnesses: The Muggletonian History as a recent casualty. Coincidentally, The London...
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On board with flagship idea 1
Kevin Sharpe's opinion piece raises some hugely important issues and promotes the idea of an Institute of Advanced Studies ("We need a flagship to lead the humanities fleet to fighting fitness", 19...
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On board with flagship idea 2
Were Kevin Sharpe to head to Bloomsbury in search of intellectual exchange about some of his favourite subjects (Renaissance studies and the history of the book), he would find that the Warburg...
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Pay review will be robust
As the three independent members appointed to the Joint Negotiating Committee for Higher Education Staff review of higher education finance and pay data, we feel it is important to bring some...
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Positive appraisal
I hope that Michael Sheehan's next appraisal applauds his heroic stance against appraisal and performance management ("'Performance management is a waste of time', claims HR professor", 19 June). If...
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NSS is a tool for good 1
Lee Harvey's criticisms of the National Student Survey ("Jumping through hoops on a white elephant", 12 June) are unfounded. He cites two "blatant attempts at manipulation" by university staff, but...
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NSS is a tool for good 2
Lee Harvey's views on the National Student Survey overlook the very real benefits it has brought to prospective students and to the universities. Tomorrow's students face a bewildering array of...
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Poppletonian spirit
Energy audits? Work-life balance? Spiritual health? Positive life choice? (News, 19 June). Surely this should have been in The Poppletonian?William Gibson, Oxford Brookes University.
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The nosy professor
Sam Gosling pokes around people's homes, into their cupboards and under their beds. But it's not voyeuristic - such off-the-wall research is delivering crucial insights into personality, Matthew...
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Where has all the passion gone?
In the heyday of campus radicalism, protests took place at the drop of a hat and Marxism ruled. Today's young are quieter and as likely to vote Tory as for the Left. There's still commitment but, as...
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Figure it out
While wrestling, crime, sex and tulipmania spice up popular books on economics, the academic discipline often remains impenetrable. Matthew Reisz considers the costs and benefits of complexity
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26 June 2008
Born to be mild - Is conservatism a badge of honour among students?
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Bio labs could be built in urban areas
MPs see no reason why laboratories that handle the most dangerous pathogens cannot be operated in universities or in towns
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In the Shadow of the Magic Mountain: The Erika and Klaus Mann Story
Robert Gillett on Erika and Klaus Mann's bittersweet relationships with family and country