Same old boys' club
New format ... same old boys' club? Bravo to your readers and contributors for pointing this out (Letters and opinion, 24 January). But it is worth making a special point about your crisp and...
New format ... same old boys' club? Bravo to your readers and contributors for pointing this out (Letters and opinion, 24 January). But it is worth making a special point about your crisp and...
Now that we know, thanks to Jane Purvis, that the typical ߣߣÊÓÆµ letter writer is an indolent male with nothing better to do than swell the magazine's inbox with gendered natterings,...
The real problems with the editorial board are (a) the ridiculous notion that a weekly should have one, and (b) that it is stuffed with establishment figures utterly unrepresentative of your...
In light of concerns about gender imbalance on the letters page, it's worth commending The Poppletonian (24 January). It is has 100 per cent female domination (bravo Janet Vantiger, Theology for...
I look forward to the day "Targett targets the targets" (The Poppletonian, 24 January).Bernard Lisewski, University of Salford.
The first casualty of a magazine reorganisation is the book review section. Full-length reviews are now diluted by snippets from other publications (why?), the "Top 10 Academic Bestsellers" from...
Sir David King is right to call for a broadening of perspectives in the design, funding and conduct of research about climate change ("King urges arts to join crusade", 24 January). However, I'm not...
The headline "Whitehall seeks £1.5bn 'savings' from sector budget" (17 January) was grossly inaccurate.Last year's Comprehensive Spending Review made clear the Government's commitment to increase...
In the story on the Office for Standards in Education's rating of the University of Buckingham's Department of Education, it says we trained just three teachers last year ("Ofsted gives low mark to...

Teaching-only staff were once widely deemed unworthy of the name 'academic'. But one in four UK academics is now labelled so, and the proportion is expected to grow. Esther Oxford considers the...
Worries about extremism on and off campus have spurred universities to foster more cultural awareness and understanding in their local areas, as Hannah Fearn discovers.
Women's studies is about to disappear as an undergraduate degree in the UK. But is it because it is no longer relevant or because it has done its job by putting the issues in the mainstream? Esther...
The British Library not only supports world-class research, it also inspires rhapsodies from scholars around the world. Matthew Reisz explores colourful tales behind the unique collections at the...
The life and usefulness of teaching resources is extended by digitizing them, but expert IT advice and a long-term strategy are needed before you begin.
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