Mistrust and misuse 2
I was amused by how Niall Mackay's letter (July 14) proved Susan Bassnett's argument on misunderstandings about university finances (Working Knowledge, July 7). With one third of tuition fees to be...
I was amused by how Niall Mackay's letter (July 14) proved Susan Bassnett's argument on misunderstandings about university finances (Working Knowledge, July 7). With one third of tuition fees to be...
The report "Struggle to fill v-c job vacancies" (July 21) raises two issues. The first is that the emphasis of the new recruitment focus appears to be whether vice-chancellors can cope with financial...
The articles "Postgraduates told: those who can, teach" and "Juggling staff have crisis of identity" (July 7) both point out the inadequacy of the research PhD as preparation for an academic career....
Reliance on PhD students to deliver undergraduate tutorials and seminars has - particularly in the US - enabled undergraduate expansion while keeping tuition fees under control ("PhDs told to avoid...
Your story about access and drop-out rates based on the Higher Education Funding Council for England performance indicators ("The hits and the misses", July 21) gives a very negative picture of...
So, despite the best efforts of those of us who engage in "widening participation" events, access to university remains stubbornly inegalitarian ("Access initiatives reach an impasse", July 21). Here...
The article "Childcare costs eat deeply into pay packet" (July 7) mentioned the salary sacrifice scheme designed to help meet the costs of childcare. Unfortunately, I work for a Catholic college that...
I read with amusement and concern the article "Geography breaks out of its borders" (July 21), which consisted of a sycophantic celebration of the recruitment strategy of the geography department at...
Universities combat extremism by exposing untruth and teaching critical thinking, argues Bhikhu Parekh Over the past four decades, the unusual pressures to which universities have been subjected have...
Trevor Norton, marine ecologist, kicks off a series on academics' pastimes and how they feed into their research At school my speciality was failing exams, but television changed my life forever when...
Huw Richards attends a 'witness seminar' on the Church of England's radical 1980s report on inner cities Although the term was not widely used then, the Church of England's Faith in the City (FITC)...
En suite, 'hospitality teams', gleaming show suites - Harriet Swain charts the rise in demand for upmarket digs This month, a new kind of shop opened in central London. It caters exclusively for...
Our monthly guide to some of the conferences taking place around the world Luxury liners, day trips, exotic locations. Summer conferences are as close as you get to a holiday, says Harriet Swain This...
* The 40th International Congress of the International Society for Applied Ethology will look at animal behaviour. Papers include dogs' social hierarchy in the household and "Friendsheep? Non-...
Stephen Phillips meets the academic who believes that animals can feel empathy When renowned primatologist Frans de Waal observed chimpanzees literally kissing and making up after fighting he was...