Leader: Will forum bring research U-turn?
When Sir Graeme Davies was asked to deliberate on the relationship between teaching and research at the height of the Government's difficulties over top-up fees, his forum seemed a classic vehicle to...
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Leader: Save our standards
Even allowing for the self-selecting nature of our survey on academic standards, the number of academics prepared to admit to passing students they believe they should have failed is shocking. More...
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Topsy-turvy terms
I read your article on universities scrapping the semester system with interest ("Return to terms of endearment", November 12). I am a final-year student at Plymouth University. Ivan Sidgreaves, the...
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Derrida's legacy 1
The snide remarks and often incomprehension of his work that greeted Derrida's death in the press have been an unedifying spectacle. Your feature on his legacy redressed the balance, particularly...
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Derrida's legacy 2
Pages and pages on Derrida and nothing of substance about his support for a broadly Marxist view of the world? Keith Flett London N17
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Derrida's legacy 3
Nick Hewitt ascribes US nationality to Anglo-Irish Perry Anderson, for 40 years the most influential New Left historian. I guess my hackles rose because, pace deconstructive nonsense not of Derrida's...
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Grasp the 'tertiary moment' 1
You quote Caroline Neville on the need for greater autonomy for mixed-economy colleges in their higher education work, but suggest that "allowing colleges to break free from partnerships appears to...
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Grasp the 'tertiary moment' 2
You claim that a national survey found that college principals blame higher education partners, low student demand and problems with employer involvement for poor recruitment to foundation degrees....
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Aid for Africa
The matters raised by President Thabo Mbeki (Opinion, November 12) will resonate with all those with experience of African universities. The UK is in a prime position to help to open up the new era....
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Big tick for overhaul
We want to allay the fears expressed in your article on the new performance management framework system ("Fury over Treasury research meddling", November 12). To suggest that the framework will...
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Worrying rankings 1
Your World University Rankings are fascinating (November 5). One of the unexpected results is to debunk the old saw about how US universities are good because they skim talent from the rest of the...
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Worrying rankings 2
While I should be pleased that most of the universities I have been attached to have done well in your world rankings, all the talk about "the best universities" sounds more like selling soap powder...
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Reality pill
I am amazed at the sudden love affair with pharmacy in so many universities ("Pharmacy staff chasm", November 12). The Higher Education Funding Council for England, the Department of Health and the...
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Fellow warriors on very different battlefields 1
'Getting these students through the door is only the start' It turns out to be an enlightening experience when widening participation officers Patrick Johnson and Joe Baden swap jobs in the first of...
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Fellow warriors on very different battlefields 2
'How do we decide who is talented?' It turns out to be an enlightening experience when widening participation officers Patrick Johnson and Joe Baden swap jobs in the first of a new series. Once, this...