The week in higher education – 25 February 2016
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the national press
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How can we make UK higher education sustainable?
Universities need a new funding model, say Andrei E. Ruckenstein, Mark E. Smith and Nicola C. Owen, who want academics to take the lead in tackling the problem
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Laurie Taylor – 25 February 2016
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!
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Grant winners – 25 February 2016
A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash
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People’s memories of university are no basis for the TEF
What lessons are there for public policy from anecdotes about ‘the best years of your life’? asks Nick Hillman
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How to loosen the grip of independent schools on Oxbridge?
The odds on acceptance for pupils from comprehensives should force us to tackle interview bias and adopt quotas, says Anthony Costello
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Let’s talk about wider cultural dialogue
Modern languages needs to become a broader interdisciplinary field unbound by national limits, argues Charles Burdett
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More hard work than magic
As one of the administrators mired in the greyness of bean-counting and space usage targets, I was entertained and inspired by Andrew W. Robinson’s suggestion to improve university timetabling (and...
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What’s changed?
Your article “Unlimited student recruitment ‘transforms’ English universities” (News, 17 February) presents some dramatic examples from Ucas data on acceptances to make the case that the government’s...
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Refugees left out
The University of Bath’s letter about helping Syrian refugees requires some clarification (“How to help Jordan”, Letters, 18 February). The letter lists five commitments to “build resilience in...