We must act now to save part-time university education
Higher fees are to blame for plunging enrolments, says Claire Callender, and dismantling of provision may make loss irreversible
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Climate change will take all our expertise
Universal challenges demand cross-disciplinary focus, argues Dame Julia King, and a thematic approach to university teaching will be essential
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Laurie Taylor – 29 October 2015
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!
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The discontent of South Africa’s students goes beyond fees
The country’s young are angry about more than just tuition costs, which is why solutions are difficult, says Martin?Hall
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One site does not fit all
We wish to register our dismay at vice-chancellor John Raftery’s asset-stripping, course-closing, job-cutting plan for London Metropolitan University, which has been spun as a “one campus, one...
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Eager, not exploited
Not all foreign education providers in South Africa are new or there to exploit a country and continent, as your editorial might suggest (“Africa needs education, not exploitation”, Leader, 22...
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Arts alive and well
The article on Yale-NUS College misrepresents the state of humanities education in Singapore (“Yale-NUS College extends reach of liberal arts’ ‘forbidden fruits’”, News, 22 October). The National...
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Science with bite
I am the Imperial College London scientist who worked on the tooth palace collaboration that was criticised by Simon Singh (“Simon Singh criticises wasteful spending in science outreach”, News, 13...
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Room at the inn?
I was interested to read Sir Anthony Seldon’s “10 steps to address the student mental health crisis” (16 October). This problem can be especially prevalent among international students who are far...
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Participation in higher education by ethnicity
Government statistics reveal that white school-leavers are less likely, proportionally, to enter higher education than those from other ethnic groups
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Trust is a coin of the realm
In accepting industry funding, universities must be transparent if they are to sustain public faith in the independence of research