What price trust? The cost of breaking student loan promises
Changing current students鈥 debt repayment terms would damage public faith in government, say John Thompson and Bahram Bekhradnia

Changing current students鈥 debt repayment terms would damage public faith in government, say John Thompson and Bahram Bekhradnia

The sums spent on the exercise were exorbitant and the money could be better spent, argues Derek Sayer

Comic conclusions on the world of doctoral study

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the national press
We write in response to the article 鈥淥ffa pushes sector to do more to widen access鈥 (News, 16 July), which states that 鈥渋nvestment in financial support such as scholarships will continue to decrease鈥...
Bureaucracy has become a hot topic after the recent publication of David Graeber鈥檚 book The Utopia of Rules (鈥淐ompliant captives in a聽paper cage鈥, Features, 21 May). In terms of form-filling, I would...
Can we blame technology for the social isolation of the humanities and social science research students (鈥淪ector must address 鈥榙ehumanising and isolating鈥 aspects of PhD study鈥, News, 9聽July)? In my...
As managing editor of Clues: A Journal of Detection, the only US academic journal on mystery, detective and crime fiction, I share Richard Bradford鈥檚 concern (鈥淏eaten to a pulp鈥, Culture, 4 June)...
Nick Hillman has overlooked the effect of geographical mobility on social mobility in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s (鈥淭hey would walk 500 miles鈥, Features, 23 July). Moving to another city also involved...
I was pleased to be informed by Jack Grove鈥檚 article 鈥淭inkering helps to dial in the joy of learning鈥 (Campus close-up, 23 July) that Saeed Reza Taghizadeh at London Metropolitan University is...
The review of Jeff Scheible鈥檚 book on punctuation appears to have overlooked the full stop that punctuates the volume鈥檚 hardcover price: 拢52.50 (鈥淟ittle things mean a lot鈥, Books, 23 July). At a...
You report renewed interest in charging variable tuition fees depending on an assessment of the value of the subject being studied (鈥淲ould students swallow fees varying by subject?鈥, Analysis, 23...

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