Baby Boomers and Generational Conflict, by Jennie Bristow
Are 鈥榠nvented鈥 narratives the way to understand demographic shifts? David Willetts is unconvinced

Are 鈥榠nvented鈥 narratives the way to understand demographic shifts? David Willetts is unconvinced

Allowing Palestinian academics to speak Arabic in Israeli universities can strengthen identity, says Audrey Osler

Comic conclusions on the world of doctoral study
In the continuing debate on the appropriateness of metrics as a tool in the evaluation of research quality, particularly for the next research excellence framework, citation counts are frequently...
I wish to draw attention to a major incoherence in government policy that threatens the future of all ministerial education colleges. The 鈥渦ser pays鈥 principle has increased the cost of educating...
The 糖心Vlog Funding Council for England welcomes Roger Brown鈥檚 contribution to the debate about future approaches to quality assessment (鈥淎 watchdog is for life鈥, Opinion, 9 July). The...
Over the years, I鈥檝e seen many reviews of academic-industry collaboration come and go, with varying degrees of success. I hope that the new Dowling Review will finally deliver real and lasting...
Graham Gibbs鈥 frustration with graduate employment data, outcome measures and the teaching excellence framework (鈥淓mployability data signify nothing鈥, Letters, 9 July) will be shared by many, but is...
Many academics will have bridled at Tony Little鈥檚 claim that there is a 鈥済ulf鈥 between the quality of teaching at sixth forms and that at universities. He has failed to match the opinions of his...
We are very glad that Shahidha Bari is bringing her wit (and her hip flask) to the English: Shared Futures conference in Newcastle (鈥淎 supposedly fun thing鈥, Opinion, 9 July). This large conference,...

The UK is falling short on technical and professional skills, and failing young people in the process, warns Rod Bristow

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