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Searching for solid ground

Aftershocks following the austerity reforms of 2010 are still being felt, with mature students particularly hard hit

House of spirits

The University of Cambridge’s Combination Rooms do seem to be fertile grounds for ghost-hunters (“Schools that have ghouls”, Features, 30 October).The psychologist Sir Frederic Bartlett reported that...

Giving is getting research

May we politely point out to Charles Keidan (“Good for the money”, Features, 23 October) that research on philanthropy has been well established in British historical scholarship for many years.In...

Grade grudges

In my last couple of years working at The Open University, I was conscious of a rise in expressions of disappointment from students about what they considered to be a low grade in an assignment (“...

Audit culture costs

In response to the feature on the monitoring of academics (“Mass observation”, 23 October), the Association of Research Managers and Administrators was pleased to see that Frances Buck, co-founder of...

Madness in the method

At a recent meeting with the National College for Teaching and Leadership, we sought to understand the methodology that has seen the agency deliver swingeing cuts in allocated teacher training...

Pharmacy’s bitter pill

Greg Clark, the universities minister, has announced that there will be no attempt to manage entry into undergraduate pharmacy programmes in England (“Warning: NHS to take as required”, News in brief...

Medical Research Council ‘immune’ to budget rise demand

Nobel laureates warn that the UK’s position in the wider scientific community could be undermined if EMBO’s request is refused

Wider remit urged for Catapult network

Hermann Hauser’s report suggests technology hubs could offer advice on innovation policy and calls for metrics to measure centres’ impact

Piled Higher and Deeper, by Jorge Cham - 6 November 2014

UCL unit ditches mooted authorship policy

Policy draft stated that all publications be reviewed by pair as part of ‘quality assurance’

Campus close-up: Anglia Ruskin University

A new database at the Veterans and Families Institute will improve access to the research done on soldiers adjusting to life after service

Rechristened TSB turns a keener eye to market result

Innovate UK is shifting its focus to boosting academia-industry engagement

Searching for a comment

“I have no comment whatsoever to make on the tribunal’s decision, and no comment whatsoever to make on my consistent failure to make any comment at all on the entire disciplinary proceedings.”That...

Treme: the best TV series no one is watching

This remarkable ensemble piece exploring the rebuilding in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina deserves a bigger viewership, writes Emma Rees