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Anything to eat with that?

“Hurrah for David Cameron.”That was how Janet Fluellen, our Director of Curriculum Development, responded to the prime minister’s praise for such so-called “Mickey Mouse” degrees as Golf Course...

Piled Higher and Deeper, by Jorge Cham - 7 November 2013

Tough choice

You suggest that art history may be considered (albeit unfairly) a “soft” subject (The week in higher education, 31 October). In Trinity College, Cambridge’s list of preferred subjects, however, it...

Pay it forward

“USS’ multibillion-pound deficit could leave staff footing the bill” (News, 31 October) reported allegations of a “black hole” in the Universities Superannuation Scheme and quoted the view that it...

One voice

In their comprehensive article on current threats to the discipline of English (“What happens in the tempest?”, 31 October), Robert Eaglestone and Simon Kövesi make a number of points that require...

Parity of esteem

Edward Acton raises useful questions when he argues that UK undergraduates should spend more time on their studies, particularly in the humanities and social sciences (“You get out what you put in”,...

Dark projections

The BUAV is wrong to suggest that the recent university debates on animal research were in any way “controlled” (“Rigged results”, Letters, 31 October). Student debating societies ran the events and...

Reactionary Robbins

It is easy at an anniversary to lapse into hagiography and “The dambuster” (24 October) is guilty of this. While the Robbins report was an important document, its contribution to the expansion and...

Still too easy to slip on the welcome mat

Various articles in last week’s ����Vlog (including “Bad Indian signs, but applications hold up despite crackdown”, News, 31 October) covered UK international recruitment and the degree...

The week in higher education - 7 November 2013

As our readers know, we strive for nothing less than 100 per cent accuracy. Thus it was no surprise that ����Vlog was mentioned on 30 October in the House of Commons, with the implicit...

Hepi takes leaf out of banking ledger for regulatory model

Report calls for overarching body to fill gaps in national ‘framework’

Hefce: state students outperform private peers

Preliminary findings of major study revealed

Leicester and Pearson target global hot spots

Pair aim to offer English language support in war-torn areas

Opposition mounts to Oz plans for student loan sell-off

Privatisation of debt dubbed a ‘silly idea’ by critics

UK sector still ‘thin’ on Islamic finance teaching

Despite government optimism over UK’s future role, university provision remains limited, forum hears