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No commodification

The article “‘Political experiment’ must not reduce education to a commodity” (15 August) informs us that “the UK’s pool of higher education experts…has arguably taken a turn to the right”. It then...

Profile-raising

The very useful perspectives reported in the feature “Putting women in the frame” (22 August) nonetheless require clarification on two points. First, although some external funding bodies have chosen...

The point of NSS is points

It is hardly surprising that institutions use gaming strategies to try to bolster their scores on the National Student Survey (“Hold bad news about grades until after NSS”, 15 August). This has been...

UK still suffers trips of the tongues

Your editorial “A timely look under the bonnet” (22 August) is right to draw attention to the issue of language degrees, but one of the figures was inaccurate. As of 23 August, the number of students...

Grant winners - 29 August 2013

Leverhulme TrustResearch Project GrantsSciencesAward winner: David SaadInstitution: Aston UniversityValue: £155,624Islands of equilibrium in a non-equilibrium worldAward winner: James...

Odds and quads - 29 August 2013

Conjoined twins Chang and Eng Bunker (1811-74), originally from what is now Thailand, toured the world in a “human circus” and became so famous that the term “Siamese twins” is still current

Piled Higher and Deeper, by Jorge Cham - 29 August 2013

Edge Hill sees nothing to fear in the market

Vice-chancellor John Cater says that employment focus ensures strong applicant interest

Animal House college becomes temperance leader

University renowned for drunkenness pioneers a new way to tackle binge drinking

Will Germany silence whistleblowers on plagiarism?

Anonymous reports of misconduct will be blocked, writes Frances Mechan-Schmidt

Why well-designed learning spaces pay educational dividends

Rethinking classroom design needn’t be expensive, but keeping users in mind is key

Only some get to choose

Recreating a two-tier system is only benefiting ‘the best’, says Malcolm Gillies

Zoë Svendsen on the dramaturge’s role at the heart of the action

The ‘creative consultant’ at work in the National Theatre’s new production of Christopher Marlowe’s Edward II

Roger Brown, Amanda Leigh Cox, Rebecca Huxley-Binns, R. C. Richardson and Sharon Wheeler...

A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers

Brothers at War: The Unending Conflict in Korea, by Sheila Miyoshi Jager

Korea was divided by a struggle for legitimacy that resonates still, writes Marilyn Young