Appointments - 28 March 2013
University of LeedsPaul Stewart鈥淚 had a tear in my eye,鈥 said the new dean of the School of Medicine at the University of Leeds of the moment he learned of his appointment, which will take him back...

University of LeedsPaul Stewart鈥淚 had a tear in my eye,鈥 said the new dean of the School of Medicine at the University of Leeds of the moment he learned of his appointment, which will take him back...

The public-private balance of funding sources needs to be adjusted to protect the public interest, says Roger Brown

Alan Ryan considers a new method of governance

A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers

Joanna Williams commends a rigorous analysis of the impact of funding changes on the sector

C茅leste Marie-Bernier admires an original approach to a shameful period in US history

Steve Yearley assesses a timely critique of controversial plans to manage climate change

Ann Mullen is intrigued by the findings, but would have enjoyed more analysis

Neville Bolt on how states and militaries fail to grasp the changing role of media in our lives
I sympathise with Steve Sarson (鈥淪tudents are sent to the rat race maze: syllabus is history鈥, Opinion, 21聽March). Like him, I teach history undergraduates and I agree that it is improper for...
鈥淔ools鈥 gold? (14 February) is an excellent and perceptive summary of the extant open-access proposals. Let me declare now that I am an editor of an Elsevier journal that currently runs on the...
Why did Felipe Fern谩ndez-Armesto feel the need to begin his article on sex scandals in higher education by describing a former student as 鈥淪tatuesque. Stunning. Spectacular,鈥 before suggesting 鈥渕ore...
In regards to 鈥淨AA highlights problems with UK accounting degree鈥 (News, 21 March): I felt it was important to address three points.First, students are deemed as registered on the BSc programme on...
I was disappointed with the reader responses to 鈥淟ines of investigation鈥 and 鈥淥pus versus output鈥, your articles about artistic practice as research (7 March). Of the two professors emeritus numbered...
The Financial Times鈥 Michael Skapinker queries the effectiveness of online lectures (The week in higher education, 21 March): 鈥渉ow long are people watching before they flip to Facebook?鈥 As anyone...