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The week in higher education
• Universities often argue that schools play a larger part in deciding the future of youngsters from poorer backgrounds, but a new book says the academy could be to blame for creating a social super-...
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From Where I Sit - You get what you pay for
Quebec's student protests have garnered global media attention, and it's about time - the student strike began almost four months ago and the related civil disobedience has paralysed the province's...
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Odds and quads
The Peoples' Olympiad was organised as a protest against the notorious 1936 "Hitler Olympics" in Berlin.
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Appointments
University of BathConrad EarnestA professor of health and exercise has swapped the bayou for Bath. Conrad Earnest, who joined the University of Bath in April from the Pennington Biomedical Research...
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14 June 2012
Reset the compass - Next-generation scholars must look elsewhere if sector offers exploitation, not employment
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We Face Forward: Art from West Africa Today
Street life, dazzling dress, social commentary and a riot of sensuous colour interweave in a rich assembly of West African art, writes Charles Gore
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Making other plans
Universities benefit from the large pool of cheap labour provided by PhD students and postdocs, but there aren’t enough academic jobs to go around, so young scholars should prepare for the...
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Nuclear Forces: The Making of the Physicist Hans Bethe
Graham Farmelo is pleased to see the spotlight turn to the ‘supreme problem-solver of the 20th century’
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Die hard copy
It's a digital world, isn't it? Not for all: the paperless future has yet to arrive and there is a pulp faction in the academy still wedded to print. Matthew Reisz reports
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Principled stand, not a 'clearing gamble'
The fines levied by the ÌÇÐÄVlog Funding Council for England ("High stakes: £21m fines and 'blindfold poker'", News, 7 June) reveal real concerns with the student number controls now in place...
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Sophisticated scrutiny (1 of 2)
Thank you for hosting an important debate in recent weeks on the sustainability of the student loan system and the security for borrowers when it comes to repayment terms. David Willetts deserves...
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Sophisticated scrutiny (2 of 2)
David Willetts states that the modelling undertaken by London Economics in relation to the assessment of the resource accounting and budgeting (RAB) charge for higher tuition fees in England is "...
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Up close, too personal
An open letter to Sally HuntWe note the results of the ballot to effect constitutional change in the University and College Union as communicated by you in March. We believe this ballot was conducted...
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Alive and kicking
Regarding "Hefce's purse strings may be tied to concordat" (News, 7 June). Some readers may be under the impression that the UK Research Integrity Office shut down when its public funding ended in...