Misdiagnosis mea culpa
Peter Butler and Andrew Sturdy ("What doctors need is a dose of fairness", Letters, 31 May) suggest that in "The kindness of strangers" (24 May) I argue in favour of passing PhDs on compassionate...
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Japan's light under bushel
In "Beyond those shores"(7 June), ÌÇÐÄVlog equates the divergence between Japan and the rest of the world in higher education terms with an intellectual deficit on the part of the...
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Draw the lines
Surely people should be given lines for sniffing cocaine, not smoking cannabis ("'Let's give every schoolboy lines for smoking cannabis'", News, 31 May)? I should stress that I am drawing on...
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Accidentally on purpose
Your otherwise excellent leader ("The best that money can't buy", 31 May) would have been better still had the word "unintended" been omitted from "has had the unintended consequence of driving grade...
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No sex please, we're Essex
I was briefly worried at what our position (?) at the bottom (?) of the "University Sex League" might do to student recruitment, but a colleague pointed out how pleased parents will be (The week in...
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Paul Bolwell, 1946-2012
A distinguished biochemist, who defied doctors' orders to receive a prestigious degree at the University of Oxford while in the grip of motor neuron disease, has died.Paul Bolwell was born in...
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THE Scholarly Web
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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Campus round-up
London School of Hygiene and Tropical MedicineSeasonal shift in malaria warGiving young children medicine once a month during the rainy season could prevent tens of thousands of malaria deaths....
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Workshop of the world
The Bauhaus’ principles still have much to teach us, argues Sally Feldman
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KAUST resets top 10 ambitions
Head of fledgling Saudi institution restates pursuit of global excellence. David Matthews reports
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Research intelligence - British drive and German engineering
First UK Fraunhofer revs its engine as technology-hub model gains traction. Elizabeth Gibney writes
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Europe’s economic crisis threatens continental rift
The economic crisis in Europe could open up a major divide in university funding across the Continent, the European University Association has warned.
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24-hour intellectual capital
An ambitious free festival exploring everything from the iconic London Underground map to brain scans of cab drivers and novelist Will Self will take place at University College London later this...
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Campus Review: Macquarie stonewalls on staff review
By Louis White, for Campus Review
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Umunna takes coalition to task over HE turf war
Labour’s shadow business secretary has warned that moving responsibility for universities from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills to the Department for Education would cause “...