The battle is raging over whether competition is a good way to drive up quality in the sector. If we accept Lord Browne's (and presumably the government's) view that it is, why exclude science,...
Vernon Bogdanor repeats the Browne Review's assertion that, since 2004, there has been a "significant and sustained" increase in participation in higher education by people from disadvantaged areas...
We are very concerned that some of the recommendations in the Browne Review could prevent disabled students from accessing university.The proposed £3,750 upfront loan for living expenses does not...
I wonder where Baroness Warnock has been all these years ("The review's reverberations", 28 October)? She sounds like Margaret Thatcher who, as education minister in the 1970s, was told that some of...
Where, I wonder, are the vice-chancellors in responding to this grave threat to the public cultural role of universities? When the vital interests of the armed forces are at grave risk, the chiefs of...
A component element in the UK's poor performance in modern languages is that many British academics are monolingual and unable to either present their work in foreign languages or read research done...
Many believe that above a certain threshold of competence, the award of research council grants has become almost a lottery ("Grant award? It could be you", 30 September).The success rate is very low...
When someone of Martha Nussbaum's pedigree speaks publicly about a forthcoming educational and political crisis, we had better take notice ("World crisis in humanities, not many hurt", 21 October). I...
Am I the only long-time reader of ÌÇÐÄVlog who finds the use of "the academy" to mean universities or the higher education system irritating? It is difficult to believe that it is so...
I was most surprised to read that in the UK, the American Civil War "is not at the centre of a single undergraduate course" ("Blues and Greys in the UK", 28 October). As it happens, my second-year...
The government wants a return to the past, with more input into the exam process by universities. Rebecca Attwood probes whether the move is welcomed or seen as more ministerial meddling
Delays to a report on the future of Irish higher education have fuelled unease over its proposals. Having seen a draft of the recommendations, Hannah Fearn gets the academy's verdict
The impact agenda came roaring to unruly life for a self-confessed shy bookworm when his work on Plato's 'musical code' drew the attention of the international media. Jay Kennedy tells the tale
A-level design - Should universities be entrusted with refurbishing and maintaining the qualification?
Universities will be able to charge tuition fees of up to £9,000 and higher-earning graduates will face interest rates on their loans of 3 per cent above inflation under proposals unveiled today.