Who created our University? The argument rages
The great evolution versus intelligent design debate surfaced on our campus last week following the publication of the vice-chancellor's letter to new students. In his letter, the v-c repeatedly...

The great evolution versus intelligent design debate surfaced on our campus last week following the publication of the vice-chancellor's letter to new students. In his letter, the v-c repeatedly...
Sally Feldman has spotted a new breed of troublemaker appearing on campus
£36 million is being offered to fund three new cross-discipline digital research 'hubs'. Chloe Stothart reports
A refusal to visit a barber was a badge of defiance for Sixties youth, but Simon Goldhill, an academic with a beard, warns that in adult life anxieties over the boundary between public and pubic can...
It is right for universities to co-operate with business, but not to cater to a demand for out-of-the-box employees
Chris Curtis, an internationally renowned medical entomologist who pioneered new ways of combating malaria and other tropical diseases, has died.Born in Oxshott, Surrey, on 25 September 1939, he...
Your Big Marking Experiment ("Judgment calls", 18 September) notwithstanding, its comforting conclusion that academics across institutions mark similarly was, of course, flawed in one important...
Your leader ("A case of considered judgment", 18 September) expresses surprise that nine out of ten markers of a first-year philosophy essay awarded a score of between 53 and 66, and found comfort in...
A bigger problem than the variability of marking is that universities are almost wholly ignorant of its extent and sources. I find as an external examiner in many universities that there is little...
I read with interest that Aaron Porter is very worried that students are confused and frustrated by feedback on their work ("Cryptic feedback baffles students", 18 September).What worries me is that...
Thank you Kevin Fong for your cogent and inspiring riposte to Sir David King's comments on blue-skies research ("Don't knock knowledge", 18 September). It is worth highlighting that King's...
One whole page on the philosophy of religion among three pages devoted to philosophy in your Textbook Guide of 18 September. Contemporary epistemology, metaphysics and the philosophy of science were...
In your article "Jobs threatened as Salford looks to save £12.5 million" (11 September), you quoted widely from a confidential paper to our university council on the University of Salford's...
In his latest diatribe ("Forget the evidence - a real debate with the public is what we need", 18 September), Dennis Hayes launches a scathing attack on the recent British Educational Research...
While I admire Steve Fuller's integration of fact (evolution) with fiction (intelligent design creationism) in his new play ("On stage, On the Origin... author endures a dramatic trial of faith", 11...