Fairer not lower entry
I agree with Maria Misra that forcing universities to admit students from non-privileged backgrounds through a quota system is the wrong way to reverse the trend of declining social mobility in...
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Hardly positive policy
As someone who makes rapid transitions between being a foreigner (of Sri Lankan origin) and an ethnic minority Brit (I gained UK citizenship two years ago), I find the report on Manchester University...
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Let Sally speak for us
Women make up almost half of the new University and College Union. Former Association of University Teachers members voted on a merger document that showed Sally Hunt as having lead responsibility...
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Historic innovation
At the end of the seminar the tutor asked: "What questions would you like in your finals? Some years I ask students what questions they want, some years I ask them to choose from a list, some years I...
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Not fit for purpose 1
I am appalled at the implications of Ruth Kelly's statement on employer-led provision of higher education ("Here's Bob the builder to show you the ropes", July 7). Traditionally, colleges and...
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Not fit for purpose 2
While academics face changes to working practices, of much greater concern is the establishment of foundation (two- year) degrees. Surely these would lie outside the conditions of the mandatory...
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Ups and downs at Ucea
I learnt with joy that Geoffrey Copland had stepped down as chair of the Universities and Colleges Employers' Association. Here was an acknowledgement of the need to rebuild relationships with the...
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Reality check 1
Jeremy Ireland seems to have his own "fluffy bunny fantasy" about students (Letters, July 7). If "socially responsible" students have brought such regeneration to Belfast, Glasgow and Leeds, one...
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Reality check 2
As a graduate, I am not prone to student-hating prejudice. But when I am repeatedly woken in the middle of the night by my student neighbours and sworn at when I ask them to keep the noise down, my...
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The rise and fall of 'silent girly-girls in G-strings'
'Raunch culture' and the hypersexualisation of youth have exposed women to sex at a younger age, leaving them dissatisfied and insecure. Angela Phillips believes a return to feminist discourse on...
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Must science always end up on the altar?
As a cardinal seeks excommunication of those involved in stem-cell research, Michael Ruse surveys the Catholic Church's record on stifling discovery Earlier this month, Cardinal Alfonso López...
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Important notice: a brain has two sides
Gone are the days of unadulterated arts or science study at university. Today's campuses offer a multitude of degree combinations that cross the arts-science divide. C. P. Snow would have been proud...
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At the sharp end of the facts, not the fiction
In April, the UK saw its first measles-related death since 1992. Stephen Phillips charts a worrying fall in vaccine uptake, in particular among the well-heeled For immunologists, it is the best and...
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'In the UK, you find you're on your own'
Are universities more interested in foreign students' fees than their welfare? Tony Tysome asks the experts It's been a five-hour train journey to Plymouth and I have no idea where I'm going when I...
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Debate is about to get personal
Do students need formal processes by which to plan their development, or does this constitute hand-holding? Opinion is split, finds Harriet Swain Battered and embittered by the reactions of reluctant...