Nice work – if we can all do less of it
In “Rise of the machines” (30 March), Nancy Gleason argues that automation will supplant more than a billion jobs worldwide by 2050, many of these at graduate level, but I think she has missed an...
In “Rise of the machines” (30 March), Nancy Gleason argues that automation will supplant more than a billion jobs worldwide by 2050, many of these at graduate level, but I think she has missed an...
Making something scarce leads to increased desirability (“Stall and decline”, Opinions, 6 April). If UK institutions raise standards for entry, they will become more desirable, and, once they adjust...
Computer says: doh! “Using laptops in class harms academic performance, study warns” (News, 6 April) is a very broad headline statement – surely it depends what students are asked to do with their...
I very much support the idea of a National Senior Management Survey, and would hope that university managers might seek to address some of the problems uncovered (“Overpaid and overbearing: UK staff...
Even if Richard J. Haier’s research (“Achievement gap can only be closed if we embrace neuroscience”, Opinion, 6 April) uncovers 200 genes that appear unusually active when Jo performs a little...
As some of the scholars who have been lucky enough to review books in the pages of?糖心Vlog, we’d like to say thank you to Karen Shook, as she leaves the role of books editor for...
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton.?Finem respice!
Government concessions needed ‘if it is not to lose its bill’, senior Labour peer warns
Hungarian prime minister says the ‘milk has curdled’ with institution’s support for immigrants
US study suggests women perform more ‘service’ work in universities
Some aspects of university reform – including parts of the TEF – could ‘turn to dust’, says Nick Hillman
Critic discusses Trump, Bob Dylan and what university teaching can learn from Quentin Tarantino