New and noteworthy 鈥 5 April 2018
The case against men (16th-century-style); going to El Norte, and staying behind; glorying in Gorey; and saving Venice
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The week in higher education 鈥 5 April 2018
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world鈥檚 media
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Student voice is nowhere near overpowering
In a recent opinion article, Nick Hillman asked, 鈥淚s the voice of students鈥 unions too powerful?鈥 (26 March). Of course there should be a discussion about the role of students and students鈥 unions in...
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Valuation vexation
In 鈥淯SS strike: why I聽won鈥檛 join the pensions strike鈥 (Opinion, 28 March), Nick Foster argues that the case for pensions reform cannot be ignored. He cites a recent Green Paper,聽Security and...
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No star ratings
Cathy Shrank is right to take the universities minister, Sam Gyimah, to task over his plans to introduce consumer-style ratings for degree courses, but I鈥檓 not sure she goes far enough (鈥...
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Power and speech
The article 鈥淪top taking liberties with free speech鈥 (聽Times Higher Education聽Student Experience Survey 2018, 22 March) verged on self-satirising propaganda for the Office for Students and its plan...
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Let鈥檚 defend pensions, not defined benefits
Converting the USS into a defined contributions scheme could give younger academics a bigger pension pot, argues David Voas聽
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Mis猫re: The Visual Representation of Misery in the 19th Century, by Linda Nochlin
Book of the week: Lennard J. Davis lauds a study of portrayals of the poor as a fitting memorial to its author
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What are you reading? 鈥 5 April 2018
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Laurie Taylor 鈥 5 April 2018
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton.聽Finem respice!
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The borrowers: will universities鈥 debts pay off?
Universities on both sides of the Atlantic are building up big debts, but is it prudent to bet on student numbers growing and super-low interest rates and high fees enduring? David Matthews examines...
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Rise in firsts and 2:1s highest among those with lowest A levels
Data from one of last Hefce reports likely to throw down the gauntlet to new Office for Students on grade inflation