Subtle racism is alive in the academy鈥檚 corridors
To eradicate the problem, we need everyone to examine their consciences and recognise their biases, says Kalwant Bhopal
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Is the ESRC below the radar or out of the loop?
We know too little about the impact of a research council that funds work with big policy implications, says David Walker
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Last man in the university: it鈥檚 13 o鈥檆lock on campus
Control, surveillance and thought manipulation: there is an undercurrent of 1984 in today鈥檚 academy, doublethinks Eric Blair
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Doing fine in Kazakhstan
We at Nazarbayev University would like the opportunity to comment on the piece by Ararat L. Osipian about the university (鈥淐an a young university be a world-leading university?鈥, Features, 31 March...
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More than money
In her blog post 鈥淎 vote for Brexit is a vote for uncertainty in higher education鈥 (17 March), Angela Eagle concentrates on the figures in broad terms of student numbers and hard cash, which I聽guess...
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Devil鈥檚 in the REF
The language of the 鈥減hilosophy of education鈥 that Alis Oancea talks about is all very well (鈥淐hallenging the grudging consensus behind the REF鈥, 25 March), but I聽submit that the continual surrender...
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Brian, not Brian
Mark Beaumont will indeed soon be rector of the University of聽Dundee (HE&Me, News, 31聽March). However, he will be succeeding the Brian Cox (Dundonian actor), not the other Brian Cox (Mancunian...
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Don鈥檛 bank on it
It may well be the case that individualism and short-termism contribute to the UK鈥檚 failure (relative to Germany) in building a state-backed system to commercialise research (鈥淚ndividualism 鈥榚xplains...
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Looking beyond the labels
The academy鈥檚 focus on prestige makes sense, but odd-couple pairings can be as valuable as luxury 鈥榖rands鈥