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Ballot boxing

I am glad that David Prosser was interested in my review of Emma Crewe’s The House of Commons (“The personal pitch”, Letters, 23 April). But I would not necessarily agree with Prosser in his belief...

Doing a PhD shouldn't hurt

I was delighted to read about the University of Exeter breaking the taboo and issuing details concerning the impact of PhD studies on the physical and mental health of students (“Four in 10 say PhD...

Je ne suis pas Queen’s

I deplore the decision by Queen’s University Belfast to cancel the international conference “Understanding Charlie: New perspectives on contemporary citizenship after Charlie Hebdo” (“Charlie Hebdo...

Going for gold

From reading the article “Gold papers: publishers share £10m in APC payments” (News, 16 April), readers might conclude that some journal publishers do not publish many open access articles. However,...

No need to bill the lawyers

I agree with Daniel K. Sokol’s concerns about academics diagnosing the impact of illness on student performance (“Reserving judgement”, Opinion, 23 April). However, nowhere in his article does he...

Cuts have holed part-time study

In the feature in which experts quizzed politicians about higher education policy (“Answers for everything”, 23 April), the Green Party’s Dave Cocozza refers to the scaling-back or closure of every...

Doctoring the doctorates

Laurie Taylor's weekly bulletin from the University of Poppleton

St Patrick’s gets green light for SLC loans

But ɫ��ֱ�� Office revokes private college’s licence to sponsor overseas students

Regional attitudes on the value of a degree in the UK

Less than a quarter of people in the North East of England agree that it is essential to have a degree in the current job market

PhD loan scheme ‘may not be the right approach’

Study suggests that students do not want to add more debt to personal finances

But to be young is very heaven

The 100 Under 50 universities are agile, dynamic and free from the burden of history, writes Phil Baty

Dynamic characters

The 100 Under 50 universities are marked by their energy, innovation and fearless approach to the future, write Phil Baty and Katie Duncan

Red shift favours the East

The 100 Under 50 is the only Times Higher Education global ranking where the Asia-Pacific region outperforms the traditionally dominant Western powerhouses of North America and Europe, a fact that...

Swiss precision

EPFL is the world’s leading 100 Under 50 university: its president, Patrick Aebischer, explains why the institution has risen so high, so fast

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