Inhale鈥nd relax
Further to 鈥淎dvice squad鈥, the feature about PhD supervision ( March). In 1988, when I still smoked, I had my PhD viva in the department of government at the University of Manchester. My supervisor,...
Search
-
-
Vital facts pinned down
Ray Stoneham worries that a 鈥渟eismic shift to online discourse鈥 will leave academics, who are not on first-name terms with modern-day referencing, 鈥渋n their ivory towers calculating the number of...
-
Unhappy resolution
I am a senior lecturer at a UK university who has been in post for more than 10 years. Until two years ago, I would have paid scant attention to the story 鈥淧hD scholarship appeal bid fails鈥 (News,...
-
Reading problems
I think that Julian Elliott has not gone far enough in his criticisms of the dyslexia myth and industry (Letters, 20 March; 鈥淚s it time to rethink dyslexia?鈥, Opinion, 6 March). As a practising...
-
Upping access Down Under
In regard to 鈥淟ifting the cap 鈥榝ails to widen access鈥 in Australia鈥 (News, March), your article on the impact that Australia鈥檚 approach to funding higher education by demand rather than supply has...
-
Primed and readied
The feature 鈥淭he rise of the route masters鈥 (20 March) could have benefited from contrasting private pre-degree schemes with the aims and values of some of the earliest university foundation...
-
Open must be affordable
We are grateful to members of the web community, including Peter Murray-Rust (鈥淏logger set on smoothing road to open access鈥, News, March), who are working hard to enrich the data on open access...
-
On academic issues, law bows to managers
Having sat through most of the hearing and considered the judges鈥 remarks as the case proceeded (鈥淨ueen Mary critic loses unfair dismissal claim鈥, March), I formed the view that what most colleagues...
-
Higher education contributes 拢73bn to UK plc
UUK report details scope of sector鈥檚 economic activity, which adds up to 2.8聽per cent of GDP
-
Number of students starting PhDs falls
The number of students beginning PhDs funded by six research councils has fallen by more than 20 per cent since 2009-10
-
鈥楴o academic boycott鈥, Willetts reassures Israelis
Universities and science minister at BIRAX conference affirms intention to encourage partnerships for joint scientific research projects
-
Online exposure 鈥榣eads to higher research paper correction rate鈥
Blog discussions of flaws spur publishers to effect more changes and retractions, says Paul Brookes
-
Sir Eric Thomas: plunge in part-time study now 鈥榤uch higher priority鈥
Bristol v-c admits he did not know who was in charge of policy at his institution when he led UUK review
-
Work experience: a good idea in theory
Nearly all undergraduates say placements and advice are valuable, but less than half end up using them, survey finds
-
Campus close-up: University of Southampton
Engineering and maritime technology campus being redeveloped at Boldrewood in collaboration with industry partner