A burden shared
In the news story “Kept down by menial tasks? Black scholars and the ‘neoplantation’” (16 March), Lamar Johnson, an assistant professor in Michigan State University’s department of English, argues...
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US terms of aid
The article “Income-contingent loans ‘could solve US student debt crisis’” (14 March, www.timeshighereducation.com) contains a significant error. US federal education loans, such as the Stafford Loan...
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Friday on my mind
Despite acknowledging the importance of contradictory examples in the study of the humanities, James Nikopoulos (Opinion, 9 March) remarks on a society’s skill sets relevant to the “passions of their...
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All that matters
The feature on Harry Collins (“Authoritative testimony”, 9 March) says: “Building on the role of government scientific advisers, Collins and [Robert] Evans propose a detailed set of mechanisms for...
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Other Minds: The Octopus and the Evolution of Intelligent Life, by Peter Godfrey-Smith
Steven Rose enjoys a philosopher’s deep dive with some uniquely intelligent company
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Speaking of Universities, by Stefan Collini
David Wheeler on how public higher education in the UK has strayed from its ideals, and how it might regain them
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What are you reading? – 23 March 2017
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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The hybrid exam that can turn misfiring students into human cannonballs
Setting pre-seen exams can bring out previously unsuspected abilities among students, say Nicholas Morton and Natasha Hodgson
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John Cleese’s headmaster is no role model for academics
While learning to work quickly is a useful life skill, a greater gift to students is permitting unhurried excursions and digressions, says Shahidha Bari
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US health reforms could put public universities on life support
Higher education funding from US state governments has always been volatile, but reforms to healthcare could put public universities’ income under even greater pressure, says Will Doyle
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Student Experience Survey 2017: Bright stars of Northern Ireland
Queen’s University Belfast and Ulster University are making huge gains in the student satisfaction stakes, writes Seth Jacobson