UK student traffic among the home nations
About 30,000 students starting an undergraduate degree this year have decided to pursue it in a different UK country from where they live

About 30,000 students starting an undergraduate degree this year have decided to pursue it in a different UK country from where they live

As every child knows, while one ice cream might be delicious, two can leave you feeling sick. It is possible that academic and poet Jonathan Hart is reflecting on similar metaphors after finding...
The two opinion pieces on the implications for higher education of the Scottish referendum raise questions for universities in England as debate about the governance of England begins.Sir David Bell...
Have we learned nothing in the past six years about the difference between mathematical models and the real world? If you put garbage into a mathematical model, you will get garbage out. If you model...
In arguing for more attention to be given to graduate employability, Ruth Helyer notes that “sandwich programmes…fell out of favour” (“Welcome to the real world – of work”, News, 25 September). If...
We wholeheartedly agree with Brian Cox that organisations need to work together to widen participation (“Universities are gold mines and we must better extract their value”, News, 18 September). We...
To think that learning requires teaching that is more than mere stimulation and titillation (“Make a class a haven”, Features, 18 September). With 10 years of online teaching, I have matured out of...
I read Bruce Macfarlane’s feature “Speaking up for the introverts” (25 September) with interest. It is not just students for whom shyness can be an issue. In my research into how students describe...

Thomas Docherty on the fundamental tension between professional duties and civil engagement

Chris Knight on the history of humanity and the myths that shape our civilisations

Mary Evans on a study of the US feminist movement from the 19th century

Jane O’Grady on what it means to be mature in an infantilising culture

Richard Bosworth lauds a study of a complex and enduringly valuable work of scholarship

Richard Bosworth lauds a study of a complex and enduringly valuable work of scholarship

Jonathan Mirsky on the unfairness and exploitation rife in modern Chinese society