No pay anomalies for v-cs
I note the strikes by university staff over their pay, but I also note that vice-chancellors never seem to go on strike over their salaries. Could it be that at that level all anomalies are...
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Half-truth about half-life
The study of the 鈥渉alf-life鈥 of journal articles (鈥淭ried and tested: for how long do research papers remain useful?鈥 News, 30聽January) should have included Doctor Who as a co-author, because it...
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No to political perversions
According to Laura Frost in her review of Celibacies (Books, 30聽January), the author, Benjamin Kahan, seeks to debunk the pathology of abstinence. But, leaving aside a monk鈥檚 vocation, celibacy in...
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Fairness appeals
Your issue of 6 February quotes criticism of the decision by the board of the Quality Assurance Agency not to publish details of appeals against review judgements on higher education providers (鈥淨AA...
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Insults added to injuries
We deeply regret the need for this letter but we cannot leave unchallenged comments by our vice-chancellor, Julius Weinberg (鈥淜ingston v-c defends last post for principal lecturers and readers鈥, News...
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Scots go their own way
Your article about tuition fees in Scotland (鈥淐lock is ticking: Teenagers question sustainability of free tuition鈥, 6 February) states: 鈥淭here have been signs that a near-political consensus for free...
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Enablers, exemplars and real leaders
The article 鈥淚s your university a good place to work?鈥 (Features, 30聽January) made interesting reading, although it is difficult to appraise the reported differences between places and disciplines...
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News in brief - 13 February 2014
Animals in researchPledge to improve welfare with 3RsThe government will use the high international standing of UK science to pressure other countries to cut reliance on animal research. The pledge...
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The week in higher education - 13 February 2014
Which cabinet member has been described as an 鈥渁rriviste, wannabe toff drooling over the lexicon of long ago while dreaming of the glory days of 鈥榩rep鈥 and 鈥榣ines鈥欌? The answer is education secretary...
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Into profit
鈥淚t鈥檚 time we abandoned the tired old shibboleth that there is something wrong with people making fat profits out of higher education.鈥漈hose were the fighting words from Mr D.鈥塁.鈥塅. Tapstock, our...
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BIS stays the Treasury axe
Grant letter keeps new cuts down and widening participation funding stays
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Unionists consider deploying boycott in pay battle
As strike force falters, some UCU members and industrial relations experts think escalation is needed
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UK sector urged not to wait for India to pass foreign campus bill
British Council urges universities to press ahead with learning partnerships on the sub-continent
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London Met sticks to 12-month embargo on minutes
Policy continues despite warning from Information Commissioner鈥檚 Office
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Student chants: harmless rivalry or plain misogyny?
The results of a study of 鈥榣addism鈥 on campus