Terence Hawkes, 1932-2014
A scholar who revolutionised our understanding of Shakespeare and English studies has died
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Grant winners - 13 February 2014
Royal SocietyUniversity Research FellowshipsAward winner: Brian PattonInstitution: University of OxfordValue: £476,630Imaging deep tissue neural processes with nanodiamondAward winner: Andrew...
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Fair game?
Should developing countries receive ‘transfer fees’ when Western universities sign their academics? asks Malegapuru Makgoba
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World in brief - 13 February 2014
United StatesBalancing the books at BrandeisA US university is offering voluntary redundancy to 150 members of staff to ease its multimillion-dollar budget deficit. Brandeis University is proposing...
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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 “half-life” of journal articles (“Tried and tested: for how long do research papers remain useful?” News, 30 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 January), the author, Benjamin Kahan, seeks to debunk the pathology of abstinence. But, leaving aside a monk’s 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 (“QAA...
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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 (“Kingston v-c defends last post for principal lecturers and readers”, News...
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Scots go their own way
Your article about tuition fees in Scotland (“Clock is ticking: Teenagers question sustainability of free tuition”, 6 February) states: “There have been signs that a near-political consensus for free...
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Enablers, exemplars and real leaders
The article “Is your university a good place to work?” (Features, 30 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 “arriviste, wannabe toff drooling over the lexicon of long ago while dreaming of the glory days of ‘prep’ and ‘lines’”? The answer is education secretary...
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Into profit
“It’s time we abandoned the tired old shibboleth that there is something wrong with people making fat profits out of higher education.”Those were the fighting words from Mr D. C. F. Tapstock, our...
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BIS stays the Treasury axe
Grant letter keeps new cuts down and widening participation funding stays