Burdensome language
What does it say about the status of teaching (and, by extension, students) in some universities when a news report refers to academics being “freed” from “the burden of teaching” and “protected”...
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Digital humanities 2.0
I could not agree more with Geoffrey Crossick that the arts and humanities are “way behind” the sciences in the open access debate (“Digital age of opportunity for the monograph”, News, 16 January)....
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Hitlerian evolution
Your reviewer of my book Was Hitler a Darwinian? Disputed Questions in the History of Evolutionary Theory (Books, 16 January) might well secure an appointment with her optometrist.She claims that...
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Moocs: giving or gobbling?
Surprise, surprise: the turkeys vote against Christmas (“Higher education ‘hype cycle’ that can be both vicious and virtuous”, Opinion, 9 January; “Hits and myths: Moocs may be wonderful idea, but...
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Leaders need a solid inside knowledge
Re “Leading question: scholar or executive?”, News, 16 January. There is a myth that top executives from one field do well in another. For example, it was thought that stuffy engineers were ill-...
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Essex changes tack on strike pay row
V-c acknowledges ‘agonising’ decision faced by staff over two-hour walkout
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Cable ‘shares’ fears over threat to WP funding
Vince Cable has told MPs he agrees that scrapping student opportunity funding would “most impact” groups such as low-income and disabled students.
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David Richardson appointed as new UEA v-c
David Richardson is to become vice-chancellor of the University of East Anglia when present incumbent Edward Acton retires in September
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Edward Snowden to run for Glasgow rector
Edward Snowden is standing to become the next rector for the University of Glasgow.
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Universities threaten to dock day's pay over strike
Several universities are threatening to deduct a full day’s pay for anyone taking part in a two-hour walkout, a union has claimed
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Nerc research centres ‘safe from full privatisation’
The Natural Environment Research Council would not contemplate fully privatising its centres, its chief executive has pledged
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Bitcoin to be accepted by university for fee payment
The University of Cumbria has become the first UK institution to accept Bitcoin for the payment of tuition fees
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Tony Blair’s former private secretary to lead Catholic institution
A former private secretary to Tony Blair is to take over as head of a Catholic university college
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Crowdfunding ‘could threaten government investment’
The use of crowdfunding to finance research could be used by the government as an excuse to cut public spending, an expert has warned