Off Piste - Often absent, ever near
For years, Valmagne in the South of France is the place Bernard Ramanantsoa has escaped to for light, freedom and a reminder of Christian morality
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Leader: A gamble on the market
Lord Browne's review could herald a bloody shake-out and damage the fabric of a sector that 'matters' to all of society
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From where I sit - World-class aims demand quality
The ߣߣÊÓƵ World University Rankings 2010-11 featured six universities from mainland China, two from Turkey and none from India. The easiest defence for India is to attack the...
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Georges Charpak, 1924-2010
A Nobel prizewinning physicist who greatly enhanced our ability to derive useful information from atom-smashing experiments has died.According to a speech he gave last year, Georges Charpak was born...
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Research intelligence - Beyond the shadows
With priorities in mind, new ESRC chief looks past the fiscal gloom towards opportunity. Paul Jump reports
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Don't be afraid to share
Social media allow users to share information about themselves and their interests. Sarah Cunnane examines their role in the academy
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Face values
Most Facebook users have not, as is often charged, lost their sense of appropriate behaviour; rather, the site has relaxed some social rules, argues Kathleen Richardson
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Sustainable pensions, passionate debate 2
It is hard not to chuckle when reading that employers prefer a "narrative" consultation to one where votes for and against pension changes are actually counted ("Pensions powwow set to begin as union...
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Sustainable pensions, passionate debate 3
The overwhelming rejection of proposed changes to the USS by scheme members in the UCU is not surprising. The biggest change would be the introduction of a two-tier system, in which a career-average...
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Hail to the chief
What is it/was it with senior ߣߣÊÓƵn academics (Letters, 7 October)? Sixteen years ago, I was attending a population-geography conference at a Swedish field centre with my nine-month-old son, who...
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Impediments to excellence
Alan Thorpe does a good job of explaining that UK research is of the highest quality and delivers great benefits to society ("Listen out for the impact", 30 September). This success is the legacy of...
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A flawed but useful tool
I read the letter from Tom Hickey et al about their courses' outstanding National Student Survey results with disappointment ("NSS result: unsatisfactory", 30 September).We at the University of...
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His dark materials? Denied
Thank goodness the UK Border Agency is protecting universities from undesirable aliens ("Visa stranglehold chokes recruitment", 7 October). We all know that a little knowledge transfer is a dangerous...
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Fabric unravels
The news that Robert Gordon University, on the advice of some consultancy, is considering outsourcing its information technology provision is another nail in the coffin of the idea of "academic...
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Elephant in the room
While Nobel Peace Laureate Liu Xiaobo is left to complete the first of his 11 years in prison, THE proceeds to feature no fewer than three pieces on student-recruitment issues in China (7 October) -...