Customer model is a question of priorities
Neal Curtis' article, "'Customer' isn't always right: market model could lead to disaster" (4 March), strikes me as a quaintly hysterical response to the need for universities to accept that they...
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Lead by example
Why should University of Sheffield staff consider short weeks and unpaid annual leave to generate savings without knowing the outcome of national pay talks? ("Short weeks or unpaid leave proposed to...
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Contextual analysis 1
Considering the attention devoted to it in the piece by Geoff Lucas ("Questions of context: low marks for crude admissions policies", 28 January), the "contexting" of university applications and...
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Contextual analysis 2
Bahram Bekhradnia suggests that we don't give preferential treatment to state school applicants over independent ones because we are terrified of the Daily Mail ("Mind the gap").The charge shows how...
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Mustn't grumble
Your article on bureaucracy in higher education, "Audit overload" (4 March), mentions academics "muttering" about the amount of paperwork they have to do. I'm afraid that muttering is not a...
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My eureka moment: Thinking outside the box
Laurie Taylor began his academic career as a devotee of B.F. Skinner, but he escaped the behavioural maze thanks to Noam Chomsky and a tipsy rat
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Comparethemarket.edu
American universities will soon have to be more open about tuition charges and student retention rates. Many fear that the push to provide consumer-oriented information will lead to even greater cuts...
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#loveHE: A big step into the grown-up world
Children have some odd ideas about university and what happens there, but they also have lofty ambitions in which they see higher education playing a key role, as Rebecca Attwood and Sarah Cunnane...
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11 March 2010
#loveHE - Although even young kids know that higher education can change lives, universities are unloved. Join our effort to put them centre stage
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Implement peer review or resign, controversial journal’s editor told
Ultimatum spells end for Medical Hypotheses in its current form. Zoë Corbyn reports
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Academic to argue that conviction was unlawful
Man found guilty of harassing v-c to tell judge that prosecution breached his right to free expression. Melanie Newman reports
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What business wants: fewer graduates, higher fees, more input
Employers’ association sets out proposals in pre-election manifesto as Lammy defends higher education for its own sake. Hannah Fearn reports
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UK risks ‘relegation’ from top scientific nations, warns Royal Society
The national academy says Britain cannot afford to cut science funding at a time when other nations are increasing their investment. Zoë Corbyn reports
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The insecure scholar: Breathing space at last
Landing work provides a little relief, but the long-term future is as unsettled as ever
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An opportunity to restore value and clarity to degrees
Launching the Association of Graduate Recruiters’ manifesto for higher education, Carl Gilleard calls for an end to participation targets and the fees cap and for more employer input in courses