Do the maths to solve pensions time-bomb 3
It is important to clarify a number of points as the predictable scaremongering about the USS pension scheme appears to be increasing. First, such scaremongering is unhelpful. The University and...
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Longer odds for Palestine
Bahram Bekhradnia's account of his experiences as an observer of Palestinian universities,"Battered but unbowed" (31 December), concludes by acknowledging the "extraordinary determination" of those...
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Paradoxical petard
Your reports on the challenges to business schools and their curriculums to become more ethically and critically minded highlight the way in which the nature of management theory has been...
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Not abolished, improved
Whatever the overall merits of your glum piece on the future of the humanities, "The core connection" (7 January), it is certainly wrong about one thing. It is untrue that the Arts and Humanities...
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Confederacy of dunces
Kevin Sharpe ("La Triviata: public discourse is trapped in a downward spiral", 7 January) is dead right: the interests and mentality of today's students offer a clear reflection of the anti-thinking...
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Apples and oranges
With reference to your article "Union 'incensed' by staff research profiles" (7 January), the University of Leeds is exploring the feasibility of developing sets of metrics that describe academic...
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The language trap
Duncan Shaw is mistaken (Letters, 7 January): in my letter of 17 December, I did not call on university teachers to pay more attention to Luce Irigaray. Rather, I said that I had drawn on her work....
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Picture perfect
I was perplexed to see a photograph of a juggler appearing to set fire to his genitals in THE ("A fine balance - but not all can manage it", 31 December). Then I read the attached article concerning...
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Some assembly required
In last week's THE, there's a senior appointment at Linnaeus University, Sweden for the Ikea professorship of life at home. Is this particular professorial chair flat-packed?Howard N. Hughes, Senior...
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Tribunal rejects unfair dismissal test case trio
Universities may have more scope to amend staff employment contracts after a key tribunal ruling.Three lecturers at Edge Hill University who claimed that changes to their contracts amounted to unfair...
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Conflict of interest fear as City seeks v-c
Writers of report that triggered Malcolm Gillies' exit advise on his successor. Melanie Newman reports
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Doctoral doom: smaller players will leave market without cash injection
UKCGE warns that the economy will suffer if PhD capacity is reduced. John Morgan reports
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Universities crack Stonewall’s employers list
Universities have been accused of not doing enough to support gay and lesbian staff, despite two institutions appearing in a list of the UK’s 100 most gay-friendly employers. For the past two years,...
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University of Bolton - Learning from the masters
Writers of Chinese descent are to be supported by a new initiative at the University of Bolton. The university will launch its Writers' Pathway scheme in February, in conjunction with the Chinese...
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Imperial/UCL - Mars gets its (old) toes wet
Mars was warm enough to sustain lakes 3 billion years ago, a team from Imperial College London and University College London has found. The project, funded by the Science and Technology Facilities...