Always look on the bright side!
"Cuts! Bring them on." That was the defiant response of our thrusting Director of Corporate Affairs, Jamie Targett, to the swingeing reductions in university funding announced by Lord Mandelson.In a...
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The creative chaos theory
Tidiness and academic work just don't go together, believes Sally Feldman
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Research intelligence: In search of Chimerical Eve
A UCL fellowship has given a top scientist the freedom to research the origins of complex life. Rose Wilkinson reports
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Off Piste: Turntable revolution
For the young Robert Appelbaum, music was his guide, teaching him the language of life and leading him ever further away from the musicals of his parents to John Coltrane - and back
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Leader: Factor in the human equation
The liberal arts feel threatened by indifference and the impact agenda. Can we recognise their true worth before they are gone?
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From where I sit: Presidency politics
With more than 18,000 colleges in India, why did the decision to make one of them a university make the national headlines?For one, this decision pertains to Kolkata's Presidency College, which is...
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Obituary: Sir Hugh Lloyd-Jones, 1922-2009
A leading Classics scholar, known for his forceful views on Christians, socialists, many of his fellow academics and most aspects of the modern world, has died.Sir Hugh Lloyd-Jones was born on 21...
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Cuts are inevitable, so let's join the debate 1
Civil servants always complain about funding cuts. Police are the "thin blue line" between peace and anarchy. Without firemen, our cities would burn to the ground. Doctors keep us alive. And...
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Cuts are inevitable, so let's join the debate 2
Your coverage of the proposed cuts to higher education funding tends towards an acceptance that they will happen ("Hefce budget to be slashed by £915m over three years", 31 December). Why?Education...
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Social promise
An open letter to Andy Burnham, Secretary of State for Health, from the social work higher education sector in response to the Social Work Task Force's final report.On behalf of the higher education...
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Past must not derail future
London Metropolitan University makes great things happen for students who don't get a chance elsewhere. There is some prospect of a fresh start now that the present board of governors has agreed to...
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Masters and servants 1
I was delighted to read the article about Elizabeth Hoult's paper, the presentation of which I chaired at the Society for Research into Higher Education conference in South Wales ("Let feminine side...
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Masters and servants 2
Sue Jackson would like university teachers to pay more attention to the likes of Luce Irigaray (Letters, 17 December). Is this the same Luce Irigaray who wrote that physicists prefer to study the...
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Arise, Sir Bob
Congratulations to Professor Sir Bob Burgess on his knighthood (www.timeshighereducation.co.uk, 31 December). He has done a tremendous job as vice-chancellor of the University of Leicester, which won...