Is this watchdog needed?
For all that is spent on quality assurance, we get very little reassurance on things that matter, argues Allan Ashworth
For all that is spent on quality assurance, we get very little reassurance on things that matter, argues Allan Ashworth
Hefce's criticism of Cambridge's governance is plain wrong, says Alan Ryan
University governors must do more than take a board meeting or two, they must also take the institution's mission to heart
With an unprecedented 6.1 million college graduates due to enter the job market this year, employment is at the top of the Chinese Government's agenda.In recent sessions of the National People's...
Edward Bird, a leading figure in art and design education, has died.He was born in Leicester on 24 September 1945 and was brought up there. After studying ceramics at the Loughborough College of Art...
The tension between academics and administrators is emphasised by describing it as a "divide" and an "iron curtain" ("By the role divided", 9 April). Positive examples of "blended" professionals (is...
Give people an opportunity to complain and they will often take it. The days of the haughty academic looking down on administrators are numbered. It is often easier for both sides to recall examples...
Your leader "Different players, same side" (9 April) raised a very important issue: the relationship between administrators and academics is as important as any other issue facing academia. If...
G.R. Evans asks: "Who in teaching and research is going to be willing to give time to the accreditation of courses on the European model?"(Letters, 9 April). I suspect there will be no shortage of...
Imagine you are a young person who does not socialise easily and has never left home before. What would you think of the suggestion that you move to a new town on your own, take up residence in a...
In response to your story "UCU joins call for boycott of immigration regulations" (26 March), the Government has always welcomed genuine international students and the economic and cultural...
Phil Woolas emphasised the need to avoid bogus applications to study in Britain, which is certainly necessary to maintain the UK's reputation as a provider of the academic gold standard ("Only the...
The suggestion that a reconstituted Council for National Academic Awards should monitor university standards is an excellent one ("An Ofqual, not a QAA, is needed for standards", 2 April).Now that I...
A revival of interest in theology is evident in academic and political debate, and John Milbank and the radical orthodoxy movement are spreading the news, writes Melanie Newman
Enjoyment or pursuance of a subject does not always depend on knowledge of its foundations. George Watson considers the death of Grand Theory