Give vetting system a boost
Bill Rammell's defence of the Academic Technology Approval Scheme (Atas) did not address the issue of its being underresourced ("Rammell backs vetting system: it's here to stay", 4 December). For the...
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An honest reading
In the feature "Doctor, doctor, quick, quick" (4 December), it says: "Many (PhDs) go completely unread. There is a story about someone who put a $100 bill inside his thesis in the university library...
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Strange perspective
In his review of Terry Eagleton's Trouble with Strangers: A Study of Ethics (4 December), Fred Inglis alludes to "batty old Louis Althusser" and "the decidedly modish as well as crazily repellant...
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Deregulate and win back autonomy, watchdog urges
Radical blueprint calls for Offa and QAA to be abolished in bid to cut bureaucracy, says John Gill
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Call to scrap peer review in hunt for brilliant ideas
Giving future Einsteins free rein will save money and boost science, academic argues. Zoe Corbyn reports
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Poll points to distrust of 'petty' managers
"Wholly ineffective and probably incapable of running a whelk stall," was one of the less flattering opinions of managers expressed in a survey of higher education staff.Other responses included a...
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Survey shows that one in ten grievances go to watchdog
Average number of cases that exhaust internal complaints process rises, writes Rebecca Attwood
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Conduct codes discourage any staff-student sex
Some universities are asking staff to abide by conduct codes that explicitly advise them against having sexual relationships with students.The University of Warwick is reviewing its policy on staff-...
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Can two and two ever make five?
Bad reasoning is behind the hunt for the worst argument in Britain, reports Melanie Newman
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News in Brief
UceaUCU pay claim 'excessive'The Universities and Colleges Employers Association has described an 8 per cent pay claim for 2009-10 submitted by the University and College Union last week as "...
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University of Salford - Full speed ahead
Engineers at the University of Salford are assisting in an attempt to bring the world water speed record back to the UK. The group, from the School of Computing, Science and Engineering, are helping...
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Manchester Metropolitan University - Public to vote on local projects
The public will choose the projects academics carry out in partnership with local communities in a scheme launched by Manchester Metropolitan University. Researchers have proposed 46 community...
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University of Greenwich - Nonagenarian's generous gift
A 92-year-old retired college head has donated £100,000 to help students with fees and living costs. The gift, to the University of Greenwich, was made by Kathleen Jones, former principal of Avery...
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University of Plymouth - Cull not necessary, UCU says
The University and College Union has warned the University of Plymouth against making staff compulsorily redundant after accounts for the past academic year revealed a surplus. Earlier this year the...
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Universities of Bath and Bournemouth - Cash helps create screen magic
The University of Bath has been awarded more than £12 million by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council to create two new doctoral training centres. About £5 million will go to the...