Some months ago, the Employment Bill was revealed. One of the most notable proposals was that the existing statutory dispute-resolution procedures (including the rule that a dismissal without...
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Our Deputy Head of Student Experience, Nancy Harbinger, has responded angrily to the suggestion that Poppleton's introduction of ten minimum contact hours per week for each student has been vitiated...
Felipe Fernández-Armesto analyses a survey of academic salaries in the US
The academy's revived appetite for the protocol, lackeys and VIP loos of blue-blooded visits ill befits its meritocratic natureMonarchs in this country have endowed a few colleges over the centuries...
Bill Keatinge had a lifelong fascination with the body's ability to cope with extremes. Whenever a heat wave or a cold snap hit, the professor of physiology was sure to be called upon by the media...
Geoffrey Alderman makes an interesting case for legalising the use of performance-enhancing drugs in sport and academia ("Dope and glory", 8 May), although personally I find the headaches induced by...
I'm confused! At what point did the funding councils award a curriculum design mission to the Joint Information Systems Committee? Or has this happened by default when no one was watching? Jisc's...
Contrary to statements in ߣߣÊÓƵ ("AHRC plans spark mixed response", 8 May), the Arts and Humanities Research Council is most certainly not moving away from funding monographs by...
We were delighted that our "Test Tube" knowledge transfer project caught your attention last week. We are, though, slightly concerned that the film you chose to highlight - capturing David Scott's...
As someone who voted for Philip Burgess in the elections to the Higher Education Academy, I was dismayed to read his account of the undemocratic way in which it operates (Letters, 8 May). However, I...
I read with interest your article on my motive for setting up INTO University Partnerships (News, 1 May). I would like briefly to clarify some points covered.The article suggests we have concluded...
Mary Evans accuses Richard Branson of helping to sexualise our culture by choosing the brand name, Virgin ("Lolita, lolly and lost girls", 1 May). Yet this ancient word has strongly positive...
You report that Alia Sabut is to become the youngest-ever university professor, at 19 years of age (Overseas briefing, 8 May). Colin MacLaurin (1693-1754), a mathematician and philosopher, was...