Sharia lecture offered ignorance, not insight
I am writing to register my anger and disappointment with a lecture given recently by an Islamic cleric entitled "What is sharia law?" as part of the University of Southampton Islamic Society's...
I am writing to register my anger and disappointment with a lecture given recently by an Islamic cleric entitled "What is sharia law?" as part of the University of Southampton Islamic Society's...
Geoff Pullum and I spent a number of years at the University of California, Santa Cruz (concurrently, in 1981-82), but in spite of our "Old Slug" network, I would like to set the record straight on...
It is becoming increasingly common for managers to misuse honorary and visiting academic titles. The National Health Service is particularly guilty. One comes across people who use the title "...
You report that Kaye Carl represented herself after Thompsons Solicitors advised that she was unlikely to win ("Hourly paid lecturer wins full-time staff rights in landmark ruling", 13 March).While...
By focusing so strongly on student recruitment and revenue generation for UK universities, you overlooked the partnership element and the large investment in research co-operation by UK universities...
Any brand - whether it's a tin of baked beans or an ancient university - is dependent upon what people think about it (Letters, 13 March). Yes, people have been of the opinion that Heinz Baked Beans...
We are dismayed by the attitude of the British Sociological Association ("V-c upbraided for plans to cut social sciences at Keele", 6 March). You report that the BSA will not accommodate a seminar at...
In his review of Thomas Docherty's The English Question or Academic Freedoms (Books, 20 March), Roy Harris says comparative philology was a moribund subject by the first half of the 20th century. I...
I too have read Thomas Docherty's The English Question or Academic Freedoms. Like your reviewer I found the English therein somewhat strange. Perhaps Docherty might be prevailed upon to read a little...

Academe could become a largely 'female' profession by 2020. But although women are taking over at lower levels, they continue to struggle to break into top jobs. Is this due to persistent bias or are...
Most people enter academe to delve into a subject, not to manage. To improve personnel administration, universities have beefed up HR departments with staff and strategies from outside campus. Hannah...
Sari Nusseibeh was Arafat's man in Jerusalem and spent time in jail accused of spying for Saddam, but the philosopher and advocate of non-violence sees himself primarily as an educator, he tells...

Is it a patriarchal conspiracy or is it just me? - The gender gap in British universities
Thomas Huxley, Charles Darwin’s great defender, epitomises our image of the new public face of Victorian science. A self-made professional, researching and politicking furiously, Huxley wrote...
Data from Thomson Scientific’s Essential Science Indicators, 1 January 1997–31 October 2007