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Generosity to researchers could be a profitable move
Study suggests scientists given higher royalties earn more in licensing income for universities, reports Zoë Corbyn. Universities that give a greater share of royalties to researchers whose...
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Business kitemark removed
Canterbury Christ Church University has failed to have its Investors in People (IIP) status renewed. A report from an external assessor, leaked to The Times Higher , said that "while there is much to...
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Who got that cash?
Four universities have been given £2.3 million for a project that will see the creation of "virtual therapists" to help sufferers of chronic medical conditions. The consortium, which is led by...
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Marks of distinction
From: The University Assessment Officer To: Department of Media and Cultural Studies The university assessment committee has recently been conducting research into biases in your internal...
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Leader: Should we allow universities to go bankrupt?
They do things differently in America. Two years ago, the 123-year- old Huron University in South Dakota lost the battle to stay afloat and was put up for sale. Almost everything went at auction -...
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Oxford fumes at siting of statue
A bitter row has broken out at Oxford University over a decision to site a 10ft high 18th-century statue in a much loved medieval room, writes Melanie Newman. A member of the Department for Culture,...
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More debate needed on marking 1
The fact that the Burgess committee has had so much difficulty in achieving consensus regarding a different classification system and now wants to do away with it altogether makes one wonder why the...
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More debate needed on marking 2
Sue Bloxham does well to remind us that summative assessment procedures are unreliable. This gets glossed over by the cryptic manner in which assessment is reported. If we ask for a vehicle report on...
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Bristol not a censor
Your freedom-of-speech leader ("We must guard the right to say the unthinkable", October 26) swept Bristol University up in tut-tutting at institutions that did not, in the end, host a lecture by...
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Flight of fancy
You recently said that Southampton's vice-chancellor, Bill Wakeham, is making a "small sacrifice" by driving an eco-friendly car around campus rather than his own Porsche ("Southampton grows greener...
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Load of bull
Might I suggest to The Times Higher and its readers that the animal that is featured prominently in the picture illustrating the feature "The child departs" (October 19) is clearly a bull, as might...
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Who does what? 1
"Only academics with direct responsibility for teaching and research (aka deans) should actually rule," says Terence Kealey ("Emmanuel lights the way on self-governance", October 19). Why did I think...
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Who does what? 2
Terence Kealey refers to administrative staff as "college servants". How very medieval. At least at Birkbeck the academics and administrators work in partnership to ensure that good governance is...
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Who cried wolf?
I was saddened to read letters attacking Joanna Bourke's column ("Men, too, must work to take back the night", October 19). J. Green's letter contains ill-informed comments. Reforms to rape laws are...