Divisions over boycott 1
Jules Townshend (Letters, June 1) attacks the "complicity" of Israeli universities in occupying the West Bank and Gaza. Since when have universities, given the diversity of opinions within them,...
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Divisions over boycott 2
Much has been written and said since delegates to the University and College Union Congress passed Motion 30 regarding a possible boycott of Israeli universities. Unfortunately, more heat than light...
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Divisions over boycott 3
As a result of the University and College Union vote in favour of a boycott against Israel, I will be resigning my longstanding membership of the union. I have no connections with Israel whatsoever,...
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Divisions over boycott 4
Open Letter to the women's study programme at Bir-Zeit University, Palestine The Israeli Association for Feminist and Gender Studies stands in solidarity with our fellow teachers and students at the...
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No to BFI realignment
Following the letter by 48 film academics expressing concern about the future of the British Film Institute (Letters, June 1), readers should note that subsequent announcements confirm that the BFI...
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Best foot forward
Gary Day's dig at Leicester (Opinion, June 1) for producing "University Walks" - to promote the benefits of walking- goes to prove one thing: he may be part of an institutional culture that talks the...
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NHS research plea
As someone who has recently gained permission to conduct his MRes dissertation research in two departments of a local hospital, I agree with the recent articles highlighting the obstacles researchers...
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Second-class honour
Your article on the hourly paid ("Hourly work but daily challenges", Working Knowledge, June 1) is timely given that in many universities the pay of the hourly paid is currently being negotiated as...
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Oxbridge not enough
I endorse the views of the vice-chancellor of Durham University ("Our stars were not born in a vacuum", Opinion, June 8). Research needs feedback, criticism, extension: ideas were not born in a...
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Not so very deep
In your learning skills in higher education supplement, "Deep learning" (June 1), we were offered "transform your indigestible lectures into bite-sized chunks" and "ten top tips for e-learning...
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In search of the good life
With Glastonbury Festival on June 22-24, Marion Bowman probes the host town's spiritual economy, Paul Heelas investigates spirituality in the workplace and Kate Soper asks whether rejecting...
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Crystal maze: Inside the new age economy
Few places in the UK attract such a range of pilgrims and spiritual seekers as Glastonbury. Hailed as "the cradle of English Christianity" and Arthurian Avalon, it is also an important pagan and...
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Mammon gets a makeover
According to the recent Europe-wide Religious and Moral Pluralism survey, in Sweden 39 per cent of the population agree with the statement "God is something within each person, rather than something...
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Black sun rising
Universities are racing to create virtual campuses on the web, providing mind-boggling opportunities for teaching, research and simulations. Stephen Phillips reports. Bryan Carter's undergraduate...
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Why Westminster must put its house in order
When even politicians don't trust themselves, says Colin Hay, is it any wonder voters are so disillusioned? Politics, it seems, is not all it was once cracked up to be. Although almost universally...