Reward all research
That 1* activity will not be funded after the 2008 research assessment exercise appears to be accepted as "fact" within much of the sector, probably owing to a perception that the Higher Education...
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Political or correct?
Roy Harris laments the acceptance of international varieties of English as the latest turn in political correctness (Opinion, March 30). However, what he describes as political correctness is...
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A damaging affair
Your sensationalist article "Conferences: places to present new ideas and old mistresses" (March 23) is unworthy of both The Times Higher and the vast majority of academics, for whom conferences are...
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Slavery studies
The claim that there are no academic studies on modern slavery because few academics are conducting such research is wrong ("Slave trade sees no let-up 200 years on", March 23). There has been...
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Remove restrictions
The assumption behind the argument of the vice-chancellor and the pro chancellor of Canterbury Christ Church University (Letters, March 23) is that the restrictions on academic freedom enshrined in...
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Baffled Bedfordshire
In response to the letter published in the March 16 issue of The Times Higher relating to the treatment of contract staff, the anonymous writer failed to mention that Bedfordshire University follows...
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Law is not at fault
Fixed-Term Employees Regulations were never intended to give contract research staff or sessional tutors job property rights ("Fears over job security", March 23). The parliamentary debates around...
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Click era spawns a data-rich world
The digitisation of all aspects of life offers a treasure trove of empirical information that could help make social studies truly scientific. Bruno Latour assesses the potential. Who would know how...
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Great might-have-been hints at what might be
Born-again academic and former US presidential candidate Gary Hart gives Huw Richards an insight into Clinton's and Obama's chances in 2008. Gary Hart could be described as a born-again academic....
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How to get ready for the big ask
The Government wants universities to raise more income by fundraising. So can they learn anything from their counterparts in the US, where targeting the rich is a way of life? Stephen Phillips...
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Islam, rap and cultural harmony
Muslims are using rap and hip-hop to offer a more moderate and positive image of their faith to students. Music to my ears, says Michael Mumisa. An article in The Times late last year revealed that...
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Today's news
Students demand value for money over fee increases Students are willing to pay up to £6,800 a year in fees for top universities, but they would not tolerate big fee increases from less prestigious...
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Today's news
Universities criticised after funding figures fail to add up Lecturers have accused English universities of failing to keep on top of their accounts after new figures revealed that they made a...
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Today's news
University policies that filter out middle classes Six of the 20-strong Russell Group of leading research universities have written policies discriminating against middle-class students to boost...
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The scarf in social fabric
Why the French Don't Like Headscarves - Human Rights and Religion