Leader: No returns on the overseas route
UK universities increased their already considerable income from overseas students by more than a quarter last year, our analysis of fees data shows (page 2). At a time of serious pressure on budgets...
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Leader: Declining momentum
Today's report on the state of physics offers a timely reminder that chemistry is not the only embattled science. Indeed, while chemistry has enjoyed some small revival at sixth-form and...
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Can't haggle in this fees market 1
"Bemused" is the only word I can find to describe my reaction to the apparently surprised tone of your article on financial incentives for prospective students ("Will cash deals fill courses?", July...
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Can't haggle in this fees market 2
It will do no good for universities just "to state publicly that there will be no deviation from published arrangements" for top-up fees. Such statements represent "cheap talk" that the universities...
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Can't haggle in this fees market 3
I want to stress that Hull University denies categorically offering financial incentives to entice students through the clearing process and certainly has no plans to introduce any financial...
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How free are we? 1
The confusion regarding academic freedom continues: what is it, how does it differ from freedom of speech, is it protected in UK law? The ICM poll for The Times Higher ("Staff are silenced by fear of...
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How free are we? 2
It seems to me - and indeed is my experience - that although there remains considerable freedom of expression in British universities the one aspect of the world that is beyond criticism (let alone...
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How free are we? 3
In response to Dennis Hayes's comments on academic freedom (Opinion, July 28), it would seem to me that academic freedom must relate to those areas in which the academic is qualified. Russian...
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Incomplete not failed
The analysis of Training and Development Agency data, undertaken at Buckingham University ("Over 15% of trainee teachers founder", August 4), appears to be based on a fundamental misunderstanding of...
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Lib Dem fee policy 1
The Liberal Democrat policy of a new higher rate tax band, used in part to pay for university tuition, seems to be popular among Lib Dem voters and members. The clamour to abandon it ("Lib Dem fees U...
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Lib Dem fee policy 2
Last week, you juxtaposed our comments with those of others to suggest that the Lib Dems were considering a U-turn on tuition fees. Our party conference will be considering proposals to revise our...
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It's OK to have fun
I suspect your front page ("Academics use salsa to shake off stress",JAugust 4) should have made me stressed or - even better - angry. Sorry. It induced weary sadness that, again, you are so keen to...
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UCU cash concern
The Leeds Metropolitan University branch of the University and College Union does not have a formal position on graduation ceremonies (Letters, August 4) but nor does it have a position on the many...
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Call for resolution
The Israeli Government's collective punishment of the civilian populations of the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Lebanon is inhumane and in contravention of international law. It has provoked...
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Is the aim 'asses in classes'?
The rules on who can award degrees have been loosened, sparking fears that private providers will cash in, Jessica Shepherd reports. Some predict a rush, others a steady trickle over ten years or...