Laurie Taylor column
"Managers seek cure for staff cynicism" - Times Higher , September 16 From: Jamie Targett, Director of Corporate Development The Universities Personnel Association is considering the problem of staff...
"Managers seek cure for staff cynicism" - Times Higher , September 16 From: Jamie Targett, Director of Corporate Development The Universities Personnel Association is considering the problem of staff...
The Open University's achievement in producing by far the most satisfied students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland illustrates both the strengths and weaknesses of the new survey. The OU's...
Republican administrations have come a long way since Ronald Reagan threatened to shut down the US Department of Education. Now, not only is the federal Government content to intervene in schools,...
Sadly, the article "Bullying rife across campus" (September 16) only confirmed what many of us working in higher education have experienced or witnessed in the past few years, that bullying is part...
As a sector we must take action to create work environments in which bullying is seen to be unacceptable. But your presentation of the problem is one-dimensional. There is a fine line between...
There are two reasons why bullying may be more prevalent in universities than in other large organisations. First, it is harder for an academic than for a schoolteacher or journalist, for example, to...
All too often managers in higher education are not willing, or possibly not able, to engage in the level of intellectual debate with academic staff that is necessary to make sensible decisions. When...
Andrew Linzey encapsulates his piece about the Anglican church's attitude to gays ("Don't tolerate hatred of gays in the name of God", September 16) by referring to a nutty website. A straw man...
Andrew Linzey's opinion piece sidesteps the context in which both the Old and New Testaments were produced. The founders of Judaism and Christianity were concerned with reforming the behaviour of...
My friend Andrew Linzey has helped to break an often pervasive and corrupting silence within mainstream Anglicanism about homosexuality. My impression is that the bishops are mainly concerned to "...
Andrew Linzey and I have happily worked together editing Gays and the Future of Anglicanism , but the job of director of the Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement remains mine and not his! The Rev...
The situation that has developed at the School of Oriental and African Studies regarding East Asian studies is grave (Letters, August 26). According to reliable information, two senior specialist...
A mean score of 3.7 for "Overall I am satisfied with the quality of my course" in the student satisfaction survey, where 3 is "neither agree nor disagree" and 4 is "mostly agree", doesn't sound to me...
Is Frank Furedi having a laugh ("Be afraid, be very afraid ... no don't", September 16)? He claims "fear entrepreneurs" are playing fast and loose with evidence and analysis, constructing exaggerated...
Last week, Education Secretary Ruth Kelly not only told Universities UK to crack down on extremism but also indicated her desire to see hi-tech companies and venture capitalists clustering around...