Laurie Taylor column
"The QAA will audit external examiners' reports" - THES, September 20 . Cultural studies speaking. Ah, Charles. Gordon here. Gordon, old chap! Lovely to hear from you. Got rid of that hangover yet?...
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Leader: Sort out A-level mess then look towards reform
The unfortunate students caught up in the A-level fiasco might have known that there would be one last twist in their protracted ordeal by examination. The so-called guinea-pig generation has been...
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Leader: Rewards for the few, but little for the many
The THES 's finding that British universities contain thousands of well-paid people is welcome. But the wide disparities that our table reveals are less acceptable. Some 1960s universities with world...
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Lunar men who lit up the world
Today's researchers can learn much from the zest, bravado and informality of the 18th-century Lunar Society, argues Jenny Uglow. The story of the Lunar Society of Birmingham, which flourished from...
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Leo makes managers kings of jungle
With the public sector set to be a flashpoint at the Labour Party conference, The THES takes a look at the ways in which higher education informs policy. The NHS Leadership Centre is working with...
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Love, care, intimacy, children and Tony Blair
Research shows relationships and work patterns have changed drastically and policies will need to reflect this. Fiona Williams reports. What matters to people in their relationships, how is that...
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For the greater good of my CV
Promoting civic duty by selling volunteering as a way to boost job prospects is fine - just don't call it volunteering, argues Frank Furedi. We inhabit a world of political apathy and social and...
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It's a tough job - but as he told them at the census, you can count on me
Fresh from overhauling the census, Ian Diamond is bringing his enthusiasm and rigour to the many tasks facing the ESRC. David Walker reports. It is rare for social scientists to put themselves and...
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Creative premises you can build on
Architecture is high on the agenda as universities grapple with the challenges of expansion and new ways of learning and teaching. Harriet Swain reports. For months, concrete mixers, cranes and...
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The examiner's lot 1
Anthony Gale says external examining is badly paid (Letters, THES , September 20), but so is much of what academics do. Research I conducted with Phil Harris on external examining for law schools...
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The examiner's lot 2
One reason given for external examiners' inadequate remuneration is that academics are already salaried and do not lose this when they do outside work. Ironically, one argument previous governments...
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Poppleton in practice
Laurie Taylor ( THES , September 20) might think his report on Poppleton's use of the strictures of performance-related pay far-fetched, but save for lecturers' pay not yet being docked, there is no...
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In brief 1
I am in the writing-up stage of my own PhD ("How I stripped away postdoc depression", THES , September 20) and I have become so depressed that I am now watching the QVC shopping channel. What will I...
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In brief 2
The public stroking of new universities for their teaching should not distract us from an underlying agenda attempting to build consensus for reintroducing the distinction between "real" universities...
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Cafas question
I am disappointed with Colwyn Williamson's comments about Swansea Institute (Letters, THES , September 20). If I had tape-recorded, with his knowledge, the many telephone conversations that we had...