Where I sit is getting awkward these days. I find myself caught in the middle of an increasingly acrimonious debate between faculty and administrators as financial pressures are creating a perfect...
Peter Dunnill, a leading biochemist who contributed to the national debate on tackling swine flu right up until the end of his life, has died.He was born in Harrow on 20 May 1938 and studied at...
The "conservative, fearful culture" that is "holding universities back" is not the creation of campus trade unions. Rather, it is due to the reluctance of university managements to address the long-...
So the A-level results have been released for 2009 and show a 97 per cent pass rate. There are all sorts of comparisons that we can make with the pass rates of 25 years ago. We can decry both...
In arguing grade "inflation" at A level, Bruce Charlton (Letters, 13 August) uses a monetary term that refers to the amount of money in existence and its velocity of circulation. But A levels are...
This year's increased demand for university places is seeing record numbers of pupils miss out. But there is a straightforward answer to catering for these extra students. Increased use of innovative...
Teacher training for lecturers must really be making progress to justify such a savage kicking from João Magueijo ("Dummies' guides to teaching insult our intelligence", 20 August). He accuses those...
Your report ("Universities offset to 'shirk' their green responsibilities", 13 August) implied that the University of Westminster is taking an easy path out of managing its environmental impact.It is...
The story ("Storm warning: change now or perish, institutions told", 13 August) helpfully restates the causes of the severe financial pressure that universities are experiencing now and will continue...
The first PhD in text messaging was not undertaken by Caroline Tagg at the University of Birmingham (The week in higher education, 13 August).In 2006, I examined a PhD by Thiresia Spilioti of the...
Phil Tresadern (Letters, 20 August) does not appear to favour Wikipedia, even if quoted by Bruce Charlton (Letters, 13 August).As every school and university student knows, Wikipedia is not a...
Like many others, we have just received copies of the Economic and Social Research Council's strategic plan for 2009-14. The vision highlights the three "I"s: impact, innovation and...
I was perplexed to read that university HR directors believe the sector's problems are the fault of the workforce and their representatives. It is not staff and unions who have created a culture of...
UK institutions seeking to consolidate their position overseas are discovering Malaysia's potential. John Gill reports from Kuala Lumpur
Adrian Furnham offers a guide to the syndromes you may encounter in the world of HR courses