Wrong about post-92s 2
I've spent the majority of my adult life in Russell Group universities unaware of anyone, even in the darkest parts of "the tower", who was not committed to a higher education system that serves the...
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A united future
We should remember that 95 per cent of lecturers' union Natfhe and 80 per cent of Association of University Teachers members voted in favour of forming the University and College Union. Members want...
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Got a bigger sample?
Jim Foulds, chair of the 糖心Vlog Safety Forum, takes The Times Higher to task for reporting a study of university stress based on a sample of "only" 1,000 respondents (Letters, February 9)....
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It's not about the 'ist'
With regard to June Purvis's letter (February 9), if she and her friends had not intervened to attack my article on interpretations of suffragette history even before it had been published, readers...
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Research is the key
Lee Harvey (Letters, February 9) is right to scorn williseemytutor.com. The site is absurd, crude and illiterate. But he makes a poor point in relation to postgraduates and their teaching....
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Don't stop funding
I'm appalled that the British Academy is planning to halt funding to the British School of Archaeology in Iraq for its work with Iraqi scholars and the rebuilding of the country's heritage ("Middle...
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Taboo in the review
In his choleric review of our book Forbidden Words: Taboo and the Censoring of Language (February 9), Roy Harris has a right to disagree with our wide definition of taboo - but we do at least define...
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Leader: Let's cherish our postdoc talents
Anyone who has slogged through school and university to gain a PhD and get a job as a postdoctoral researcher has already demonstrated their dedication to academic life. But too many promising...
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Leader: A win-win situation
The decision of the Teachers' Pension Scheme to allow staff to work part time and claim a portion of their pension after the age of 55 is undoubtedly a good thing, though it seems that the change is...
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Academe risks losing talent
Postdocs are 'the forgotten' in UK universities, lacking adequate support and advice, reports Anthea Lipsett. Universities risk losing the cream of young British research talent to industry and...
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Visionary initiative comes under threat of closure in wake of funding debacle
Seven years ago, a visionary campus opened in the heart of one of the UK's most sparsely populated and deprived areas. The Crichton University Campus in Dumfries, housed in a former psychiatric...
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Today's news
Cambridge halfway to ?1bn fundraising target Cambridge University announced today that it has raised half a billion pounds in a major fundraising drive to reduce its dependence on government grants....
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Latest research news
Afternoon naps cut risk of dying from heart attack by up to 64% Taking a siesta could significantly cut the chance of dying from a heart attack, a major study has found. Researchers who examined more...
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Today's news
Oxford to follow Cambridge's lead by appointing City financier Oxford University is to follow the lead of Cambridge and appoint a City financier to manage nearly a billion pounds worth of its assets...
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Today's news
Peace prize winner considers Dhaka politics Muhammad Yunus, the Nobel peace prize winner, has announced he will consider starting a new political party in response to public pressure for him to...