Unworthy sacrifice
The Open University council recently endorsed in principle a proposal to stop the direct employment of staff in Continental Europe. This affects 102 associate lecturers responsible for directly...
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Anatomy of leadership 1 of 4
Regarding your articles on vice-chancellors ("Academy rots from the head and it stinks ..."; "... No, sector's big fish a value-for-money dish", Opinion, 10 May): this is just what THE should...
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Anatomy of leadership 2 of 4
David Bignell, emeritus professor of zoology at Queen Mary, University of London, has offered a polite critique to the ongoing restructuring at the institution ("Madness of metrics", 3 May). His...
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Anatomy of leadership 3 or 4
The presence in the same issue of an item about the creation of "provost" and "president and rector" posts at Imperial College London (The week in higher education, 3 May) and David Bignell's "...
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Anatomy of leadership 4 of 4
In his timely indictment of the chancellors of vice, Fred Inglis refers to "the present poisoning of the English mind by crude cupidity" ("Academy rots from the head and it stinks ...", 10 May). I...
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Watching the watchers
I read with dismay the comments made by the Arts and Humanities Research Council spokesman about my complaints regarding its peer-review standards ("Pianist wants comeback as review hits bum notes",...
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Familiar manoeuvre
The picture from Kind Hearts and Coronets was perhaps even more appropriate than R.E. Rawles realised ("Tragedy and farce", Letters, 3 May).The incident was based on the death in 1893 of Admiral Sir...
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Second-hand Shavian wit
"All professions are conspiracies against the laity" ("Amateur ethos", Letters, 10 May) is an idea coined by Adam Smith in The Wealth of Nations and later used by G.B. Shaw.J.L. Hutton, Department of...
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US debate heats up: just the job, or skills for life?
Technology posts go unfilled as academy restates the value of liberal arts degrees. Jon Marcus writes
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Appointments
De Montfort UniversityJayne BrownA nurse who has dedicated her professional life to improving the care of older people and those with serious illnesses has been appointed professor in palliative care...
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Campus round-up
Queen Mary, University of LondonCondition of the heartAll babies should be screened for heart defects at birth, an academic has said. A simple non-invasive test called pulse oximetry could detect...
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The English Prize: The Capture of the Westmorland, an Episode of the Grand Tour
The Ashmolean’s new show recreates the artistic journey of an 18th-century Grand Tour. Daniel Carey enjoys the ride
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Research intelligence - Biologist finds way through Brussels maze
Europe's first chief scientific adviser aims to inform policymakers and the public. Paul Jump reports
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The decline of the American university
Tom Palaima muses on the Greek ideal of reflective learning, his immigrant grandparents’ dreams of a better life, the GI Bill’s impact on America and the price of allowing universities - once places...
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From where I sit - Set course for deception
Scandals are hardly in short supply here, but the public and media were still shocked by the revelations that emerged during the national Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in Beijing...