This is no place for slogans (1 of 2)
The reaction of the Arts and Humanities Research Council to widespread concern within the academy at the role that the "Big Society" plays in its "Delivery Plan" causes us grave concern. The AHRC has...
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This is no place for slogans (2 of 2)
We write to express our strong support for the views put forward by Donald Braben et al. regarding Research Councils UK's Pathways to Impact process ("Corrosive impact merits only dismissal", Letters...
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Trinity election fails test
The article "Clash of the centuries" (14 April) on the election of Trinity College Dublin's new provost expressed two problems with the process as I observed it: unreal romanticism and disconnection...
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Quality, home and away (1 of 2)
Times Higher Education was right to point out that the quality of UK higher education is fundamentally dependent on the quality of its staff ("Recruit more home staff to foreign hubs, report urges",...
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Quality, home and away (2 of 2)
I would like to set the record straight in regards to your article "Banking on doubling foreign enrolments is 'unbelievable' aim" (14 April). Durham University is a top 100 institution in the Times...
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There are alternatives Left
Robert Zaretsky is surely right to note, following Albert Camus, that rebels must resist the temptation to enslave their oppressors ("Rebels know their limits", 7 April). However, he is wrong, in my...
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All kinds of win
It is now clear that the government's plans for funding English universities are in deep trouble. I believe that there is now only one remedy, and that involves the private sector.Upfront fees would...
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Swansea’s sacrificial plan: take pay cuts to avoid redundancies
Swansea University wants staff to take pay cuts of between 3 and 4 per cent in exchange for a “no redundancies” deal.
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Almost all universities submit access agreements to Offa
The vast majority of English universities - if not all - are planning to charge tuition fees above the lower threshold of £6,000, information released by the Office for Fair Access reveals.
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Wellings to leave UK for Australian post
Paul Wellings, the vice-chancellor of Lancaster University and chair of the 1994 Group, is leaving the UK to take the helm of an Australian university.
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Tara Brabazon: digital stairways need wheelchair ramps, too
Since 1994, I have delivered a Monday morning lecture at 8.30, 9.00 or 9.30am. One of the consequences of teaching first-year students is that academic timetables are skewed earlier in the week to...
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Offa deadline triggers a volley of fee declarations
A flurry of tuition fee announcements have been made as the deadline approaches for universities to submit draft access agreements to the Office for Fair Access.
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Inside Higher Ed: Presidential doppelgängers tweet
By Steve Kolowich, for Inside Higher Ed
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#comedinewithTHE competition
Times Higher Education is giving away the prize of a lifetime. But not for this competition. No, the winner of this competition will see themselves (and a friend/acquaintance of their choice) whisked...
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Harper Adams plans to charge £9k fees
The UK’s leading farming college has joined the growing group of institutions that plan to charge tuition fees of £9,000 a year in 2012.