A proportionate response (1 of 2)
Michael Pinto-Duschinsky needs to get a sense of proportion about conflicts of interest (Letters, 7 April). If I had recently applied for, or were currently in receipt of a grant from the Toepfer...
Michael Pinto-Duschinsky needs to get a sense of proportion about conflicts of interest (Letters, 7 April). If I had recently applied for, or were currently in receipt of a grant from the Toepfer...
Paul G. Ellis (Letters, 17 March) wrongly surmises that I do not know the difference between slaked lime and quicklime. The statement that supplies to the Lódz ghetto administration by Alfred Toepfer...
Mike Goldstein (Letters, 7 April) sensibly asks, "what about the public interest?" in the future governance of English universities. But what is the appropriate ambit of that future "public interest...
In view of the possible implications for the quality of the student experience of decisions made by governing bodies ("Old boys and girls should be handed the boardroom keys", 31 March), it is...
Two articles by Matthew Reisz draw welcome attention to excellent Victorian art exhibitions, but neither does Dante Gabriel Rossetti justice.To say that none of Rossetti's paintings comes close to...
We must thank Thomas Docherty for reminding us just how ignorant ministers are about the powers of the Office for Fair Access ("Rethink funding 'mess' to achieve democratic and wide participation,"...
It is not the case that "lower fees have been proposed" for students resident in Wales who study at Welsh universities ("Underlying disorders", 7 April). Subject to the Higher Education Funding...
Jon Nixon asks why academics are "not guiding their personal tutees on at least a weekly basis through the intricacies of academic choice and those relating to social well-being" (Letters, 7 April)....
While I fully accept Tom Hickey's arguments about the unfair and significant losses that university employers seek to inflict on staff by their hard line on changes to the Universities Superannuation...
To Salford's Sue Powell ("Staines has fallen", Letters, 7 April), surely aiming brickbats at "philistines" is an ill-advised activity for senior academics living in plate-glass universities?Anthony...

Liam Burns has been elected as the next president of the National Union of Students, pledging to “reject the idea of students as consumers” and “dismantle the fees regime”.
Scottish universities should privatise and adopt an Ivy League-style system of high tuition fees and bursaries to protect their standing, according to a leading educationalist.
The University of Salford has announced that up to 218 jobs are at risk in a move that affects around one in 10 staff at the institution.

The outgoing president of the National Union of Students has used an opening speech at its annual conference to apologise for elements of his “controversial” tenure.

The University of Sheffield has put on hold plans to cut the pensions of its lowest-paid staff after all local MPs with the exception of deputy prime minister Nick Clegg “urged a rethink”.