Lead gift horses to water
In response to Michael Earley's argument about the role vice-chancellors can play in attracting philanthropic income ("Heads must show that charity begins at the top", 1 July), Mark Featherstone-...
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We touched a nerve
I must thank John Coyne for his scathing review of The Trouble with Higher Education, the book I co-authored with Patrick Smith ("Pub economists' pint of bitter", 8 July). It is only by means of such...
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Census insensibility
Cutting waste in the British public sector is one thing; abolishing British history is quite another. The coalition government's proposals to kill off the national census after 2011 will seriously...
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Living with uncertainty
As someone who freely dispenses advice, even to government, I am very grateful to Times Higher Education for flagging up the government's chief scientific adviser's Guidelines on the Use of...
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Playground name-calling
Those of us who try to draw attention to the reality of what humanity is doing to the Earth, and what the Earth, in response, is beginning to do to humanity, get used to being called names by people...
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Timely approach
Applying rational processes learned through higher education to popular culture is fascinating ("The Doctor will save you now", 8 July). I feel David Sheff should be commended for writing such an...
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Author! Author! Author...
We were interested to read your report that the number of authors per published paper has significantly increased in the past 20 years ("The expanding universe of scientific authorship", 8 July), and...
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Key position
Will the senior lecturer in piano advertised in your 8 July issue (page 65) be supported by a quietly spoken lecturer in pianissimo?Rupert C. Marshall, Forte in animal behaviour, Aberystwyth...
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Arthur Rosenbaum, 1940-2010
A pioneering eye surgeon who proved highly effective at treating cross-eyed children but was subjected to abuse and attacks by animal-rights campaigners has died.Arthur Rosenbaum was born on 20...
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Write on!
"It's thumbs up for palaeography!" That was how Dr Jake Latimer, our Head of History (1735-1792 only), responded to the news that King's College London will create a new chair in the subject.Dr...
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From where I sit - Move up, move on or drop out
Having worked in the academy in various capacities and in three different countries, and having also taught and written on human resources management, I have found it painfully evident that...
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Research intelligence - Request hits a raw spot
A ruling that FoI laws require him to share unpublished data has shocked a researcher, writes Hannah Fearn
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Leader: Members-only code is outdated
The academy needs to cast off its exclusionary conventions and make its publications accessible to non-specialists and the public
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The write and wrong stuff
There's no honourable way to plan a best-seller, says Felipe Fernández-Armesto