The money may be good but novice v-c Diana Green says the pitfalls are many and the power more illusory than real. Three months after becoming a vice-chancellor, it seems appropriate to reflect on...
Your article on university applications ("Ministers act as poor jump ship", THES, January 29) did not give a full picture. First, the number of applications from school-leavers in the UK (the under-...
The fact that the University of Geneva is debating introducing English-language tuition to attract more British and Americans suggests these students' unwillingness to operate in a foreign language (...
You omitted a crucial phrase from the Association of Colleges' statement on dismissal procedure in its response to the Department for Education and Employment's statutory consultation on...
Under new contracts for teaching staff at the University of North London "paid holiday has been cut from 35 days plus the Christmas-New Year break to 30" ("New deal enrages Natfhe", THES, January 29...
The article "Scots class myth debunked" (THES, January 29) has to be read with caution. First, I can reassure anxious Scottish readers who are probably asking themselves how, if Bob Osborne is right...
Our report, Entry to Initial Full-time Higher Education, also shows that social class has an impact on propensity to apply for certain subjects. This is crucial in the context of the Higher Education...
Teaching English literature to first-year undergraduates has been far more enlightening for me than for my students. Young people, slowly emerging from the security blanket of A levels, are claiming...
As an external member of Cambridge University's promotions committee, I cannot let pass the assertion that we gave only seven minutes on average to the consideration of each candidate (Whistleblower...
We do not know what Bett will say about absolute levels of pay for the varied groups of university staff nor about the need for restructuring (THES, Opinion, January 29). But the proposals will...
I am not leading negotiations on the joint contract under which most people work here (THES, January 29). I am not even a member of the working party looking at contracts. But I am an interested...
The percentage of students choosing to study in the north has risen over recent years ("North hit as applications fall", THES, January 22). At Edge Hill, applications rose by 41 per cent between 1996...
Edward Burns is senior lecturer in English at the University of Liverpool Studying and performing Shakespeare has become an industry. It's like shopping at Marks and Spencers because you can't be...
Britain's mature students are falling victim to a culture of ageism, writes Linda McGowan. The Universities and Colleges Admissions System reports a 1.8 per cent drop in the number of applications to...
Will mobile phones work when it rains? Will sleet make satellite TV unwatchable? The CLRC's Chilbolton Radar is used by a 45-strong research group to answer questions like these. Under contract to...