Memorable monikers
One gets the impression that the QM(U)L staff’s view of management would include a number of highly memorable four-letter “phonetics” (“Short shrift for QML’s short form”, 3 April). Perhaps they...
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Alternative reality
Three cheers for Mary Midgley (“I am more than the sum of my parts”, 3 April) and her campaign to insist on common sense truths such as that we have free will. Philosophers like Midgley are needed...
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Gilded pages
As a new junior lecturer 10 years ago, a colleague commented that she had visions of me secretly squirrelling pots of money away. In that spirit, I was wondering whether anyone else noticed the...
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Channelling talent
“Look at any real population of academic staff…you’ll see not a uniform group of similarly capable, functionally equivalent individuals, but a tremendous diversity of strengths, working styles and...
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Lost in house of mirrors
Sir David Watson is right about the divisive effect of the “Russellers” (“‘Russellers’ are not all they claim, senior scholar warns”, 3 April). While there is something boorishly predictable about a...
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Your salary can make you sick
It seems clear that vice-chancellors in the UK are catching a bad case of what the Americans call “CEO disease” (“The big business of remuneration”, 3 April). A search on Google for “CEO disease”...
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The week in higher education - 10 April 2014
The compelling saga of how Queen Mary University of London (no comma, remember) should be abbreviated has reached a conclusion. In an email to staff on 4 April, principal Simon Gaskell said he had...
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Budgeting rules adjusted to manage costs of student loans
Change in guidance meant to ‘incentivise’ BIS to check long-term costs
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Schools must work with universities to ensure optimal teacher training
School Direct needs collaborations, not a ‘them and us’ attitude, forum hears
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Glyndwr students report teaching gripes and more visa threats
International students complain of ‘inadequate’ teaching while hearing their visa sponsorship could again be in jeopardy
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ID from medical data could spark ‘crisis’
Researchers face ‘ethics’ scandal over security of records, warns computer scientist
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Satisfy your morbid interests at Barts Death Salon
Death and its contributions to our culture are the topic of a London event
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Warwick exposé helped bring it success
Students’ revelation of university’s clandestine activities worked in its favour long-term
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Campus close-up: Heriot-Watt University
Scotland’s ‘international university’ is investing in growth at overseas and domestic sites