Hepi downplays fee reform's deterrent effects
There is no evidence to suggest that increasing tuition fees to a maximum of £9,000 a year has deterred large numbers of students from applying to university, a report has argued.
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Little talk of one direction after trio exit the band
'Reposition yourselves' mission groups are advised as institutions switch allegiance. Jack Grove reports
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It's all in the balance
The growing middle classes will place huge demands on resources; universities have a pivotal role to play in the solution, says David King
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'The 1994 Group is so yesterday' - Targett
"It is difficult to avoid the phrase 'sinking ship'." That was how Jamie Targett, our Director of Corporate Affairs, responded to news that the University of Surrey had joined with Bath and St...
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Mark Poster, 1941-2012
A scholar who was crucial in bringing French critical theory to the US, and went on to analyse contemporary media, has died.Mark Poster was born in New York on 5 July 1941, studied at the University...
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Finch closed eyes to open alternatives
The evidence from Simon Lilley et al. of publishers earning excessive profits while reducing their tax bills raises further questions about the credibility of the Finch proposals for supporting open...
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Prescription for waste
Regarding "Spare the special pleading" (Letters, 1 November). It is good to know that Kevin Smith's limited knowledge of pharmacy education has not inhibited him from expressing his strident views....
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Responsible leadership (1 of 2)
As deputy academic secretary at the University of Stirling at the time of the Queen's visit in 1972, I, inter alia, served as clerk to the discipline committee, which was anything but the "hopeless...
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Responsible leadership (2 of 2)
I am grateful to correspondents for pointing out a couple of slips of memory (perhaps inevitable after a gap of 40 years) in "A right royal rumpus" (Opinions, 11 October). Lord Wheatley was indeed...
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Ethical position
The purpose of my speech to the Higher Education Forum was to emphasise how all sector organisations - universities, students' unions and oversight bodies - can learn from difficult cases ("More help...
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Qualified expectations (1 of 2)
Regarding "Universal lesson to be learned" (Leader, 1 November): I was struck by the statement that "many students will expect their lecturers to have a doctorate, with its guarantee of research...
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Qualified expectations (2 of 2)
"Universal lesson to be learned" rightly concludes that "there is no ignoring the fact that the qualifications of those who teach matter at all levels of education". However, becoming a skilled...
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Priceless benefits
It was disappointing to read that the University and College Union appears to conflate a genuine opportunity for artists with continuing (and understandable) concerns about unpaid labour ("Union...
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Campus round-up
University of EdinburghFresh light on dark matterA university has teamed up with a capital management firm to launch a competition that asks experts to find techniques that might shed light on dark...
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Appointments
University of EdinburghJulie TaylorThe head of strategy and development at the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children has taken up a new post at the University of Edinburgh. Julie...