Scott Poynting and Ann Singleton's opinion piece ("You look foreign: bring your passport, it's what the UKBA would want", 4 October) highlights the dangers of unintentional racism if higher education...
Our universities' craven complicity with the government's racist "immigration policy" shames us all. Resigning as external examiners - and refusing to cover for others - rather than supplying...
Earlier this year I got involved in quite detailed conversations with my head of department about a tenured post at the university where I currently teach one day a week as an assistant lecturer....
"Red alert" ( September), your feature on the cost of the government's policies for financing higher education, gives an excellent and balanced account of the issues. It shows why we should all be...
It is indeed sad that the successful bid by the London School of Economics to take over the Women's Library does not include the purpose-designed building in Old Castle Street, Whitechapel, currently...
As someone embarking on my first managerial role (head of department), I turned to the feature "Breeding leaders" ( September) for ideas and inspiration. I experienced the opposite.Apart from...
The interests and skills associated with being a vice-chancellor described in "Breeding leaders" seem reasonable enough: research and publications, advising senior staff, controlling costs, ventures...
Six vice-chancellors from the ranks of middle and senior management may seem an impressive record for the University of Southampton a mere 60 years on from its royal charter, but sub specie...
I am the outgoing head of student administration at the University of Salford (soon to be the head of registry at the Royal Northern College of Music) and a new subscriber to your publication. I was...
Last week, THE published its long-awaited World University Rankings - and also reported rankings of a different sort (The week in higher education, 4 October). According to a psychology journal paper...
Coventry UniversityCSI: West MidlandsA university celebrated 10 years of forensic psychology research and learning with a one-day conference. Coventry University's department of psychology and...
School of Advanced Study, LondonColin BlakemoreWorld-renowned neuroscientist Colin Blakemore has been appointed director of the Institute of Philosophy's Centre for the Study of the Senses at the...
The tide of instrumentalism threatens to engulf the UK’s higher education sector, but could a new wave of liberal arts programmes signal a return to the ancient ideal of learning for its own sake?...
The Inside Out festival aims to fling open the doors of the academy and allow scholars’ work to roam free in London and engage with its many publics, writes Matthew Reisz
The Ivy League’s autonomy has allowed its members to conquer the world. The UK must loosen the reins on its universities and establish an equivalent, Terence Kealey argues