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  1. Seize the data

    The information deluge and the promise of open enterprise offer UK universities an opportunity not to be missed, says Geoffrey Boulton

    #Opinion

  2. Racking up the marks?

    Our Director of Corporate Affairs, Jamie Targett, has announced that he will be "following in the steps" of Queen's University Belfast by considering legal action against a former academic who has...

    #Laurie

  3. John Adams, 1939-2012

    An "affable and amusing" scholar whose expertise ranged from 18th-century legal treatises to the latest developments in intellectual property law has died.John Adams was born on 24 December 1939,...

    #Obituary
    #People

  4. Publishing tail must not wag research dog

    Regarding "Let's ask profitable questions" (Leader, 7 June): the urgent issue today is not publisher profits but research access for all would-be users, not just those whose institutions can afford...

    #Letters

  5. Self-destructive tendencies (1 of 2)

    Following the recent decision by delegates at the University and College Union congress to resume the "work-to-rule" action by staff on pensions, the employers have (entirely predictably) broken off...

    #Letters

  6. Self-destructive tendencies (2 of 2)

    As a delegate to the UCU congress, I was struck by the stark contrast between the views expressed and supported by the majority of delegates and those obtained by the general secretary in her...

    #Letters

  7. Peer (and MP) review

    I wonder if the Campaign for Science and Engineering knows enough history to recognise Benito Mussolini's model of a "corporate state"? ("Loss of science expertise feared", News, 14 June.) The group...

    #Letters

  8. Creative with facts

    Three cheers for Geraint Wiggins' plea for creativity in the sciences ("Hidden in plain sight", 7 June). But why is the situation so bad that this notion seems odd to so many?The source of the...

    #Letters

  9. Final bastion of freedom

    The brochure for the 1936 Barcelona Peoples' Olympiad is indeed a poignant reminder of the tragedy that was the Spanish Civil War (Odds and Quads, 14 June). Barcelona was the last city to fall to...

    #Letters

  10. Gluttons for punishment

    Polly Jones, in her insightful review of Orlando Figes' Just Send Me Word: A True Story of Love and Survival in the Gulag (Books, 14 June), calls for further explanation of why some victims of...

    #Letters

  11. Choice cut

    Million+ has not said that post-1992 universities would lose out because they would be in direct competition for places with private institutions ("Private providers set to go head to head with...

    #Letters

  12. Scroll down

    I read "Die hard copy" with interest (14 June). But if a university tried to make everything digital, what would happen to degree certificates?Alex Chablo, Manchester

    #Letters

  13. Aztec empire-building

    A number of articles in Times Higher Education have reflected the unrest among UK academics at the way in which universities are managed (eg, “Academy rots from the head and it stinks”, Opinion, 10...

    #Letters

  15. Appointments

    Teesside UniversityRosie MeekTeesside's newly appointed professor of psychology and criminal justice said she was ready for a new challenge despite having spent five "enjoyable and productive" years...

    #Appointments
    #People