We want to talk; do they?
Your headline "Pension action plans threaten NUS-UCU alliance" (13 October) is a little more exciting than the story itself. Liam Burns, president of the National Union of Students, highlights the...
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Blessed unions
What a refreshing and encouraging article by Janet Beer and Avril Horner on collaborative research ("A winning pair", 6 October). Although I am from the other end of the disciplinary spectrum - an...
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Tariff points
Times Higher Education's coverage of the report on the plagiarism reference tariff was titled "Stock plagiarism penalties don't always fit the crime" (13 October). However, the facts do not...
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Proportionate strength
Ann Mroz (Leader, 6 October) says that by using a per capita measure, Switzerland (seven universities in the top 200) and the Netherlands (12 universities) lead the 2011-12 THE World University...
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Timely tirade
At last! An angry - and how - tirade against the millionaire buffoons who lead this wretched, undemocratic government, safe and secure in the knowledge that their privileged backgrounds and private...
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Alpha and omega again
As a THE reader since its inception, may I congratulate you on its ruby anniversary ("Many happy returns", 13 October). One item sadly missing from your remembrance of things past is the publication'...
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Baroness bemoans ‘poorly focused’ efforts to measure quality
A former president of the British Academy has argued that universities are subject to “elaborate forms of accountability that reveal little about how effectively students are taught or how much they...
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‘Excellent but under pressure’: official verdict on UK research
The UK research base is the most productive in the world but its position could be threatened by relatively low investment, a government-commissioned report warns.
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Influence wielded by chief scientific advisers ‘varies hugely’
The status and influence of chief scientific advisors varies wildly across government, with many advisors lacking sufficient independence, oversight, or ministerial access to properly fulfil their...
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Inside Higher Ed: Jstor for life
By Steve Kolowich, for Inside Higher Ed
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Early departure for under-fire STFC chief
Keith Mason is to step down as chief executive of the Science and Technology Facilities Council five months earlier than scheduled.
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Calls for research integrity watchdog dismissed
The government and the research councils have rejected suggestions that the UK needs a specific body to police research integrity.
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Concessions forced on student places plans
Funding chiefs have made a series of changes to the plans for student number controls in 2012-13 in an attempt to alleviate concerns about their impact on social mobility, “vulnerable” subjects and...
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Reading names senior civil servant as new v-c
The most senior education civil servant in Britain has been appointed as the next vice-chancellor of the University of Reading.
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Foreign students fuel decade-long growth in numbers
The number of students at UK universities has gone up by almost a third in the last 10 years with those coming from outside the European Union more than doubling, according to a new report.