Committee commended
The British Sociological Association (BSA) and the Council of Heads and Professors of Sociology welcome the Commons Science and Technology Committee's report on peer review.We are pleased that it...
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Gender pay gap distorted
I am writing in response to your article "There's no good reason for this inequality" (30 June). An accompanying table ("How women's pay compares with men's") shows some interesting comparisons and...
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Age-related vision loss
For the active researcher, retirement is not really a recognised state. But for research that is heavily reliant on research council funding, then a contracted appointment with a university is...
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Keep them guessing
I note that Lord Rees, master of Trinity College, Cambridge and former president of the Royal Society, in a conference on the future of the humanities has said that while it is accepted that...
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Autumn collection unveiled
Ann Mroz has created quite a fetching picture with her reference to Treasury cash coming with so many strings it "looks more like a macramé straitjacket" (Leader, 28 July). Could other splendour for...
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The duck is still alive; so is UCU's mission
We do not accept that national bargaining is a "dead duck" (Leader, 28 July), although the employers' representatives' efforts to drive down staff pay in recent years have no doubt prompted some...
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Adapt or die
Universities must enable research into fundamental issues about the meaning and purpose of life in order to be centres of intellectual excellence, as Philip Boobbyer notes (Letters, 28 July). Yet the...
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Could care more
Roger Watson is to be applauded for his opinion article on nurse preparation ("We need the IV leaguers", 28 July). The apparent incompatibility of "caring" with higher education is a tired cliche...
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Copyright reforms to aid research
Sweeping reforms to copyright law are set to open the door for greater access to research papers.
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Pension chief pockets £50k bonus, as higher education staff face cuts to benefits
The sector’s biggest pension fund gave its chief executive a £50,000 bonus in a year when lecturers went on strike over cuts to their benefits, it has emerged.
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Universities Scotland names new convener
The principal of the University of the West of Scotland has been appointed as the new convener of Universities Scotland.
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Inside Higher Ed: Harvard, India and intolerance
By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed
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Universities to ‘buy’ AAB students amid fears of lost places
Some universities are considering ways to “buy” top achieving students, it has been claimed, as they prepare for the new competitive market in 2012.
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Top teachers honoured by HEA fellowship scheme
Fifty-five academics have been awarded fellowships worth £10,000 by the Higher Education Academy.
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Gap between rich and poor closes at Scottish universities
The higher education participation gap between the most deprived parts of Scotland and the rest of the country has shrunk for the fifth year in a row.