Cutters' creed
Hefce's proposal to "require the governing body to take steps to rectify the position" if it considers that the "accountable officer cannot be relied upon" could indeed lead to the enforced removal...
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Statistics, damned statistics
Your latest student satisfaction survey contains glaring methodological shortcomings ("It's all about them", 14 January). Most striking is the minute sample size (in our university's case, 0.16 per...
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Quantity surveying
Reportedly, University of Leeds research shows that 5.5 billion packed lunches with poor nutritional content are eaten by British children each year (Campus round-up, 21 January). But there were only...
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No one's at the wheel!
I'm worried about 11 February. It's a perfect day to take over your university, as it's likely that the senior managers will be out. The THE is sponsoring the Leadership Foundation's HE Leadership...
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Cambridge pressed to give unions recognition
UCU and Unite seek formal agreement that will end 'dotty' anachronism. John Morgan reports
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Odds and quads
This 1.5m long feathered rope was found in a Somerset attic in the late 1870s, alongside six brooms and an old chair.It was presented in The Folk-Lore Journal in 1887 as a "witches' ladder": the...
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Revisions aim to develop a wider view of the world
Pair trial overhaul of undergraduate curriculums' formulation and delivery. Hannah Fearn writes
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THE World University Rankings
Is it valid to use reputation measures in university rankings?
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Overseas briefing
United StatesMedics reject Baptist mergerMoves to strengthen links between a medical college and a Baptist university have led to protests over a potential clash between religion and science....
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Outrage as Lund's top cats take the grant cream
Swedish researchers furious after managers claim 70% of funding award. Melanie Newman reports
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Visit marks new chapter in Anglo-Indian relations
British and Indian universities are said to be ready to "collaborate like never before" following a visit to the UK by an Indian Cabinet minister and university heads.Kapil Sibal, India's Minister...
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Eternal explorer
For half a century, Ken Pounds has been part of Leicester's astronomy department - even in retirement, he's in every day
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Appointments
A professor of applied mathematics and solar physics at the University of Sheffield has been appointed director of the High Altitude Observatory and associate director of the National Centre for...
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Inquiry cleared astronomer over RAE 'faggot' posting
Offended party was not asked to give evidence and disputes judgment. Hannah Fearn reports
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No rubbers sold at Newman despite health fears
A Catholic college is holding firm to its ban on condom dispensers on campus despite students' long-expressed concerns about sexually transmitted diseases.Newman University College, Birmingham does...