There's been a kerfuffle in Australia lately over literacy levels, as old statistics are trotted out yet again to make sensationalist headlines.This time it was the Australian Industry Group, which...
Michael Rose, a leading industrial sociologist, has died.He was born in Bray, Berkshire on 24 November 1937 and grew up by the River Thames - where his family owned a well-known boat-building...
I agree that there are huge problems with lack of autonomy in British universities ("Winning the war of independence", 3 September), but it is not just in the US where things are better - there is...
We, the undersigned, are psychologists alarmed by the treatment of our colleagues at the University of Surrey.As part of the university's plan to reduce its financial deficit, the department of...
Jo Pickering's letter (3 September) criticising Joao Magueijo's article on the teacher training of university lecturers reveals certain assumptions underlying the whole project. In particular, she...
Amid the ping-pong of debate ("Those who can, get a PhD; those who can't, simply teach anyway", August), has the issue of advancing knowledge by working at a high level of academic discipline in one'...
The search for robust and accessible means of comparing the quality of different courses and institutions is becoming higher education's equivalent of the search for the Holy Grail ("Pressure grows...
Having worked in the field many years ago, I enjoyed Adrian Furnham's typology of trainers ("Prepare to meet your trainer", August).My first training job involved working for a training manager in...
Your article about the impending decline in the use of virtual-world technologies may be an accurate reflection of the "hype cycle", but it could be misleading if used to interpret the long-term...
Thank you for "Stitches through time" ( August). The image of knitting as "integral" to Sara Schley's life rang very true. But more than this biographical lesson in "connections", knitting is also an...
Further to earlier letters on your annual exam howlers feature, I still can't decide whether the answer I once received to the question "name a city destroyed by a natural disaster" - "Atlantis" -...
Tim Birkhead challenges a state of affairs where academics are too busy chasing research grants to inspire their students
For months, Nicholas Tesla has endured interviews, psychometric testing and inedible food. Yet despite being eminently qualified, the management role he seeks remains elusive. So is his approach to...
Times Higher Education Awards 2009's front-runners are poised for October's revelations
The great masquerade - The academy’s paper-thin affection for teaching will end in tears