Fundraising: strive for an alumni love pact
Report says universities must turn alumni into long-term 'life partners'. Hannah Fearn reports
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Shorter KTPs aim for 'quick wins' for all sides
A shorter and, it is hoped, more palatable version of knowledge- transfer partnerships (KTPs) has been launched in a bid to get more businesses and academics involved.The KTP programme was launched...
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Holiday Edition - Rats go camping
In what must surely be a vacation first, Dr Fritz Itzig of our Department of Comparative Animal Studies will be accompanied by 24 of his prized experimental rats during his forthcoming two-week...
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Retractions up tenfold
‘Publish or perish’ factor in withdrawal of science papers. Zoe Corbyn reports
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I taught the law
Felipe Fernández-Armesto says police officers need the academy's guidance
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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From where I sit - Success by fair means or foul
He Chuanyang, an 18-year-old boy from Chongqing, found himself in the national spotlight when the results of the National College Entrance Examination (NCEE) were published earlier this summer.He...
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Kenneth MacLeod, 1963-2009
Kenneth MacLeod, an authority on diabetes who was closely involved in the creation of the Peninsula Medical School, has died.He was born on 17 February 1963 in Falkirk, Scotland, and received his...
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Back to the future to verify standards
Your recent leader makes some telling points ("Standards issue can't be evaded", 6 August). It ends with the statement: "An independent, robust body that safeguards standards and protects the...
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Storm is no surprise
Having steered an institution through the severe deflation that the Thatcher Government imposed on British universities in the 1980s, the present unrest comes as no surprise ("Storm warning: change...
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Charitable works 1
Nicholas Bamforth correctly notes that Hefce "is restricted in using its powers under charity legislation" ("There's no need to be charitable over external governor appointments", 6 August). He...
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Charitable works 2
Nicholas Bamforth is right that the restrictions in Section 73A of the Charities Act 2006 (which require a majority of the trustees of a charity to be unremunerated by it) do not apply to employees....
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Feminist cry rings untrue 1
Sally Feldman seems very sure of her facts ("Don't celebrate yet, girls", 13 August). She assures us that it is "clearly not the case" that her female-dominated media courses discriminate against...
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Feminist cry rings untrue 2
Sally Feldman's account of women entering higher education has a Scottish dimension that can be found in the autobiographical novels of Willa Muir, Catherine Carswell and Nan Shepherd. Their...
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Flexible friend
I am concerned that aspects of your story about penalties for the over-admission of students will have misled readers as to what is happening in Scotland ("SFC refuses to relax over-recruitment rules...