On faith or on fact?
Despite what Michael Reiss writes ("On the origin of an essential debate: Can science ignore faith?", November), differences about what constitutes "data" do imply "a great gulf" between religious...
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No threat in teaching skills
The Sector Skills Council for Science, Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies (Semta) feels it must respond to the article "The class of 2020?" ( November) and its view that higher education can...
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A mushrooming subject
Mycology, the study of fungi, is thriving in UK universities and research institutes despite rumours to the contrary in the press ("The week in higher education", 4 December) from Joan Kelley and...
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Give vetting system a boost
Bill Rammell's defence of the Academic Technology Approval Scheme (Atas) did not address the issue of its being underresourced ("Rammell backs vetting system: it's here to stay", 4 December). For the...
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An honest reading
In the feature "Doctor, doctor, quick, quick" (4 December), it says: "Many (PhDs) go completely unread. There is a story about someone who put a $100 bill inside his thesis in the university library...
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Strange perspective
In his review of Terry Eagleton's Trouble with Strangers: A Study of Ethics (4 December), Fred Inglis alludes to "batty old Louis Althusser" and "the decidedly modish as well as crazily repellant...
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Deregulate and win back autonomy, watchdog urges
Radical blueprint calls for Offa and QAA to be abolished in bid to cut bureaucracy, says John Gill
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Call to scrap peer review in hunt for brilliant ideas
Giving future Einsteins free rein will save money and boost science, academic argues. Zoe Corbyn reports
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Poll points to distrust of 'petty' managers
"Wholly ineffective and probably incapable of running a whelk stall," was one of the less flattering opinions of managers expressed in a survey of higher education staff.Other responses included a...
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Survey shows that one in ten grievances go to watchdog
Average number of cases that exhaust internal complaints process rises, writes Rebecca Attwood
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Conduct codes discourage any staff-student sex
Some universities are asking staff to abide by conduct codes that explicitly advise them against having sexual relationships with students.The University of Warwick is reviewing its policy on staff-...
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Can two and two ever make five?
Bad reasoning is behind the hunt for the worst argument in Britain, reports Melanie Newman
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News in Brief
UceaUCU pay claim 'excessive'The Universities and Colleges Employers Association has described an 8 per cent pay claim for 2009-10 submitted by the University and College Union last week as "...
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University of Salford - Full speed ahead
Engineers at the University of Salford are assisting in an attempt to bring the world water speed record back to the UK. The group, from the School of Computing, Science and Engineering, are helping...
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Manchester Metropolitan University - Public to vote on local projects
The public will choose the projects academics carry out in partnership with local communities in a scheme launched by Manchester Metropolitan University. Researchers have proposed 46 community...