Time to join the multitudes
There is obviously some confusion at Brunel. ("Controller preparing the platform to elevate Brunel", 28 February). Brunel did not resign from the former Coalition of Modern Universities. It was never...
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Pedagogic chain reaction
What a pleasant surprise to find my chemistry-focused paper in a more general article ("Teacher-centred teaching", 28 February). There was an excellent summary of my key point - that lecturers'...
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Colonial education
In reference to the "appalling American convention of following a colon by a capital letter" (Letters, 6 March) and at the risk of perpetuating a rather tiresome argument, may I say that I have never...
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What's behind the label
Robert Mighall confuses a university's reputation with its "brand" ("The substance behind the image", 6 March). It's not surprising that those with a living to make in this area are untroubled by...
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Support for Oxford changes
As the head of one of the 31 Oxford colleges in favour of the proposed new model for allocating resources, I was very surprised to see that your coverage included no comment at all from those who...
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Acronymous debate
David Punter's suggestion that certain disciplines be grouped together as SSSMART (Letters, 6 March) does not go far enough. It seems obvious that to reflect accurately the situation, statistics,...
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How much are you worth?
Academic salaries have increased by 12.6% in two years, but can the rises be sustained? Market differences are already beginning to show, with significant variations in pay between universities just...
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Trading partners
To build collaborative links with India, UK institutions must avoid treating the country as a cash cow, discovers Esther Oxford
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13 March 2008
Never had it so good? - A survey of academic pay
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I am often asked to act as referee for colleagues wishing to move on or for students. Does this put me at risk of legal action?
The provision of references for students and employees (both past and present) is common practice in the higher education sector.
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STFC puts Merlin radio-telescope network on cuts list
The Science and Technology Facilities Council has released a draft list of research projects and facilities that its science committees are resigned to seeing cut.As part of the latest efforts by the...
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THE WINNERS 2008
Choosing the 18 winners from the shortlisted entries has been extremely difficult and they can rightly be proud of their success: each represents excellence in their field and we congratulate them...
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First Impressions competition: March 06 2008
This week’s competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a roman à clef:"It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn...
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In thrall and on call
We’re enslaved by Crazy Frog capitalism – and the mobile phone is the symbol of our bondage, argues Tara Brabazon
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Queen of the Wits: A Life of Laetitia Pilkington
Helen Wilcox is transfixed by the rolling and rollicking life of a saucy Grub Street manipulator