A complex business
The story on Amanda Goodall's research ("Scholar v-cs score best", October 26), Terence Keeley's opinion article ("Emmanuel lights way on self-governance", October 19) and the story on John Hood's...
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Mind your language 1
Bruce Macfarlane ("Teaching Matters", November 23) is dead right in saying that lecturing is not the same as teaching. The Open University did away with lecturing more than 30 years ago but has still...
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Mind your language 2
The problem with Michael Bulley's attack on linguistics ("Chomskyans chase down a blind alley", November 16) comes at the end of the second paragraph. It's the phrase "non-specialist". Linguistics...
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Mind your language 3
It is well known that in 1866 the Linguistic Society of Paris declared that it wanted to hear nothing more about the origin of language. Michael Bulley wants to go further and hear nothing more about...
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Hungry for justice
The spectre of starvation in 1930s Britain was a spur to the creation of the postwar welfare state until it was called into question by the 'new Right' in the 1970s. James Vernon steps back in time....
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The devil inside
Are some people innately duplicitous, self-serving and evil? Based on the latest developments in neuroscience - and the experience of her own unscrupulous sister - Barbara Oakley argues that they are...
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Dr Dai Llemmer
A reader writes : Data protection issues preclude self-nomination at this stage in the process, Dai, but your input would be appreciated regarding a personnel interaction issue. I am facing a number...
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Enrich yourself, and the world
I have been in favour of making research an integral part of learning ever since having an inspiring experience of independent research during my own undergraduate years. When I started actively...
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Alarm at lack of players in v-c hiring
Research raises concerns over use of headhunters to recruit vice-chancellors. Melanie Newman reports
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Brunel: Professor in Biomedical Sciences
Name: Professor Robert EvansPosition: Professor in Biomedical Sciences, School of Health Sciences and Social Care
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Brunel: Lecturer in music
Name: Dr Bob GilmorePosition: Lecturer in Music, School of Arts
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Brunel: Education Development Projects Manager
Name: Prof Christopher HudsonPosition: Education Development Projects Manager, Learning and Teaching Development Unit
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Bournemouth: Doctor of Letters
Neal Butterworth – Doctor of Letters: Editor of the Bournemouth Daily Echo and its associated newspapers since 1998. Earlier in his career was the youngest newspaper editor in the UK.
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Bournemouth: Doctor of Music
Marin Alsop – Doctor of Music: Principal conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (2002-Present); recently appointed Music Director of the Baltimore Symphony and is first woman to head a major...
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Birkbeck: Lifetime award
Professor Jay Belsky has won the prestigious Urie Bronfenbrenner Award for a Lifetime contribution to Developmental Psychology in the Service of Science and Society.