The fifth anniversary of David Blunkett's Greenwich speech, which set out the Government's vision for higher education, and the release of papers giving some of the background to its 50 per cent...
The suggestion that there is a "perception in universities that some managers are little more than failed academics or glorified administrators" is offensive ("Manager roles fail to attract core...
Does it not occur to the chief executive of the Leadership Foundation that academics may be right when they say that "in the hierarchy of things, for those who can do it the really high-quality...
Your article "Academics scorn TV lecture move" (February 4) contained several inaccuracies. First, it is not the case that "Channel 4 confirmed it was unlikely to renew its contract with the...
Frank Furedi attacks research ethics committees as limiting academic freedom (Working Knowledge, February 11). I am a member of both clinical and non-clinical ethics committees. I am not aware that...
The reaction of some of your columnists to the Durham memo on the teaching of controversial topics illustrates a one-dimensional understanding of "academic freedom" (Frank Furedi, for example). This...
The complaint of the subject librarian at Bangor University about its service being reduced to the level of a further education college is revealing in its ignorance ("Librarians under threat",...
"The process of literature searches is substantially de-skilled by online bibliographical resources". True, but only for bad literature searches. Presumably this demonstrates the quality of...
Jane Hutton of Warwick University criticises the recent funding council report on patterns of participation ("Hefce access study 'flawed'", February 11). I have no wish to defend the report in...
No one can be opposed to the idea of maximising the commercial benefits of academic research but there are, as the Lambert report says, "too many unsustainable spin-offs". The dispersal of public...
Ederyn Williams' commentary on the commercialisation of university research ("Uncle Sam's out in front, but we're hot on his heels", February 4) highlights how difficult it is to make international...
Your article on the talks between the Association of University Teachers and Natfhe was right to observe that all the principal issues have now been resolved between negotiators ("Merger details go...
You report that full-time undergraduate numbers were down at University College Northampton in 2004 by 16.9 per cent to 1,988 ("Middlesex tops growth league", February 4). Our admissions figures show...
The projected starting salary of £22,000 for graduates is calculated by the Association of Graduate Recruiters on the basis of salaries paid by blue-chip employers, who recruit only a fraction of...
Family-friendly policies may look good on paper, but fall short of many parents' needs, writes Caroline Gatrell The academic career ladder has never been easy for women to climb and they are poorly...