Poor records on race and on pay 2
I teach African and Islamic archaeology, and I find Mark Christian's tone worryingly racist and segregationist. If his views had been espoused by a white academic, action would rightly be taken. Some...
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Poor records on race and on pay 3
Lena Dominelli observes that there are no black professors of social work. It is not much better in social policy, the discipline where one might have expected a fair representation of black and...
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Poor records on race and on pay 4
Your article "Discretionary pay is 'lottery'" (March 4) highlights the real risks of any kind of performance-related pay. The experience of new universities that have such schemes shows the dangers....
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Part-timers' partners 1
We do not think part-time students are the Cinderellas of higher education ("Everybody deserves a chance to go to the ball", March 4). We agree with Ivor Crewe that this is the impression the...
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Part-timers' partners 2
As a typical mature student, I would like to make some observations on part-time study. First, if one opts to pay fees incrementally, interest adds substantially to the cost. Second, the university...
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Admit your paternity
MPs have condemned the UK e-University as a "disgraceful waste" of public funds and found that Sir Alan Wilson "cannot escape criticism" (News, March 4). Fair enough. But what about the ministers...
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Lifelong ends at 40
I have become used to discourses of "lifelong" learning that focus only on the young. Still, it is disappointing to see that despite your "widening participation initiative" Times Higher Award your...
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V-cs' salary divide 1
Your front-page article about vice-chancellors' pay (February 25) was the most tawdry piece of tabloid journalism I have seen in The Times Higher since the last time you reported on this subject. It...
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Classical Pop Idol finalist hits 'loud' note
Bernard Hughes, a PhD student and music teacher with a taste for the Scissor Sisters and Bjork, hit the right note when he entered a piece for the inaugural Aberdeen University Music Prize. The 31-...
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LSE sets secret state quota
The London School of Economics operates a quota for state school pupils, it was revealed this week, fuelling fears among the independent school sector of admissions bias at top UK universities....
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'I am very pleased BSL is visible in a senate chamber in the uk'
Judith Collins has made history as the first British Sign Language user to be elected to a university senate Durham University British Sign Language teaching fellow Judith Collins is believed to be...
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On the move ...
* Sandy Anderson , chair of the European Process Industries Competitive Centre, is to chair the University of Teesside's governing body. * Young Dawkins , currently president and chief executive...
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Baffled by ill-spoken English
Economics students say their studies are suffering because they cannot understand overseas lecturers and tutors whose first language is not English. The concerns have emerged in the 2004 national...
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Visa crisis harms UK, Blair told
For political bedfellows Tony Blair and Neil Kinnock it will have been an uncomfortable conversation. But for universities, this week's discussion between the Prime Minister and the British Council...
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Exceeding student limit may incur penalties
English universities could face hefty financial penalties if they over-recruit students rushing to avoid paying top-up fees, funding chiefs warned this week. The Higher Education Funding Council for...