Corporate malfeasance
Tony Blair is a highly pragmatic politician who reacts to the world as he finds it ("Tony Blair: up the 'revolution'", 3 May). Lying behind the changes that he portrays as inevitable are some...
Tony Blair is a highly pragmatic politician who reacts to the world as he finds it ("Tony Blair: up the 'revolution'", 3 May). Lying behind the changes that he portrays as inevitable are some...
The Commons Education Committee states that "a diminution of universities' role in teacher training could bring considerable demerits". It also questions the use of degree class as the determinant of...
There are several aspects to the question of independent scholarship ("Free-range thinkers", 3 May): G.B. Shaw's "All professions are conspiracies against the laity" is one argument; another is the...
Regarding your article on the balance between quality-related (QR) and research council funding ("Hands off the funding sacred cow?", 3 May): one major difference between the sources is the way that...
"Screwed" is how one of my colleagues referred to her experience with the BBC. Asked to set something up for The One Show, she willingly agreed, assuming she would be appropriately compensated for...
The Funding with affordable income-based repayments (Fair) system may be anything but ("Graduates - ripe for investment?", 3 May). If it constituted debt bondage, it might be illegal and would...

A leading businessman who went on to become a greatly valued "ambassador, guide and friend" to the University of East Anglia has died.Sir Brandon Gough was born in Merseyside on 8 October 1937 and...

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University of St AndrewsSatisfaction guaranteedScottish teenagers are more satisfied with life than many of their counterparts across Europe, according to a study into health inequalities. Jo Inchley...

Outdoor accessories - Do v-cs’ external roles and recompense serve staff and students as well?
But still no sign of higher education bill. Simon Baker and David Matthews report

Universities’ overseas activities should come under closer scrutiny in the new risk-based quality assurance regime, England’s funding council has proposed.

By Susan Woodward for Campus Review

By Mitch Smith for Inside Higher Ed

The vice-chancellor of the University of Wales, Newport, is to resign from his post for personal reasons at the end of this academic year.