From Where I Sit: Emerging signs of maturity
Saudi Arabia's higher education leaders are obsessed with world rankings, but are aware that their universities do not compete well, and that rankings have not effectively measured much of what goes...
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Francois Crouzet, 1922-2010
A French historian who devoted much of his career to the story of European industrialisation, the rise of Britain and the parallel decline of France has died.Francois Crouzet was born in the Vienne...
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'Whiners'? No, we are simply doing our job 1
What exactly is "a realistic strategy for the future"? That is the core issue raised by Ann Mroz in last week's leader ("Stop with the gloom and doom", 17 June).She accuses me of "hysteria and...
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'Whiners'? No, we are simply doing our job 2
I read with interest the article on the League of European Research Universities' argument that European Research Council funding should be doubled ("Less red tape, more euros, research alliance...
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Model doesn't stand up
As a graduate of the University of Hong Kong and a professor at two Chinese universities, I was bemused to read Simon Marginson's article on the "Confucian model" of education ("Tigers burning bright...
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Cheats' tariff is criminal
The proposed tariff to tackle plagiarism lacks common sense ("Plagiarism tariff: let the punishment fit the demerit points", 17 June).If a first-year student "fails to attribute one sentence in a...
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Obfuscatory measures
Tony Bruce of the Employers Pensions Forum (EPF) calls for "a rational debate" on the necessity for reforming the Universities Superannuation Scheme ("Debate, not threats", Letters, 10 June).The...
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Open and shut case?
It could be argued that THE's "Table of tables" is meaningless because it doesn't include The Open University: after all, its teaching quality and National Student Survey rankings usually score...
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People in glass houses ..
In his review of Massimo Pigliucci's Nonsense on Stilts (Books, 10 June), Lou Marinoff sees fit to launch gratuitous attacks on "hysterical feminists" and on Noam Chomsky. Marinoff writes of "the...
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Your financial future may be at risk...
Employers say the USS pension scheme must change to prevent financial crisis and government intervention. The UCU argues that proposed changes go far beyond what is needed. Ahead of a showdown...
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Day of the dead
Zombies are all the rage. They are the perfect postmodern symbol, a bloody canvas on to which any fear may be inscribed - but it's not all gloom and doom. It's the end of the world as we know it, and...
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24 June 2010
The pensions crunch - Unions and employers prepare for showdown over reform
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Funding crisis will change the nature of higher education, NUS president claims
Going to university may seem “increasingly fanciful” in the next few years as the funding crisis begins to bite, the new president of the National Union of Students has said.Aaron Porter told a...
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Glasgow staff vote to strike over planned job cuts
Academics at the University of Glasgow have voted in favour of strike action in protest at planned cuts.In a University and College Union ballot, 76 per cent of participants were in favour of strike...
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Prepare for budget cuts of 25%, Chancellor says
The government has announced that non-protected departmental budgets will be cut by an average of 25 per cent over the next four years.The announcement was made by the Chancellor in today’s emergency...