Faith, hope and clarity 2
Thanks for the list of universities, Ron. Perhaps you should add another one to it: the "bullying" university. You could ask it to "rediscover its responsibilities to staff". I tried but got nowhere....
Thanks for the list of universities, Ron. Perhaps you should add another one to it: the "bullying" university. You could ask it to "rediscover its responsibilities to staff". I tried but got nowhere....
I was surprised to read under the headline "Medics riled by tests of professional behaviour" (9 July) that I had "defended" our work on professionalism among medical students, since this suggests...
One of the few advantages of delivering higher education in further education colleges concerns plagiarism ("To catch a plagiarist", 9 July). Most plagiarism in further education is detected by staff...
I was horrified to read that academics at Liverpool Hope University are being forced into a culture of presenteeism ("Edict curtailing freedom to work at home 'appals' staff", 2 July). Far from...
I appreciated the article "When it comes to saving the environment, academics don't practise what they preach" (2 July), but perhaps universities should invest in video-conferencing equipment to...
The continuing lament over falling provision in modern language studies resonated for me as I peered at a row of generously donated antiquarian books on sale in the front window of a local charity...
I am concerned that the debate over the age of Keith Ponting has not touched on the sensitive issue of his historical ageing rate. I recollect that he spent considerable time aged "(29)". Ecological...
Some study literature to discover themselves. But the task can be painful, George Watson argues, and the outcome nebulous

The Apollo programme was an American dream made flesh, but British scientists and engineers played a vital role in its realisation, explains Colin Pillinger

The bulldog has landed - Colin Pillinger offers his view of humanity’s greatest adventure and the UK’s pivotal role in it
The Universities and Colleges Employers Association has increased its pay offer to 0.5 per cent, after the latest meeting of the new Joint Negotiating Committee for Higher Education Staff (JNCHES)....

The internet does not have to spell disaster for the publishing industry: Tara Brabazon visits the San Francisco bookstore that holds out hope
Up to 130 jobs could go, UCU report claims. Rebecca Attwood reports

The Paris meeting provides an important forum for discussing key issues in improving university standards around the world. Laura E. Rumbley, Liz Reisberg and Philip G. Altbach report
Behold the upholders of standards – megalomaniacs who can’t count, writes Gloria Monday