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  1. The external examiner’s role

    Research and communication help make the external examination process a satisfying experience for all

    #Career

  2. Smile! You're in tutorial

    Our Deputy Head of Student Experience, Nancy Harbinger, has responded angrily to the suggestion that Poppleton's introduction of ten minimum contact hours per week for each student has been vitiated...

    #Laurie

  3. Winning the dollar lottery

    Felipe Fernández-Armesto analyses a survey of academic salaries in the US

    #Columnists
    #Felipe Fernandez Armesto
    #Opinion

  4. Leader: Swept up in a right royal flush

    The academy's revived appetite for the protocol, lackeys and VIP loos of blue-blooded visits ill befits its meritocratic natureMonarchs in this country have endowed a few colleges over the centuries...

    #Leader
    #Opinion

  5. Bill Keatinge, 1931-2008

    Bill Keatinge had a lifelong fascination with the body's ability to cope with extremes. Whenever a heat wave or a cold snap hit, the professor of physiology was sure to be called upon by the media...

    #People

  6. Athletes knew what they were taking

    Geoffrey Alderman makes an interesting case for legalising the use of performance-enhancing drugs in sport and academia ("Dope and glory", 8 May), although personally I find the headaches induced by...

    #Letters

  7. Design by default

    I'm confused! At what point did the funding councils award a curriculum design mission to the Joint Information Systems Committee? Or has this happened by default when no one was watching? Jisc's...

    #Letters

  8. Still single-minded

    Contrary to statements in Times Higher Education ("AHRC plans spark mixed response", 8 May), the Arts and Humanities Research Council is most certainly not moving away from funding monographs by...

    #Letters

  9. Catch the tube

    We were delighted that our "Test Tube" knowledge transfer project caught your attention last week. We are, though, slightly concerned that the film you chose to highlight - capturing David Scott's...

    #Letters

  10. Courageous example

    As someone who voted for Philip Burgess in the elections to the Higher Education Academy, I was dismayed to read his account of the undemocratic way in which it operates (Letters, 8 May). However, I...

    #Letters

  11. Valuable partner

    I read with interest your article on my motive for setting up INTO University Partnerships (News, 1 May). I would like briefly to clarify some points covered.The article suggests we have concluded...

    #Letters

  12. Spotless reputation

    Mary Evans accuses Richard Branson of helping to sexualise our culture by choosing the brand name, Virgin ("Lolita, lolly and lost girls", 1 May). Yet this ancient word has strongly positive...

    #Letters

  13. Teenage prodigies

    You report that Alia Sabut is to become the youngest-ever university professor, at 19 years of age (Overseas briefing, 8 May). Colin MacLaurin (1693-1754), a mathematician and philosopher, was...

    #Letters

  14. Part-time discrimination

    The Higher Education Funding Council for England is right to indicate that women and older people will be hardest hit by the withdrawal of funding for equivalent or lower qualifications ("Women...

    #Letters

  15. Data of dubious value

    You reported the headline conclusion of a Research Fortnight article ("Russell Group gets smaller share of council cash", 1 May) without referring to our letter of correction regarding this article...

    #Letters