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  1. Liability for employees’ personal property

    An employee informs you that their mobile phone, iPod, cash and other personal effects have been taken or damaged. Is an institution responsible for loss or damage caused to employees’ personal...

    #Legal
  2. Bob Dylan singing live on stage

    Something there is about you

    How Tara Brabazon has learned to appreciate Bob Dylan - the man, his music and what he stands for

    #Columnists
    #Opinion

  3. Thank your lucky stars!

    This autumn our newly formed Department of Zodiac Studies will be accepting its very first students.This development is not without its critics, but when The Poppletonian spoke to the new Head of...

    #Laurie

  4. Glittering reprises

    Why, wonders Kevin Fong, do we so quickly forget our illustrious forebears?

    #Columnists
    #Guest columnist
    #Kevin Fong
    #Opinion

  6. Robert R. Pennington, 1927-2008

    Bob Pennington was a renowned professor of law who broke new ground in his field while priding himself on never missing a lecture.Professor Pennington, who has died at the age of 80, taught...

    #People

  7. Sharia lecture offered ignorance, not insight

    I am writing to register my anger and disappointment with a lecture given recently by an Islamic cleric entitled "What is sharia law?" as part of the University of Southampton Islamic Society's...

    #Letters

  8. Dwindling power

    Geoff Pullum and I spent a number of years at the University of California, Santa Cruz (concurrently, in 1981-82), but in spite of our "Old Slug" network, I would like to set the record straight on...

    #Letters

  9. Profligate honorifics

    It is becoming increasingly common for managers to misuse honorary and visiting academic titles. The National Health Service is particularly guilty. One comes across people who use the title "...

    #Letters

  10. Legal advice clarified

    You report that Kaye Carl represented herself after Thompsons Solicitors advised that she was unlikely to win ("Hourly paid lecturer wins full-time staff rights in landmark ruling", 13 March).While...

    #Letters

  11. Indian initiatives grow

    By focusing so strongly on student recruitment and revenue generation for UK universities, you overlooked the partnership element and the large investment in research co-operation by UK universities...

    #Letters

  12. Oxbridge in a tin

    Any brand - whether it's a tin of baked beans or an ancient university - is dependent upon what people think about it (Letters, 13 March). Yes, people have been of the opinion that Heinz Baked Beans...

    #Letters

  13. Subject loyalty needed

    We are dismayed by the attitude of the British Sociological Association ("V-c upbraided for plans to cut social sciences at Keele", 6 March). You report that the BSA will not accommodate a seminar at...

    #Letters

  14. Rumours of its death 1

    In his review of Thomas Docherty's The English Question or Academic Freedoms (Books, 20 March), Roy Harris says comparative philology was a moribund subject by the first half of the 20th century. I...

    #Letters

  15. Rumours of its death 2

    I too have read Thomas Docherty's The English Question or Academic Freedoms. Like your reviewer I found the English therein somewhat strange. Perhaps Docherty might be prevailed upon to read a little...

    #Letters