News in brief - 29 May 2014
IoE/UCL mergerAll done bar the due diligence?A merger of the Institute of Education and University College London is set to be completed by December after the institutions’ governing councils gave...
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Grant winners - 29 May 2014
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research CouncilResearch GrantsAward winner: Brian ShielsInstitution: University of GlasgowValue: £428,822Molecular epidemiology of ticks and tick-borne disease...
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Adjust your expectations
I graduated in philosophy from a Russell Group university in 2012, and although I now have a good job (with that university) I still have the half-joking jibes about the practical use of my degree...
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No pension surprises
“Is it the end for final salary pensions?” your headline asks (News, 22 May). The end has been on the cards for at least 10 years, and several people tried to warn colleagues that this would happen...
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Forum for the future
I am not “anti-trade union”, as Unison claims (“HR head: union shutout ignited staff enthusiasm”, News, 22 May), I am pro-representation for all employees.First, the University of Reading did not...
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Questions over open books
If open access is to be extended to books, two questions need to be put straight away. How are authors and publishers to position the boundary between books for whose publication the author must in...
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Essential training
The Mid Staffordshire scandal does not “loom over nursing education”, it looms over society (“The trials of service”, Features, 15 May) and to suggest otherwise blames people for their actions rather...
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Uncrackable codes
The phenomenon that the anonymous senior university manager is describing when he refers to worries about the appointment of ambitious outsiders (“Rise of the replicants: management clones and shades...
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Who’s the boss in the lecture hall?
Students are not, nor should they ever be considered, the employer of an instructor (“Repetitive strain”, Features, 15 May). That is the mentality of “for-profit” schools that are a shell of their...
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The week in higher education - 29 May 2014
Students at the University of Brighton are the most likely to score between the sheets, according to higher education’s most salacious – and least reliable – league table. Brighton undergraduates had...
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All roads lead to London
The lure of the capital is irresistible to universities, but with the unique opportunities come unique challenges
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The only way is Essex
Christine Hovis, our Deputy Head of Corporate Branding, has expressed her professional admiration for the latest branding initiatives being undertaken by the University of Essex.She told The...
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Frederick Friend, 1941-2014
A leading figure in the open access movement has died
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THE Scholarly Web - 29 May 2014
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere