Unions reap rewards as US professoriate fights to keep gains
Attack on public sector's collective bargaining rights brings unexpected results, Jon Marcus writes
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The Week in Higher Education
A student at the University of Southern California has been forced to go to ground after pictures of him enjoying high-rise extracurricular activities went viral. It was reported on 31 March that the...
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From where I sit - Home truths from the neighbours
One of the many and considerable pleasures of being an academic is the opportunity it affords to meet colleagues in other countries. But with the pleasure comes, if not the pain, then the shock of...
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Robert L. Frost, 1952-2011
Bob Frost, a professor in the School of Information at the University of Michigan, used the legacy of his great-grandfather, the poet Robert Frost, to promote open access to information.Professor...
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Beyond the buffers
Alan Ryan wonders why women still appear to be losing out in academia
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Keeping it in the family ignores public interest (1 of 2)
It is understandable that people having personal issues with university governance arrangements might want to keep out those considered ignorant of the context ("Old boys and girls should be handed...
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Keeping it in the family ignores public interest (2 of 2)
Malcolm Gillies suggests bringing alumni on to governing bodies, but do they really have the necessary knowledge of their almae matres? From time to time I have asked current students in various...
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Pension tensions (1 of 3)
In "Candid Cantor" (Letters, 31 March), Daniel Vulliamy misreads Brian Cantor's letter of 17 March on the Universities Superannuation Scheme and quotes him out of context. As Cantor points out, the...
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Pension tensions (2 of 3)
The refusal of the employers to negotiate on changes to the USS and a national jobs agreement indicates a "no-compromise" position. They clearly want to take advantage of the government's...
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Pension tensions (3 of 3)
I recently obtained a doctorate in contemporary French history, but the prospects look bleak for this "zero-hours contract" tutor. With 40,000 posts forecast to go in the sector, what career is now...
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Entrenched attitudes
I have the privilege of working in a small institution whose staff prioritise the education of students. We receive a very small amount of research funding, yet staff here do research. Our students,...
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How low can you go?
As an independent scholar and a parent of three children, one of whom attends university, I was amazed to learn that the National Union of Students' Charter on Personal Tutors has pitched its...
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Conflicts of interest
The Toepfer affair at the University of Oxford ("Tainted money?", 10 March) raises important questions about the way universities handle complaints about allegedly tainted donations and also about...
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Distinctly important (1 of 2)
Even James Ladyman, philosophy's great champion, underestimates the value of "learning to make distinctions" ("From politics to science to critical thought - 'we need philosophy'", 31 March).In...
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Distinctly important (2 of 2)
Welcome back to James Ladyman, doughty opponent of impact assessment, staunch advocate of interest and utility. Philosophy "is vital to our future national interests"; look at the impact it can have...