S-club riven
I am inordinately proud of the fact that I went to the University of Exeter, and I consider that its vice-chancellor, Steve Smith, has two excellent points in his favour: his first name (although the...
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Post-mortem payout
In his letter last week, Robert Poole argues that "we need other grounds for judging the likelihood of life occurring elsewhere in the Universe" than mere probability ("Sample of one", 25 March). But...
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Fawlty reasoning
Why did Times Higher Education think it appropriate to announce a story about Germany providing extraordinary support to its students studying abroad as "Deutschland, Deutschland uber alles" (...
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Comedy nirvana 1
What a hoot to see you've introduced a new satirical column in THE ("Tenure - nirvana for the lazy", 18 March). Suresh Goyal's musings on the academy as nirvana had my colleagues and me howling with...
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Comedy nirvana 2
S.K. Goyal does not work more than "35 hours per week" and is "one of the hard workers"? I wonder if his colleagues agree. I can't recall the last time I worked only 35 hours in a week - including...
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It was fun while it lasted
Both vice-chancellors and academics enjoyed healthy pay rises in 2008-09, although they may seem a distant memory to those now feeling the pinch. Using an exclusive analysis by Grant Thornton, John...
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'Universities are not businesses'
Although vice-chancellors' pay packets rival those of top private-sector CEOs, they shoulder few of the same competitive burdens, Iain Pears notes, while doing great harm to UK academia
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1 April 2010
Pay points - Vice-chancellors and academics both got more, but did some get more than they deserved?
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University is catching on, statistics show
Young people’s participation rate rises to 45% in 2008-09. Rebecca Attwood reports
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Link postgraduate expertise to enterprise, review says
Report recommends tailoring provision to secure high-value business for the UK. John Gill writes
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UEA mishandled ‘Climategate’ Freedom of Information requests, say MPs
Science and Technology Committee report finds no dishonest behaviour by Climatic Research Unit or its head, but urges greater transparency. Zoë Corbyn reports
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Unions rebuff Ucea’s one-off 0.25 per cent offer
Employers’ ‘modest, non-consolidated’ pay proposal falls short of joint staff demands for 4 per cent hike and job security assurances. John Gill reports
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Standing room only at 60th anniversary conference
Since its inception in 1950, the Political Studies Association has seen a surge in interest in the discipline, says treasurer John Benyon
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Souls to Newcastle?
HR ‘success factors’ accused of imposing conformity of body and spirit that runs contrary to academy’s values. Melanie Newman reports
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The high watermark of the Anglo-American academy
US and UK reign over the ‘global research university’ will be overthrown by the East’s rise and mainland Europe’s resurgence, expert predicts. John Morgan reports