US joins the club
The interest that United States higher education is taking in the Bologna Process ("America lacks the Bolognese recipe for true harmonisation", 14 August) is increasing.Academics and funding...
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Doctorate is just the start
The debate on the qualities and respective merits of a traditional PhD versus a taught doctorate will probably rage long ("Scholars remain unconvinced about the value of professional doctorates", 14...
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Get back to your day job
I thought that the point of writing outside your area of expertise was to wonder at new intellectual discoveries and not to repeat lazy innuendo and borderline-racist cliches the way Terence Kealey...
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Reconsideration under way
Your article about events surrounding The Open University's policy on the age of retirement of associate lecturers is misleading ("Disciplinary action taken after public airing of staff survey...
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Critics do offer alternatives
Paul Temple (Letters, 14 August) complains that "anonymous critics" avoid the hard work of presenting a serious critique of the policies and processes of the Higher Education Academy (HEA) and fail...
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Don't scrap Orsas - save it
At a time of increasing international competition to capture the best young researchers, the decision by the Higher Education Funding Council for England to dispense with the Overseas Research...
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Engineers are creative too
I was disappointed to see Times Higher Education associating itself with the tired old misconception about "traditionally non-creative industries such as engineering" ("Spanners in the art works", 14...
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Warwick University - Legal team to aid Ethiopia
Ethiopia's legal system is to be assisted by a deal that will see Warwick University's School of Law develop masters and doctorate programmes there. The courses, which will be taught at Mekelle...
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University of Sheffield - Alumni donor milestone reached
Thanks to a geography graduate, the University of Sheffield has received its 5,000th individual donation. The donor was Jonathan Kempster, who graduated from the university's department of geography...
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Goldsmiths, University of London - Babies lend a hand in the lab
New research has given an insight into the way babies develop spatial awareness. A study led by Goldsmiths, University of London, examined babies' reactions when they were given a low-frequency...
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University of Salford - The data are blowing in the wind
A device to ensure that wind farms are maximising their potential is being developed by researchers at the University of Salford. Currently, wind and potential power at a proposed site are measured...
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University of Westminster - Doctoral degree powers granted
The Privy Council granted the University of Winchester research degree awarding powers on 15 August. The authority to award Winchester's own research degrees to doctoral students follows a year-long...
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University of Nottingham - Model mice aid in dementia work
Scientists at the University of Nottingham have made a breakthrough in the battle to slow or prevent Parkinson's disease. They have genetically produced the first mouse model to exhibit the type of...
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The Open University - YouTube opens a video eye on OU
The Open University has launched a channel on video website YouTube, offering more than 300 videos as part of the university's widening access drive. OULearn features two to three-minute clips taken...
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London South Bank University - Hopes pinned on Sino-British link
London South Bank University (LSBU) has become the first institution outside China to offer an acupuncture course that receives funding from the Chinese Government. The new undergraduate integrated...