No pressure to merge
I would like to reassure Welsh readers that mergers or acquisitions are not part of the remit of the new strategic collaboration board announced last week by the Welsh Education Minister, Jane Hutt,...
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Spurious statistics 1
The Cranfield study of correlations between 2001 RAE scores against citation counts ("REF will topple RAE stars, report warns", 14 February) is less valuable than it could have been, as it was based...
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Spurious statistics 2
Your report reveals all too well what happens when scientific research citations are diverted into a new role as data for the subsequent allocation of funding ("Researchers may play dirty to beat REF...
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We do things by the book
Your report did not quite capture the mood of the Publishers' Association conference ("Illegal downloading among threats to textbook sales", 14 February). All parties - lecturers, authors, learning...
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Don't write off young talent
I was amused and irritated to read David Abulafia's remarks about the folk with decent 2:1s and no realistic hope of an academic career hankering after a PhD ("Cambridge asks questions of its many...
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Violence reaction
Julian Baggini in his review of Slavoj Zizek's Violence (Book of the Week, 14 February) accuses Zizek of over-egging the paradoxical pudding and being a living paradox. A further paradox missed by...
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Business divisions
A record number of university managers are being hired from outside higher education. But does their commercial verve sit well with the unique academic ethos? Hannah Fearn reports
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Senior service
The thirst for knowledge does not end at 65, and many academics find that retirement affords them the freedom to be more productive than ever, as Matthew Reisz discovers
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A hustler in two worlds
'If I find out that the gang plans to carry out a murder,' the sociologist asked his supervisor, 'should I tell someone?' Sudhir Venkatesh tells Matthew Reisz about fieldwork Chicago-style
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Swansea University, University of Chester
Swansea UniversityAlan Finlayson, reader in the department of politics and international relations, has been awarded a grant of more than £100,000 by the Leverhulme Trust to investigate how...
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Media skills
Obtaining press coverage for your research and gaining a name as a media commentator requires preparation
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Gloria Monday flies the flag for fearless fat slobbery
In the bad old days, sifting would-be students’ painstakingly tarted-up applications was done with blind personal prejudice and ignorance. In one respect, then, little has changed…
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Are you missing your Times Higher Education?
The magazine should be available at your local newsagent and received by subscribers on Thursdays. If you have difficulty finding or receiving a copy of Times Higher Education, please contact Greg...
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Student feedback
Collecting student feedback on courses and lecturers needs careful management to ensure accurate, and hopefully positive, data
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Birmingham City University
The honorary award of Doctor of the University has been given to Sir Ken Robinson in recognition of his outstanding contribution in the field of creativity and innovation in business and education.