Tarts to target Glasgow
Glasgow University this week is facing an influx of self-described Tarts, a group of female fans of the actor Gerard Butler, who starred as King Leonidas in the film 300 . The Tarts are on a tour of...
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A proverbial crowd-pleaser
When Chris Brink, new vice-chancellor of Newcastle University, left his previous post as rector and vice-chancellor of Stellenbosch University, he was given a book celebrating his achievements. In it...
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Those messy bottom feeders
Congratulations to new Aberdeen University Oceanlab research assistant Leigh Murray, who has just graduated with an honours BSc in zoology. Murray decided she wanted to work with animals during a gap...
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More research needed
The University of the West of England's "Research and Knowledge Exchange Committee" is suffering an identity crisis. After being asked by managers to change its name from plain old "research...
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Time to listen closely and hear the footprint
Noise is the forgotten pollutant, 'inimical to rational thought and action'. Stuart Sim wants a quiet word in your ear Carbon footprints are not the only kind of footprint about which we should be...
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Heads of Department Question New Ruling
Following the recent ruling by an independent adjudicator that student Christian societies should be open to non-Christians and wine societies open to teetotallers, it appears likely that this...
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Leader: Cheap deals Down Under?
Universities in Australasia have never been timid about promoting themselves to overseas students. They have long been aggressive - and successful competitors to UK institutions for the large and...
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Leader: Take danger seriously
Few would compare the risks faced by academics with those faced on a daily basis by police officers, firefighters or, sadly nowadays, A&E staff and secondary school teachers. Yet what is...
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Crossing swords over salaries 1
The arguments presented by the employers against national pay bargaining ("Pay talks face radical reform", July ) are disingenuous. Any university is free to establish its grading structure at will,...
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Crossing swords over salaries 2
National bargaining is not only about pay but also about terms and conditions of employment. The national contract is fundamental to the health, safety and wellbeing of academic staff in post-92...
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Crossing swords over salaries 3
It is outrageous for an unnamed vice-chancellor to say: "The issue is how long we can continue having settlements in which pay goes up but there is no corresponding increase in productivity." What we...
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Crossing swords over salaries 4
The article "UCU set to fight any pay window" (July 20) may have confused some readers about the details of the current three-year pay deal. First, the agreement is for three years and has no clause...
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Crossing swords over salaries 5
There is little doubt that national pay bargaining is under considerable strain after last year's damaging dispute, and it will require not only commitment and goodwill but an effective mandate and...
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Business cashes in 1
On April 22, 1988, The Times Higher published a letter from Malcolm Pearson, then treasurer of the Council for National Academic Awards, in which he argued that the council should "firmly grasp the...
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Business cashes in 2
The predictable enthusiasm of Government and university managements for the business-oriented aspects of the Leitch report ("Embrace Leitch or lose out to FE, sector warned", July 20) needs to be...