Work-life culture praised
Accolade for Liverpool John Moores could lure staff. Olga Wojtas reports Liverpool John Moores has become the first UK university to earn an Investors in People award for promoting work-life balance...
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Laurie Taylor Column
" Research suggests that what counts for today's academic is not high intelligence but high emotional intelligence " - The Times Higher, November 24 Good morning, Maureen Morning, Professor Lapping...
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Leader: Pressure gauge is creeping up
Vice-chancellors still feel the need to justify so-called Mickey Mouse degrees while funding council officials cast a (slightly) critical eye over initiatives to widen participation in higher...
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Hood loses Oxford vote
Oxford University academics this week voted decisively to scrap their vice-chancellor's controversial plans to reform the way the ancient institution is run. The dons' parliament, Congregation, voted...
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Open debate on course closure 1
Last week's cover story ("Johnson acts to halt closures", November 24) hints that ministers are belatedly acknowledging that their refusal to act over department closures is endangering wider policy...
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Open debate on course closure 2
Some of the discussion stimulated by the proposed closure of the physics department at Reading University gives the impression that increased student recruitment would avert such problems in the...
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Open debate on course closure 3
I read with interest that "the Government is demanding early notice of university plans to axe 'strategically important' subjects" as nearly a quarter of physics departments were found to be in "a...
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Beware old slackers 1
I agree with Tim Birkhead (Working Knowledge, November 24) that the research assessment exercise can promote petulance in academic high-flyers, but why single out colleagues on prestigious research...
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Beware old slackers 2
Much as I agree with Tim Birkhead's description of the possible problems for universities recruiting young prima donna researchers who see teaching as a chore that is beneath them, I felt he could...
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Iraqi refugee appeal
The appeal by Sami Ramadani about the plight of Iraqi academics (Opinion, November 24) deserves considerable support from your readers. Today, we learnt that political scientists Abdul Salam Swaidan...
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Too late to start now
As a mature entrant to academe (an Open University degree at 31; PhD at 37), I too have experienced ageism (Letters, November 24). When job hunting several years ago I was told by a head of...
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Make the grade work 1
Personally, I feel no need to be too mathematical about grades so long as we have a nationally recognised and balanced system. What is more important when marking is experience, getting the feel for...
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Make the grade work 2
David Miller and Ricarda Zoellner (Letters, November 24) have fallen into the trap they set for themselves by putting numbers (not "percentages") on students' work and not using explicit criteria of...
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Let us all speak freely
I agree with Peter Williams's (Letters, November 24) response to Geoffrey Alderman (Opinion, November 17). I cannot share Alderman's hope that the Quality Assurance Agency will become less "timid"...
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No dot.con
I have long been aware that some of my articles and book reviews are for sale on amazon.com ("Research for Sale: $5.95", November 17). My belief in the free flow of knowledge and the pleasure at...