There are not many Brownie points to be won in any outbreak of me-too-ism. The universities are to be supported in their very public and well-documented fight for a bigger share of the nation's purse...
In the article "Unions unite in childcare campaign" (THES, February 2), Working for Childcare was said to estimate that only 28 per cent of higher education institutions had nurseries in 1995. My own...
Martin Hollis complained that candidates for a lectureship here have been instructed to ask their referees to write directly to the university (THES, February 2). The reason for adopting this brisk,...
We probably all understand the game Gareth Roberts and his fellow vice chancellors are playing with the Government and probably most of us hope they do manage to "focus (the right) minds" on higher...
Three months ago, 13 senior academics at the University of the Wi****ersrand - all but one white - lodged a 297-page dossier of complaints against William Malegapuru Makgoba, deputy vice chancellor...
Last year a group of academics, businessmen, researchers, policy wonks and Members of Parliament met over several months under the auspices of the Conservative Political Centre to consider the future...
It is not only for refereeing purposes that the members of the Russell Group are trying to flex their muscles; during an unsuccessful attempt last year to headhunt me to a larger institution in time...
The practice described by Martin Hollis (requesting references to accompany applications rather than following shortlisting) is already not uncommon. I have been asked to follow this procedure by...
According to every history of modern science, the past 400 years show we have a great deal to be modest about. Earth is no longer the centre of the universe, the star we orbit is pretty average, and...
Jim Coleman is right to call for nationally agreed standards for languages (page 4). Britain, traditionally excelling in linguistic incompetence, is now experiencing huge demand from students and...
Edvard Munch's The Scream might be the logo of universities and colleges: the horrified, silent scream of those who see destruction and cannot make the world hear. What does it take to win...
As societies have become less stable in the last quarter of the 20th century, education has become a main target for reform. Blamed for indiscipline, national economic underperformance and reduced...
Foreign language teachers in Italy's state universities are in uproar over a proposed national employment contract which they consider humiliating and discriminatory. The nationwide protest by about...
Germany's archaic men-only student fraternities, with a reputation for fencing, drinking and extremist rightwing views, are under attack from within their own ranks. Eight of the country's 100...
Steps have to be taken to stem the exodus of industrial research in the wake of huge foreign investment, according to officials from German industry and higher education. Hans-Olaf Henkel, the...