Pull out calmly
We believe pensions should be taken very seriously. They are after all income which lecturers will rely on when their career ends. In response to Peter Koch's letter (THES, January 31) we are not...
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PRP? we don't want it
Your report of the plan by University College London to introduce an obsolescent profit-related pay scheme (THES, January 24) quotes the provost, Derek Roberts, as describing the Association of...
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Scotland, here I come
Should not your front-page headline "Research formula will reward elite" (THES, January 24) be rephrased as "Research formula will punish the successful"? First, there is the reliability of the 5*...
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Deriding Derrida
In his review of Derrida for Beginners (THES, January 31) Roy Harris betrays the effects of not taking continental philosophy seriously. He equates French academic criticism of Derrida with...
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Learning not leaning
Your report on the Pisa Scuola Normale Superiore (THES, January 3) gives the mistaken impression that it is a unique institution. This is not so. The Italian University and Scientific Research...
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Source of the spark
Your editorial comment "Keep the bright sparks burning" (THES, January 31) is to be applauded for its closing comment on the need for sparky people. However, such people are not just the product of...
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Cash crisis: not all bad
The modern university lecturer has to be an opportunist. The concept of students as autonomous learners is a good thing. Regretfully, higher education establishments of bygone, halcyon days failed to...
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Don's diary
Friday. Clutching two heavy cases, I run to catch a bus. These are my last few minutes in Trieste, a beautiful coastal town in northeast Italy. In ancient times it was a meeting place for peoples of...
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Blasts in a legal minefield
IT IS THE sad privilege of the University of Paris-Dauphine to be a favourite target of judicial action. Every few years it loses some landmark case, which sets a precedent for other universities,...
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The straitjacket of forced uniformity
MUCH HAS been said recently about the diversity of British universities, but to what extent have cultural perceptions changed? As important, where is the political will to consider the issues of...
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Punters pay for racing's insider deals
HORSE race betting is a mug's game - if you did not already have your suspicions, economists at Nottingham Trent University have now proved it. Amid persistent rumours of horse-knobbling, and recent...
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College call for cash rethink
A RADICAL overhaul of further education funding could follow Government threats to halt extra payments for growth. Colleges are contemplating staff cuts and have already turned away students...
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FE growth takes centre stage
MARKET forces are not enough to improve the numbers of new students in higher education, according to an interim report on widening participation out this week. It argues that further education must...
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Scots seek answers
SCOTTISH colleges are demanding more information on Government plans in further education to link quality and funding. The Scottish Office white paper, Raising the Standard, out last week says its...
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Indian bookworms turn
INDIA is deciding whether to "Indianise" university textbooks following complaints that western texts ignore "realities" and put students who are not fluent in English at a disadvantage. The...