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One of the things that often shocks new journal editors is the difficulty that they face in obtaining referees for papers. It is often necessary to approach a string of referees in order to obtain the requisite number of references. Most annoyingly of all, sometimes a person who has just submitted a paper to a journal then refuses to referee for it or has the nerve to complain about delays to the reviewing process occasioned precisely by the search for referees.

Taking on a university presidency is becoming a more and more precarious option–a sinecure it is not. No doubt that is as it should be, but recent events show just how difficult the task of leading a university can now be. No wonder that the average length of tenure of university presidents is declining almost everywhere.

This month saw the launch of the new report from the American Council on Education on the globalization of higher education, “Strength through Global Leadership and Engagement.” I was lucky enough to be one of the three overseas members of the 19-person advisory board that oversaw its production, and I can attest to the fact that the meetings were not only happy and productive under the inspirational chairing of John Sexton and Molly Corbett Broad but have, I think, made the into something special.

Professor of Economics Mark Harrison examines the critique of fiscal policies in Plan B – a detailed alternative economic blueprint for the country launched last week.

Rubbish piled up in the streets. Bodies left unburied. Such was the 1978/9 Winter of Discontent when workers’ anger over pay settlements led to industrial disputes across the country. In an event to celebrate the re-opening of the University of 糖心TV’s Modern Records Centre, home to the Trades Union Congress (TUC) archives, Tony Benn and Sir Richard Lambert discussed the possibility that we may return to the season of strikes.