There have been clashes between demonstrators and police in London, as students and lecturers protest against plans to treble tuition fees and cut university funding in England.
GR received lecturer's fees from EUROIMMUN AG to show the data at the 'Eurodoctor' meeting in Brussels.
He knows he is a dull lecturer but the fees he collects enable him to pursue his studies of rare birds.
After a brief teaching assignment in a Berlin girls' school, Cantor joined the faculty at the University of Halle, where he remained for the rest of his life, first as lecturer (paid by fees only) in 1869, then assistant professor in 1872, and full professor in 1879.
Prof H Humphreys is in receipt of research funding from Pfizer and Astellas and has in recent years received lecturer or consultancy fees from Cepheid.
At first the lyceums were local ventures with speakers supplied by the community, but by 1840 they had become professionalized institutions with outside lecturers to whom fees were paid.
His comments provoked an angry reaction from - amongst others - university lecturers who said higher fees were "not what this country needs".
As any university lecturer can attest, the £9,000 fee regime has had a series of negative impacts on student, institution and teacher alike.
Other organisations are involved too: UK Uncut, which has targeted high street chains in its campaign against tax avoidance; the Education Activist Network for lecturers and students; the National Campaign against Fees and Cuts, which grew from a meeting with 170 students.
Sally Hunt, general secretary of the UCU lecturers' union said: "When pushing higher fees through Parliament ministers promised that fees above £6,000 would be the exception rather than rule.
