Chalk up a success
The article "'Our fate was in our hands'" (1 October) failed to stress an important point - that theorists used to communicate with each other while standing in front of a blackboard.Do they still do...
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'Reprofiling' is not growth
The news that Bournemouth University is bucking the trend of shedding staff ("What downturn? We're growing", 1 October) will come as something of a surprise to dozens of staff who have been "...
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Moving picture
Ian Stewart's research into biomechanics has revolutionised the field. A road trip, a book review request and a Texan rodeo led to his revelation
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Captains of the academic enterprise
Amanda Goodall's research - a mixture of detailed statistics and the fruits of her experience as an academic administrator - shows that just as star basketball players make the best coaches, scholars...
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Past mistakes
Whatever the genuine lessons of history, policymakers constantly make opportunistic use of the past to justify their decisions. Matthew Reisz introduces a team of historians who are fighting back...
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15 October 2009
Past imperfect - Scholars aim to correct politicians’ ‘bad history’
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Opinion: A retrograde step
The REF plans are bad news for new universities and promise to negate the fairness and sense apparent in the 2008 RAE, argues Ian M. Marshall
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US broods while Canada warns of new world order
The Times Higher Education-QS World University Rankings have made waves across the globe. In America, the figures have fed into a narrative of national decline, while its northern neighbour is not...
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The insecure scholar: The little perks make all the difference
A modicum of respect would do wonders for casual staff’s morale
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Gloria Monday: All work and no pay
Gloria Monday is thrilled to learn of her promotion to professor, until she discovers the absence of a corresponding pay rise
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Scientists compromised by commercial links
Concerns are mounting that scientific and technological research funded by business could be undermining universities’ openness and independence. Zoë Corbyn reports
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‘Too much information’ – Facebook users may be revealing more than they think
Privacy issues raised as lists of friends analysed to indicate sexual orientation. Jon Marcus reports
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Tara Brabazon: Research for research’s sake
The point of a Masters or PhD is not to create art but to build evidence, writes Tara Brabazon
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The world today: 09 October 2009
A round-up of higher education news from across the globe
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QAA berates Greenwich over academic standards
Watchdog demands that ‘misleading’ information and ‘inconsistencies’ are addressed.