A levels are ‘hollow preparation’ for university
Think-tank says qualification reduces readiness for independent study. Hannah Fearn reports
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Tara Brabazon: Committed to fighting and thinking
As librarians are being retitled and rebranded, Tara Brabazon focuses on their vital role
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Mandelson’s mission to build knowledge and creativity
Setting out his stall as head of the new Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, government First Secretary Lord Mandelson answers a series of written questions put to him by Times Higher...
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Reward fund praised for improving HR
£888m RDS scheme helped modernise human resource management, report finds, but UCU says impact on staff pay was minimal. Hannah Fearn writes
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Bullied Blogger: Goodbye to all that…
16 June: This is my final blog post. I want to conclude my thoughts on this experience, which has lasted more than eight months.I am still terribly bitter about what happened. There are things I...
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Science minister wants select committee only for science
Lord Drayson says new department is too big. Phil Baty reports
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Universities need to change tack to succeed in industry
Account managers are key to partnerships between academics and business, conference hears. Hannah Fearn reports
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Queen's Birthday Honours 2009
Knights BachelorProfessor Sabaratnam Arulkumaran. Professor and head of obstetrics and gynaecology and president, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. For services to medicine. (London...
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BIS remit ‘too broad’ for one select committee
Government urged to separate science and technology for scrutiny. Rebecca Attwood reports
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Lords condemn ‘retrograde’ department merger
Government’s perception of the value of higher education called into question. Rebecca Attwood reports
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BIS ministerial team announced
David Lammy keeps his higher education brief, but ‘student issues’ are now the responsibility of the Minister for Employment Relations and Postal Affairs
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Constructive dismissal - a change in approach
Constructive dismissal is one of the more common claims considered by employment tribunals. However, a recent decision of the Employment Appeal Tribunal may alter how tribunals approach this issue...
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Universities 'delighted', not horrified, by new ministry, Mandelson claims
New BIS head’s first speech focuses on how to turn discoveries into jobs. Zoe Corbyn reports
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The Modern Girl Around the World: Consumption, Modernity and Globalization
Mary Evans agrees that the Western definition of female beauty has global economic significance
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Atlantic History: A Critical Appraisal
It is not always easy, in our world of lightning-fast communications, to appreciate that there was, as historian David Armitage claims, a "prehistory of globalisation". One of the greatest monuments...