Judges named as awards entry deadline nears
The panel of judges for this year's Times Higher Education Awards has been unveiled on the eve of the deadline for entries.The annual awards will honour outstanding achievement in 18 categories,...
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No soft (cover) option 'outrages' author
Sociologist says publishers are halting low-price publications of scholarly works. Zoe Corbyn writes
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QAA to look into drama at QMU
Watchdog to meet managers to discuss claims at level of 'informal inquiry'. Hannah Fearn reports
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News in brief
Languages provisionDecline harms research, BA saysThe future of the UK's world-class research base may be threatened by the decline in the study of modern languages, research from the British Academy...
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Daytime TV: The entertainers
Gary Day winces at tales of holidays from hell, tics and swearing and the not-so-talented hopefuls
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Costs awards in the employment tribunal
In contrast to cases in the civil courts, where the successful party is normally awarded costs, costs orders in employment tribunals have in the past tended to be relatively unusual. However,...
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The voice of the Union
Following the UCU annual congress, we welcome a guest column from this university's UCU Branch Secretary, Gerry Loadbearing.I took strong exception to the editorial in last week's Poppletonian, which...
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Fathers can juggle, too
Children and a job - men are starting to cope, writes Sally Feldman
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Being a humble servant to business will be a disaster for everyone
By insisting our universities’ sole role is to fire the economy, we have lost sight of their more civilising purpose, says Thomas Docherty
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Off Piste: Jogging the memory
For Bob Blaisdell, running sharpens the senses and allows him to be perfectly in the moment. It is also a physical mnemonic, redolent of previous routes the world over
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Leader: Value is no cause for complaint
Students have to see that higher education is worth far more than what they pay in tuition fees and that it must be earned
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From where I sit - The figures behind discrimination
While women's participation in higher education and research is usually measured through quantitative data, it is qualitatively different to look at them through individual lives.An insight into this...
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Peter Martin, 1949-2009
Peter Martin, a leading authority on Asian languages and multilingual education, has died.He was born in Singapore on 18 April 1949, grew up in Bradford and read environmental studies at what was...
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Senate House Library and the future 1
The letter last week from John Sabapathy ("Senate House Library in peril", 28 May) has drawn attention to the damaging direction taken by the library policy of the University of London. The...