Awards will celebrate 'incredible feats' of leadership and management
Achievements across the full range of skills to be recognised by new honours. Neha Popat reports
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'Come out of the woodwork now': MP's challenge to standards critics
Commons committee chair calls for evidence on 'dumbing down' as inquiry starts work. John Gill reports
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Overseas student dropout figures must be reported
Universities will have to report overseas students who fail to enrol or do not attend their courses from autumn 2009, immigration authorities have confirmed.A new points-based immigration system for...
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Tribunal experts fear attacks on integrity
Â鶹 Office accused of routinely denigrating academic expertise. Melanie Newman reports
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Forget the vision thing: academic input is key to international alliances
Report says day-to-day endeavours and staff links forge strong institutional bonds, writes John Gill
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Middlesex admits to 'significant' staff turnover on dubai campus in wake of claim that 18 have quit in three years
Working conditions at Middlesex University's Dubai campus are prompting academics to quit at a rate of one every six weeks, a former employee claims.Times Higher Education understands that 18...
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To get ahead, watch brows and britches
Etiquette guide for staff covers personal grooming, dress and fine dining, writes Melanie Newman
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Napier introduces six-month route to masters
Students who do not have bachelors degrees will be able to study for postgraduate masters degrees as part of a Napier University initiative.A new part-time "bridging to masters" programme offered by...
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Fear of anti-terror laws leads to a growing climate of self-censorship
Lecturers steer students away from some topics and get material vetted. Melanie Newman reports
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Daytime TV: Sex, filth, but no dirt
Gary Day watches out-of-control teenage bodies, an unkempt Russell Brand and a cleaned-up Dickens
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A sour taste in celebrity confection
In his latest TV series, Jamie Oliver adopts a ministerial cloak while undermining governmental efforts and mechanisms to effect social change, argues Tara Brabazon
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Still no call from No 10?
In the UK, the gulf between the political and the academic worlds seems all-but unbreachable while Americans flit easily between lecture halls and halls of power. Here Matthew Reisz examines why...
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From campus to Capitol and back again
In America, it is common for academics to play a prominent political role. Jon Marcus reports
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Devil's advocate
Milton expert Stanley Fish refuses to demonise the administrator and warns against influencing the moral character of students, he tells Matthew Reisz