Labouring under a misconception
Who are these academics who claim to work round the clock, asks Susan Bassnett. And if they do exist, why don't they get a life? There is a certain kind of infuriating academic you meet occasionally...
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A textbook case for writing one
If you are passionate about your subject, know your market and don't mind hard work, writing a textbook could bring you a tidy profit as well as satisfaction in a job well done, advises Harriet Swain...
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Rousing troops to get voices heard
Name: Sarah Beattie-Smith Age : 22 Job: President of Edinburgh College of Art students union Salary: £11,400 Practical training/education: BA (Hons) Sculpture Working hours: Officially 10 to 5.30;...
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Ask the panel
Worried about your employment, maternity, pension rights? Send your questions to The Times Higher advice panel. 'I have just learnt that I am to be excluded from my department's research assessment...
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Who got that job?
Rob Waller: Professor of information design, department of typography and graphic communication, Reading University Job advertised in The Times Higher , February 23, 2007 Rob Waller, who is driven by...
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Beating plagiarism seen as 'a lot of extra hassle'
Universities prone to overlooking contribution of teaching practices to problem, conference told. Tariq Tahir reports Academics are too quick to blame individual students for the rise in plagiarism...
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Sticky blood progress on malaria in children
Swedish researchers have uncovered why a particularly serious form of malaria in children causes blood to become sticky, which can cause potentially life threatening problems. The scientists at...
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Australia bankrolls indigenous research
Indigenous Australian researchers from five universities will share a Pounds 500,000 government fund over three years. The researchers from Western Sydney, Queensland, Melbourne, Monash and Sydney...
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Men like women with high-pitched voices
From Marlene Dietrich to Mariella Frostrup, husky-voiced women are often thought of as "sexier" than their squeakier peers. But research from Canada suggests that men actually prefer women with...
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US philanthropists want to set standards
US universities have long enjoyed the generosity of philanthropists, who last year gave institutions some $28.3 billion (£14 billion). But now benefactors are checking to ensure institutions are...
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Canadians move their data off US servers
Some Canadian universities are removing their data from US-based computer servers and turning to domestic companies to host their data because of fears that their privacy could be compromised by...
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Stop jogging - kick a ball around instead
Good news for those who prefer a kickabout in the park to running: football burns fat and builds muscle more effectively than jogging. The study from Copenhagen University found that footballers lost...
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US national university for schoolteachers
John Edwards, a Democratic presidential hopeful, has proposed a national university to train schoolteachers in the US. The institution - which he described as "a West Point for teachers", referring...
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Iraq war critic's visa block challenged
Several US academic organisations have filed a complaint against the US Government for excluding a South African scholar from the country. The American Civil Liberties Union made the complaint on...
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Poisoning bug grows super-strong in space
Bad news for astronauts: a bug that causes food poisoning gets stronger in space. Scientists at Arizona State University found that salmonella underwent genetic changes in space flight that made it...