Get everyone in the team spirit
Experts warn that teamwork does not come naturally to those at the top level of academe. So how do you ensure a successful collaboration with your peers? Harriet Swain offers some hints Teamwork is...
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Flexible hours and marital bliss
Name: John Siderov Age: Getting on but not there yet Job: Head of optometry and opthalmic dispensing at Anglia Ruskin University. Salary: Same as age. Background/ training: First degree in optometry...
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Ask the panel
Worried about your employment, maternity, pension rights? Send your questions to The Times Higher advice panel. 'I am taking a field trip to a developing country and I'm worried about the legal...
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PhDs on offer to revitalise pharmacy
Cardiff and Nottingham universities have been chosen to help spearhead a drive to encourage more pharmacy graduates to train for an academic career. The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain...
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Who's in, who's out?
DURHAM Ray Hudson has been appointed "regional champion" at Durham University. Professor Hudson is an economic geographer who has held a range of senior management positions during his 34-year career...
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Green means jobs galore
Climate change agenda creates fresh career opportunities across higher education, reports Tony Tysome A "green" jobs bonanza is coming as the academic workforce takes on the pressing challenges of...
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With string, science has tied itself in knots
The failure of string theory to deliver on its early promise is symptomatic of a deeper problem, says Lee Smolin. Modern scientists are not taking time to step back and reflect on their work from an...
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It's the silly season
The summer-school kids, the builders and the conference-goers may be busy, but for academics, the mid-year 'holiday' on campus seems inimical to serious work. John Brinnamoor offers his theory of...
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Different is OK, but inequality is not
Are women worse than men at science? No, they may think differently - which can help expand the frontiers of knowledge - but they lack a level playing field, leading immunologist Polly Matzinger...
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Blue skies over Poppleton
"Research councils' insistence upon measuring the direct economic benefits of research is killing blue-skies research" - The Times Higher , August 10. University of Poppleton From: W. B. "Bob"...
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Leader: Pursuit of truth is paramount...
When Gordon Brown, as Chancellor, announced a £1 billion three year boost for science in 2004, the news was met with delight. With flattery getting him everywhere, he confirmed that he had "chosen...
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Leader...even the inexplicable
It is curious and reassuring that as economic need increasingly directs academic activity, universities carry out research into parapsychology. How do university finance directors justify research...
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I was raped while on fieldwork 1
I was raped in my hotel while on fieldwork in a rapidly developing country. As you can imagine this was damaging to my psychological wellbeing, leading directly to the breakdown of my marriage. I've...
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I was raped while on fieldwork 2
The dangers of fieldwork highlighted in "Fieldwork perils mount" (August 3), and in particular the suggestion that many grant-holders and PhD supervisors are unaware of the most basic protection that...
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I was raped while on fieldwork 3
I was alarmed to read the lead article on issues concerning the safety of social science researchers. This is an issue that I, and colleagues, have long been concerned about, particularly since the...