End-of-term plaudits
This week universities received end-of-term report cards in the shape of the annual performance indicators. And, in the time-honoured tradition of report cards, the verdict is, broadly speaking, "...
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Scotland's 'learning nation' widens its reach
As the new Scottish Executive takes charge, Fiona Hyslop sets out her vision for fees-free higher education. Education from nurseries through to schools, further and higher education and lifelong...
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Ruth Scurr
Last week I went to Geneva to make a programme for BBC Radio 3. It will be part of a new series called Mind Maps about cities that have given rise to interesting ideas. The connection between mind...
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Reach out to help raise standards
Education Secretary Ed Balls explains why every university should sponsor an academy. Academies have been at the forefront of attempts to improve standards in some of the most deprived areas. By...
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He's got happy feet
The spirit of Strictly Come Dancing appears to have infected higher education. Sir Richard Sykes, rector of Imperial College London, can be seen in a whole new light during the recent centenary...
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Batman swoops to glory
It's official: Aberdeen University's Batman really is a superhero. Paul Racey, one of the world's leading experts on bats, appears on the list of "eco heroes" - the UK's most influential living...
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Eastlife trumps Westlife
Trombonist Christopher Day, who has just graduated from Queen's University Belfast with a first-class degree, will head east to study at the Hochschule fur Musik und Theater Hannover after catching...
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My favourite assassin
As references from your tutor go, it's probably not one of the best. Taib Kasnazany, a student on Teesside University's postgraduate degree in criminal law, was co-opted to "murder" senior law...
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You've got your father's toxins
The links between birth defects and men's exposure to harmful substances are woefully under-reported, says Cynthia Daniels. Imagine that every pub in Britain posted signs warning men that excessive...
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Excellent prospects for best-practice teaching
Hefce director Liz Beaty hails CETLs' beacon role in making England's higher education system 'the envy of the world' Archbishop Desmond Tutu last month opened the Gateway to Hope building at...
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One small step for mankind...
Forget space travel: the greatest challenge is taking a transatlantic flight with a toddler, Kevin Fong discovers Having completed my time abroad, I feel a sense of achievement. Not because I've been...
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Ethics means a degree of trust
Being an 'ethical lecturer' is about being sensitive to your students' learning and pastoral needs, allowing them to express themselves and setting an example by your behaviour. Harriet Swain reports...
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Peaks and troughs of a Second Life
Name : Maggi Savin-Baden Age : Young enough to have climbed 36 4,000 metre peaks before I had children. Job : Director of the Learning Innovation Group and professor of Higher Education Research,...
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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 line manager of a small team of support staff. Recently, a long-standing member...
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UCU set to fight any pay window
Employers unwilling to discuss rises for 2008-09 as union vows to keep up pressure. Melanie Newman reports. Lecturers' union leaders are refusing to be locked into a pay timetable that would prevent...