I refuse to jump through hoops
Performance management won't make universities more effective, says Frank Furedi, instead it will distract academics from their work and breed institutional cynicism Allow me to make two predictions...
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Take a byte of a del.icio.us trend
Don't get stuck in the Stone Age, excite and stimulate a new generation of students with some high-tech lecturing tools. Just log on and download a wealth of new ideas, says Harriet Swain For years,...
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Academics told to push intellectual credentials
University staff should play a more prominent public role, experts claim. Rebecca Attwood reports from The British Sociological Association Academics owe it to society to promote themselves as public...
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Sexy novel set to put spark back in physics
A sexually charged particle physicist embroiled in the suspicious death of a colleague could be key to improving the popular appeal of a much-maligned discipline. Or at least that is the hope of...
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'There was nothing anyone working on the case could say at the time'
The death of Alexander Litvinenko unexpectedly threw a spotlight on prize-winning toxicologist Nick Priest. Sometimes there is nothing like having international recognition as an expert in a...
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On the move...
* Brighton Univer-sity has appointed Yvonne Hillier , co-ordinator of the London and South East Region Learning and Skills Network, professor of education. Professorships have also gone to Graham...
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Staff 'swotted' by managers
A draft document reveals the managerialism unions believe is incompatible with university life. Phil Baty reports. Senior managers at Birmingham University have identified a key "threat" to their...
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Academics hit jackpot in education career stakes
Academe is where the money is if you want to be an educationalist. The finding may come as a surprise to many academics, but research from Reading University, presented at the Royal Economic Society'...
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'It's a real boost,' say winners
Winning a Times Higher award has given a "real boost" to two of last year's recipients. In the months since winning the award for Outstanding Support for Students with Disabilities, the Manchester...
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Hallelujah
Archaeologists and art historians from Cardiff and York universities are to use modern technology to shed new light on the composition of stained glass to help conservation in churches across the...
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Next week
Hunting down the fraudsters On the trail of dodgy degrees and bogus universities: a former FBI man speaks out Plus A. C. Grayling writes about contrarianism, a trend dogging public debate.
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Hard-hitting study
Sports scientists at Swansea University have measured the amount of force behind the man with reputedly one of the hardest punches in boxing. Sports science lecturer Iwan Griffiths used motion...
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Anglia Ruskin expands
Work is under way on a £15 million faculty building for Anglia Ruskin University. It is now the 13th largest university in the country, with 28,000 students and more than 1,000 academic staff. The...
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Indian summers
Scientists at Liverpool University are investigating the anticipated effects of climate change on India's monsoon season and the impact alterations in the country's water cycle will have on the...
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Growth spurt
Edge Hill University and the Association of Teachers and Lecturers this week signed a deal to boost professional development for ATL members.