Have our udders shrunk again?
Like cows bred for a bigger milk yield, Tim Birkhead believes that academics bred for large research outputs have lost much of what made them productive in the first place I was amused, saddened and...
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We have ways of making you talk
Badly led seminars can lead to students not participating or not turning up at all. But, says Harriet Swain, there are a number of ways to ensure that attendance is high and that a good debate takes...
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Four terms but still time to party
Name : Philip Fine Age : Late thirties Job : Head of department and lecturer in psychology, Buckingham University. I teach a music psychology course at Oxford University and carry out research on...
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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 a director of human resources at a university. Could you explain how the new "...
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One-off payouts hit £125K
Large pension contributions to university chiefs, either as an annual payment or a "one-off", look to be on the rise, according to the latest Times Higher survey of vice-chancellors’ pay. Michael...
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Just what did they do to merit a rise?
Universities this week justified the average increase of 7.9 per cent in vice-chancellors’ salaries as being in line with that of top executives in public bodies and reflecting a competitive global...
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Dynamics of debt and poverty
Deadline: 29/05/2007
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Today's news
Putting the spark back into science One of Scotland's leading universities is to open a centre aimed at encouraging more students to become science and maths teachers. Sir Muir Russell, the principal...
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A word from your sponsor?
Growing distrust of medical histories funded by industry could ultimately help to improve scholarship and encourage a more healthy public critique, argues David Cantor. Recently I had a somewhat...
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Rock idol with the power to bewitch
The texts on the Rosetta Stone have long been deciphered, so why does it still hold such a fascination for both scholars and the public? wonders Karen Gold. Surely only a geeky schoolboy would have...
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Content that fires creative tensions
In the first part of a new series on working relationships between researchers, Huw Richards talks to the authors of a seminal media studies text about their teamwork. Power without Responsibility by...
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Ten students walk into a pub...
...is this a joke? asks Michael North as he sits through gratuitous obscenities and some charming wit in a performance that's part of a stand-up comedy course. The atmosphere in the Laughing Horse...
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V-cs' 7.9% pay rise is twice that of staff's
Survey shows salaries of university heads rose by an average of £12,000 in one year, Anthea Lipsett writes.The salaries of university chiefs rose by more than twice that of academic staff in 2005-06...
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Today's news
University chiefs’ salaries rise faster than lecturers’ The salaries of university vice-chancellors rose at more than double the rate of lecturers last year. Forty-three now earn more than the Prime...
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Latest research news
Women shed unwanted hair through mint tea Hairy women could shed their unwanted growth by drinking mint tea, according to a study published. They are hirsute because they have abnormally high levels...