Controversy over NZ grant panel process
A leading New Zealand research fund is to bar members of its grant-awarding panels from receiving its cash after complaints that NZ$6 million (£2.1 million) of this year's NZ$39 million went to...
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Fillip for science
The French Government is setting up advanced research networks as part of its effort to increase the quality and international visibility of the country's science. Dominique de Villepin, the Prime...
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Free us of the gold stars and iron bars of the RAE
The RAE is a dead weight that stops UK universities from flourishing. Abolish it, says Paul Taylor. The most miserable creature on earth is the shoe fetishist who has to settle for the whole person,...
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Purple oracle
In a review of the BBC drama series The Amazing Mrs Pritchard in last week's Times Higher , Philip Cowley noted the similarities between Mrs Pritchard's Purple Alliance and the UK Independence Party...
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Freedom to make loads of dosh
If you thought the Freedom of Information Act existed to make public organisations such as colleges and universities accountable, think again. It is, of course, to make money - or so Trinity and All...
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Concerns of a rock chick
Peep appreciated the refreshing honesty of the Israeli Education Minister on a visit to London this week. Yuli Tamir held a press conference to express her fears that a boycott of Israeli...
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Blooming silly
Peep hears that to avoid any connotations with the phrase "basket case", the arts and humanities community is asking for a "bouquet" of metrics. Errr... has anyone heard of the word "several"? diary@...
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In the war of ideas, join the mavericks' ranks
The History Boys. Cinemas nationwide from Friday After seeing Alan Bennett's play The History Boys , I argued about its themes for weeks. The subsequent film lacks the richness and depth of the...
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Publish and be damned wasteful
Dave Reay is pleased to see his book on climate change in the shops but chastened by the harm publishing causes the environment. The university bookshop is crammed full. Every corner not occupied by...
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Entertainer, prat, free thinker... or all three?
Boris Johnson wins kudos for forthrightness. But do academics like him enough to see him as Higher Education Minister? I don't know a lot about politics, but I do know that Boris Johnson was...
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If it's too big it's not so much fun
The fewer, the merrier, says Tim Birkhead, who looks forward to exchanging ideas, not posing, at conferences. The high spot of the academic year is the conference season - that period of late summer...
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Get a life, but try not to lose pals
Are you happy with your work-life balance? If not, consider working part time, says Harriet Swain. But bear in mind that flexible hours can bring problems of their own, not least in relationships...
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Know the drill and feel the passion
Name : Elizabeth Davenport. Age: 55 Job : Professor of dental education, Barts and The London Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary, University of London. I am head of...
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Ask the panel
Worried about your employment, maternity, pension rights? Send your questions to The Times Higher advice panel. My husband has just told me that he is having an affair with one of his students. I am...
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Litigation fear lets cheats off hook
Phil Baty uncovers concerns that academics are prevented from investigating suspected plagiarists. Some lecturers who suspect that their students are guilty of plagiarism are being prevented from...