Serbia split may plug Montenegro brain drain
The future of Montenegrin students at Serbian universities is in doubt after the separation of the two former Yugoslav states following the May referendum, writes Vera Rich. The Serbian Government...
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Local pay agreements are the logical next step
Outgoing Ucea head Geoffrey Copland believes that it is time to jettison the one-size-fits-all national pay model The future of higher education pay is at a watershed. Obviously, I am delighted that...
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Nancy Rothwell
A sigh of relief may have been heard in universities across the country this month as hundreds of degree ceremonies were completed. Not so long ago, it seemed that some might never go ahead. I am now...
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Poetry by numbers all adds up
Ever wondered how bosses - vice-chancellors or company directors - can measure scientific research? Peep's has found the answer in a humorous poem written in the middle of the 20th century by Ned...
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The bottom line of assessment
U-ARSE stands, of course, for University Annual Review System of Evaluation. The academic who devised it has even supplied The Times Higher with an example of how the system might work. Under the...
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Chance for blue-sky thinking?
Peep's hears that the ceiling of the Economic and Social Research Council started to cave in last week. Fortunately, no one was hurt. But let's hope it does not thwart plans to turn the ESRC's...
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Life's laundry cleansed in a public pantomime
I've a confession to make. Last Friday I took part in a recording of The Jeremy Kyle Show , perhaps the most strident example of daytime television's rapidly burgeoning portfolio of chat shows in...
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Is the small screen a place for big ideas? 1
Is 'dumbing down' the route to redemocratisation? Michael Temple believes it is a way of engaging every section of society, while Adrian Monck argues that our political system needs to change instead...
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Is the small screen a place for big ideas? 2
Is 'dumbing down' the route to redemocratisation? Michael Temple believes it is a way of engaging every section of society, while Adrian Monck argues that our political system needs to change instead...
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The UK's great £19.5m lottery
Any idea how much cash is wasted in failed grant proposals? Tim Birkhead does, and suggests we could benefit from a lesson in falconry The noble art of falconry involves manipulating the behaviour of...
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The supercool need not apply
A student ambassador can make all the difference when it comes to persuading a ten-year-old to consider university. So, pick candidates for the role with care, advises Harriet Swain, and monitor...
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All manner of copiers, 24/7
Name : Andrew Young Age : 39 Job : Lecturer and first-year tutor in computer science at Salford University and a National Teaching fellow. Salary : I'm happy with it. Background : I have degrees in...
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Ask the panel
Worried about your employment, maternity, pension rights? Send your questions to The Times Higher advice panel. I have been employed to teach by the same university for ten years but every year I...
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Race for business experts
UK business schools this week demonstrated their seemingly insatiable appetite for new staff with no fewer than six different universities advertising academic posts. The universities of Hull,...
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Who got that job?
Aidan Westwood, senior carbon research fellow, Institute for Materials Research, Leeds University Advertised: The Times Higher , December 9, 2005 For Aidan Westwood, carbon is more than just the...