First the North, then the world
A healthy dose of ambition has infected the University of Central Lancashire. A paper setting out the university's goals for the next ten years states that one aspiration is "to be ranked alongside...
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Sarcasm comes to grief
Which sympathetic academic, when told that a student had lost a parent and could therefore not hand in an essay, gave this reply: "Where has she lost her - in the supermarket?" diary@thes.co.uk
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Laugh online and the world laughs with you
Outrageous and contagious Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, until May 8 Anyone on campus over the age of 30 is likely to think that the word "viral" could refer only to some kind of nasty...
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Marx and Darwin's legacy to the BNP
The far Right trades on racism and xenophobia, but it also draws on an intellectual tradition that can't be dismissed, says Steve Fuller Does the British National Party represent the 21st-century...
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Love it or hate it, it really is another country
The Times Higher asks academics what inspires and irritates them about Oxbridge and notes a certain shyness about being identified * "What I find most annoying about Oxbridge is the assumption that...
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Buck the trend, dare to be nasty
A buyers' market is causing universities to be soft on students, but it's time to rebel, argues Frank Furedi Higher education faces a formidable dilemma as it completes its transition from operating...
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Open your arms - or they'll leg it
If you don't want to lose students, make sure that you are recruiting honestly. Let freshers know what to expect - and what support is available - from the very beginning, advises Harriet Swain...
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Messages, massages and masalas
Name: Arti Kumar Age: All I will say is that I have a birthday with a big "0" approaching fast. Job: My title - senior careers adviser - is misleading because it's now a small part of what I do. For...
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Ask the panel
Worried about your employment, maternity, pension rights? Send your questions to The Times Higher advice panel. Is it reasonable for me to expect my university to give me some time to fulfil my role...
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Who's in who's out?
LEEDS Terry Rabbitts (pictured) admits that it will be a "wrench" for him to leave Cambridge University to become the director of Leeds University's new £20 million Institute of Molecular Medicine....
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Rejected? Help is at hand for wannabe bestsellers
Almost every academic at some point dreams of seeing his or her fascinating and important research in print and at the top of the bestseller lists. But few ever get beyond a stack of rejection...
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Commissioner Janez Potocnik: New ways to drive demand for new technologies, Austrian Presidency Conference on European Technology Platforms
Vienna, 4 May 2006 Austrian Presidency Conference on European Technology Platforms Vienna, 4 May 2006 Minister Bartenstein, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, Europe faces many challenges to...
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Breakthrough innovations honoured: European Inventor of the Year awards
03/05/2006 Medical breakthroughs in fighting Hepatitis B, novel anti-viral properties, the DNA chip and methods for intercepting illness causing proteins are among the final winners of the European...
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Background Memo on the winners of the European Inventor of the Year 2006 awards
Brussels, 3 May 2006 The winners of the European Inventor of the Year 2006 awards An international jury chaired by former Netherlands Prime Minister Wim Kok has selected the first-ever winners of the...
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Today's news
Kelly loses education as Johnson's rise continues Tony Blair is today expected to make Alan Johnson, the former trade union leader, education secretary, replacing the embattled Ruth Kelly. He would...