'Putsch' topples research chief
France's National Centre of Scientific Research (CNRS) is in crisis following the resignation of its president, the appointment of a successor, the dismissal of its director-general and a mass revolt...
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Fees flap in Israel
Israel's acting prime minister has put higher tuition fees back on to the political agenda as the country prepares for a general election. Finance minister Ehud Olmert argued that increased fees...
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Extreme measures only will combat corruption
The Korean cloning scandal could not have happened without the West's compliance, argues Robert Laughlin Here in Korea there is tremendous soul-searching, hand-wringing and blame-assigning over the...
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Gary Day
I sometimes worry that I'm not English because I don't have a shaven head, tattoos and a compulsion to punch people. Actually that last one is not true. I am just too much of a coward to indulge it....
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Offa overhaul is off the agenda
News that John Rushforth is to leave the Office for Fair Access to follow Sir Howard Newby, outgoing chief executive of the Higher Education Funding Council for England, to the University of the West...
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Hello, goodbye at Wellcome
What is going on at the Wellcome Trust? The organisation is now one of the biggest players in biomedical research, with a budget to rival that of the Medical Research Council. The much talked about...
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Menzies enjoys winning feeling
For those of you who missed it - this week's big news is that Sir Menzies Campbell, ageing sprinter and Liberal Democrat MP for North East Fife, has won the leadership election. After a tough battle...
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Beauty is in the eye of the believer
PILGRIMAGE - THE SACRED JOURNEY The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Architecture, until April 19 The growth of religious extremism and hostility in the modern world is alarming. It is partly founded on...
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Flexing muscles will not improve the figure
The unions' move to a ballot over industrial action in their quest for better pay is premature, writes Ucea chair Geoffrey Copland Vice-chancellors have been left disappointed and disillusioned by...
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A war waged on liberty in liberty's own name
Paranoia about Muslim 'extremists' has seen the West trample on the very rights it claims to uphold, argues Abdul Wahid Is there an "extremist" under your bed? Worse still, a Muslim one? The...
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Stand - but you must also deliver
The prospect of paying for his kids to get poor teaching leads Tim Birkhead to rethink the need to train lecturers It is remarkable how having one's own offspring at university changes your view of...
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Take a board but keep the brolly
If drizzly old Blighty is getting you down, get networking and do your homework on research hot spots. But don't plan for a one-way overseas trip - you may want to come home, says Harriet Swain...
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Not all dancing queens and dinners
Name: Tina Overton Age: 46 Job: Senior lecturer in chemistry, Hull University, and director of the Higher Education Academy Physical Sciences Centre. Salary: £40,000 Practical training/education/...
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Ask the panel
Worried about your employment, maternity, pension rights? Send your questions to The Times Higher advice panel. In the academic year 2003-04, as an MPhil student, I studied full-time for a PhD at a...
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Who got that job?
Kate Dodd Director of student life, Birmingham University Advertised in The Times Higher, March 14, 2005 Birmingham University's decision to appoint a director of student life shows just how far...