A hard line from 'soft' scientists
Social scientists believe that they are being short-changed by proposals for the European Union's seventh framework research programme (FP7) for 2007-13, which is being reshaped after last month's...
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Russia ripe for skills revamp to aid growth
Russian universities face key modernisation challenges if they are to produce graduates with economically useful skills, according to senior government officials. Mikhail Strikhanov, deputy director...
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Church institution slips through secularist net
Russia's first Orthodox public university has opened in St Petersburg in a curious constitutional no-man's-land. The country's secularist constitution insists on the separation of "church and state"...
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A public promise on pay that must be honoured
No more excuses - employers have to fulfil the pledges they made on university salaries, says Sally Hunt The UK higher education sector looks increasingly likely to face widespread disruption as the...
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John Sutherland: Stairway to book heaven
The wilkins library, University College London The refurbished library is officially reopened on January 19 Bloomsbury is to libraries what Oxford Street is to department stores or Soho to knocking...
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He's younger than he looks
Should we worry about the Arts and Humanities Research Council? Perhaps. The Government's official funder of arts and humanities research ought, surely, to have a good grasp of cultural events. But...
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Time for higher thoughts?
It has certainly been a busy few days for Ed Davey, the Liberal Democrats' Education Spokesman. Having been one of those Shadow Cabinet members who declared they could no longer serve under Charles...
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Applied Borisology
There was a flurry of media interest last week in news that Boris Johnson, the tousle-haired Tory higher education spokesman, had started a new weblog inviting views about the state of higher...
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Suzi Q (and A)
Have you ever suspected that your vice-chancellor's mind isn't always entirely on the job at hand? One high-profile v-c, whose identity we had better keep secret, ended up telling us more than we...
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The King has not left the building
Are coal and oil the Earth's dirty, dwindling foes or humanity's loyal friends? Mark Jaccard argues for fossil fuels' zero-emission future The reign of King Coal - and his royal cousins, crude oil...
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Poor English, plagiarism and no-shows...
... The Times Higher asks academics what they find most frustrating about their students "Although, for the most part, my students are bright and well motivated, there are some nagging annoyances...
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Why are the best degrees for sale?
Students in paid work get poorer results, but what can academics do about it? asks Bob Brecher As The Times Higher recently reported ("Paid work takes toll on class of degree", November 25, 2005) a...
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Target practice for a new year
Your own enthusiasm could be key to engaging students in setting career goals and identifying which of their achievements they can build on. Help them by doing it yourself too, advises Harriet Swain...
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It's the stuff of agony and ecstasy
Name : Alison Halstead Age : 50 Job : Dean of learning and teaching, Wolverhampton University. Salary : Salary is fine, but the tax kills it. Background : Physics undergraduate at Imperial College...
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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 on a three-year contract that is due to end this month. I have about 19 years of...