Hooked on bringing out bright ideas in people
The M40 between Oxford and London is full of expensive cars these days. "It's the university millionaires," observes my taxi driver, as a sleek BMW cuts in front of us. "Bleeding everywhere." This...
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Black academics strive to smash 'ivory ceiling'
While universities have seen a rise in the number of ethnic minority workers, new figures reveal stark variations in employment practices across the sector The number of senior academics from a black...
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'We actively encourage ethnic minority candidates to apply for senior posts'
Faye Doris is chair of the racial equality working group at Plymouth University. She is the academic lead for midwifery in the university's School of Health Professions, faculty of health and social...
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Salford staff claim bosses close ranks
Managers at Salford University are "complicit in acts of discrimination" and close ranks to protect each other against misconduct claims, staff have alleged in an equality audit commissioned by the...
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'Asian, white and black students ALL sit separately'
Pascale Allotey arrived at Brunel University from Melbourne last December to take up the newly created post of professor of race and diversity. Professor Allotey is a medical anthropologist and...
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Financial literacy is the key to raising our game
The link between accountability and accounting is crucial to institutions' good governance, says Nigel Savage Much has been written in recent years about the accountability burden in the private and...
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Jackie Sheehan: cheers, tears and fears on the home front
WAR, WOMEN AND SURVIVAL Weston Gallery, Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham University, until December 15 As the average cost of a wedding in Britain today rises to a reported Pounds 15,000, it is...
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Why I think that the long-term impact of dropping out is little understood
Dropping out costs. It costs universities vital money and kudos and funding bodies their investment. It is the dropout student, however, who may finish up paying the highest price - and not just by...
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Alive and kicking
We shouldn't dismiss the gender debate as passe - it's just getting interesting, says Mary Evans Anthony Giddens described the 20th century as the century of women. Eric Hobsbawm has also pointed out...
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Restoration without the drama
Third-party mediation can work wonders in university employment disputes, explains Jan Scrine When I arrived in higher education some years ago from "outside" - in my case from the private sector - I...
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A lot to be said for a stiff upper lip
Sharing your troubles with students is unprofessional, says Susan Bassnett One of the biggest differences between teaching in a university and teaching in a school is the age of the students. In a...
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Lure high-flyers before they peak
If you want to recruit star researchers, rather than the 'extinct volcano' variety, you need to catch them on their way up, and lure them with a great team and abundant resources, says Harriet Swain...
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I sniff the wind then make the tea
Name: Euan G. Nisbet Age: Able to remember the Coronation (just); and took part in the 1969 Cambridge sit-in. Job: Geology professor at Royal Holloway, University of London. Co-ordinator of the...
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Ask the panel
Worried about your employment, maternity, pension rights? Send your questions to The Times Higher advice panel. I work at quite a small university. I originally felt comfortable with the people I...
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Who's in who's out?
UCLAN Tim Thornton, an academic who applies philosophy and philosophical concepts to treating people with mental illness, has joined the University of Central Lancashire. He said mental illness threw...