Sitting pretty low
It seems that everyone wants to know what goes on behind closed doors in admissions interviews for Oxbridge. Newspapers report that tutors at Oxford University have been encouraged to sit on smaller...
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Waste matters
The Collins English Dictionary casts the new-look Department for Education and Skills in an interesting light. Apparently, a "rammel" in Northern English dialect refers to discarded or waste matter.
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Piped music hits wrong notes
It's not unusual for conference delegates to emerge from their rooms looking fragile and bleary-eyed on their first morning. But those attending the National Postgraduate Committee's annual event at...
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Why I believe the tuition-fee regime may force students out of the arts
"Choice" is the new buzzword in higher education. It would appear, however, that certain choices are more acceptable than others. One of the best choices I ever made was to study for a BA in English...
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Irrational response
Female staff should stop filling the emotional gaps left by poor male managers, writes Mary Evans As readers of Laurie Taylor's column in The Times Higher will know, the University of Poppleton is...
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Little room left for discretion
Over-regulation is likely to damage our traditional university culture, argues Graham Everest In recent months, I have sat on a committee whose aim was to agree a uniform system of penalties for late...
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Is vision blurred by global view?
Should UK universities concentrate on domestic students or should they switch their focus to wooing top international talent? asks Maria Misra In a few weeks I will pay a flying visit to Delhi,...
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Do not proceed without a smile
There is a fine art to networking, says Harriet Swain. First present a friendly face, then anticipate questions, make your pitch and follow up. And don't worry about being snubbed - it's a price...
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Passion for page, print and paint
Name: Erik Borg Age: 59 Job: senior lecturer, English language centre, Northumbria University Salary: senior lecturer scale What is your background? Undergraduate education in literature at...
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Ask the panel
My university has announced that our jobs are to be evaluated as part of the new pay framework. The university is using the Higher Education Role Analysis (Hera) scheme, but colleagues at other...
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Research staff hit by shift to teaching
Nottingham Trent University is losing researchers as it pushes ahead with a teaching-dominated strategic plan that has sapped staff confidence, leaders of lecturers' union Natfhe claim. Arts,...
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Critics win vote on 'bullies and creeps' charter
A plan to introduce discretionary pay awards to help recruit international research stars at Cambridge University has been branded a "bullies and creeps charter" by opponents. Critics of the...
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Who got that job?
James Moran Lecturer in drama and performance, School of English Studies, Nottingham University Advertised in The Times Higher , January 14, 2005 After working for nine months at Nottingham on a...
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Today's news
Universities to close the door on 60,000 A desperate scramble to avoid higher tuition fees was blamed last night for a rush by tens of thousands of students to find university places through clearing...
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Laurie Taylor Column
Gordon.lapping@poppleton.ac.uk Out-of-office reply I am afraid that I am currently on holiday and will not be able to reply to your recent e-mail communication until I return to my office on August...