People's poet
People's poet: Jack Mapanje, one of Africa's most important living poets, ran a writer's workshop this week at Stirling University's summer school, focusing on the theme of the G8 summit and Africa....
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Charter fights sexism in lab and out
Ten universities have pledged to battle institutional sexism and make life easier for female scientists by signing a new charter for women in research, writes Anna Fazackerley. The new Athena Swan...
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Onward march of the no-research regiment
The debate over whether good teaching is dependent on doing research too has been rumbling on for years with, most noticeably, Government signalling the advent of teaching-only universities in the...
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If we insist on playing games...
Universities obsessed with 'delivering a product' and audit trickery should not be shocked at student plagiarism, argues Bob Brecher Student cheating is exercising us all these days. Plagiarism...
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Want a life? It's all about balance
If your life is proving to be all work and no play, it might be time to review your priorities. Harriet Swain offers a few pointers to set you on the road to a less stressful and more fulfilling...
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The tale of an accidental academic
Name: Christian Kay Age: 65 Job: professor of English language, Glasgow University Salary: professorial scale What is your background? Undergraduate MA, diploma in general linguistics, Edinburgh...
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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 about to be made redundant as my department is being closed. I am 50 and have been...
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Largest faculty sets out ambition
The UK's largest humanities faculty, officially launched by Manchester University yesterday, has set itself ambitious staff and student recruitment targets designed to place it among the world's best...
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Who's in who's out?
GLASGOW Irene McAra-McWilliam, named as one of Design Weekly magazine's top 50 most influential design leaders, will join Glasgow School of Art as head of design at the end of the summer. She is...
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New chair to consolidate UEA's literary tradition
The School of Literature and Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia has a back catalogue of lecturers and alumni that reads like a who's who of modern literature. Now the school, in which...
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Italian science threatened by stem-cell ban
Rome. Scientists fear that the failure of a referendum to overturn the law banning experiments using stem cells, will add to the difficulties facing Italy's already stagnant and underfinanced...
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Camps help fill campus coffers
Boston. The usual quiet of summer on US university campuses has been replaced by the hum of lectures, games, conversations in a Babel of languages, the sound of model rockets taking off and the...
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Humanities sees rebirth
Vilnius. The European Humanities University that was shut down last year by Belarusian President Alaksandr Lukashenka re-emerged this month as EHU-International in neighbouring Lithuania. President...
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Visa policy takes its toll on Australian students
Melbourne. Visa-driven higher education policies may have distorting effects on the domestic market, with local students being the main losers, according to an Australian researcher. But policy...
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Good lodges appeal from SA
Gaborone. The professor of political science who left Botswana after failing to convince the High Court that the country's president wrongly declared him a prohibited immigrant has lodged an appeal...