Depressed officers?
The Association of University Teachers is so busy sounding off about problems in higher education that it may be suffering communication problems within its own walls. This week the union quietly...
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Vive la dissolution
When Lewis Elton, professor of higher education at University College London and staunch opponent of the research assessment exercise, called on academics to join him on the barricades at a meeting,...
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A healthy ego
As Westminster anxiously awaits an announcement about the future structure of select committees, The Daily Telegraph reveals that Labour's Ian Gibson is being touted as possible chair of the Commons...
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Why I am not a happy slappy pundit
Happy slapping, in so far as it even exists, is when a mobile phone with video capability is used to record assaults on strangers as a perverse form of entertainment. The subsequent footage might...
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Nukes not necessary
We don't need nuclear power to reverse climate change - just ask Germany, says Godfrey Boyle In Britain, an increasingly vociferous minority has been arguing recently that we must reopen the nuclear...
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Bring meaning to the tables
Rankings have a way to go before they truly aid student choice, say Mantz Yorke and Bernard Longden League tables attract scepticism from academics, but their primary aim is to inform prospective...
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Diversity? You can whistle for it
Tim Birkhead was tickled Pinc by a conference on creativity, not least because it was an antidote toa culture of uniformity I have just returned from a most remarkable conference. Pinc (People, Ideas...
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Don't let it blow up in your face
Teaching students in the lab is fraught with danger. Getting to know the technician can safeguard against hitches while creating a social atmosphere gets sessions going with a bang, says Harriet...
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Chaplain's castle is a homely haven
Name: Anthony Bash Age: 53 Job: Solway fellow and chaplain at University College, Durham - a wonderful post, part-time college chaplain and part-time researcher on the New Testament, which I took up...
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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 in an overcrowded office with no windows facing outside. There is very little...
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Part-time staff win security with deal
Westminster University is setting a new standard in the treatment of part-time staff with its plans to shift up to 250 academics from short-term contracts to permanent positions. Jill Jones, the...
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Who got that cash?
An Anglo-Scottish spin-off company has won £750,000 to exploit research into flat-panel displays. The cross-border Quantum Filament Technologies, led by Dundee University's Merv Rose , and Surrey...
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Poll uncovers academics' qualms about managers
A staff survey has revealed Manchester University academics' doubts about the management skills of their senior colleagues. Staff at the university were asked for their thoughts on their management,...
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Trends: A sorry state of affairs
The drop in numbers of pupils from maintained schools applying to study science and language should trigger alarm bells, says Sam Freedman Key departments at many universities, especially in science...
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Trends: Boys let the side down
Fewer male school-leavers are moving on to university than projected, prompting a review of the Government's participation target. David Jobbins reports The Government has revised downwards its...