Music mag is off-message
Vice-chancellors should brace themselves for a charm offensive from the Department for Education and Skills - the success of which hinges on what newspaper they read. A key DfES figure confided that...
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Buying into the business MBA
University admissions may often seem like a lottery but not usually like an auction. However, Dutch business school Nyenrode Business Universiteit is offering a place on its MBA programme to the...
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Geared up for gong rejection
TV motoring guru Jeremy Clarkson could well join the select band of public figures - including Margaret Thatcher - who have been denied an honorary degree because of protests by university staff. Mr...
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Why I think hourly paid lecturers should be brought in from the cold
The author wishes to remain anonymous. He is a lecturer in a new university. Teaching in UK universities and higher education colleges is heavily dependent on hourly paid lecturers, with about half...
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The devil you know
University audits are a pain but they are preferable to most of the alternatives, says Mike Thorne Of course, we said it would never catch on. No one would be interested in audit outcomes, teaching...
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Shocking truth about sociology
Norman Bonney reflects that the discipline has still not overcome its growing pains Over the past week I have been to two celebrations - the 40th anniversary party of the department of sociology at...
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Don't just get a degree, get a life
Improving grades could signify that many students are working too hard, writes Kevin Fong. If so, this has worrying implications Another academic year and the insanity of exam season is thankfully...
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Add a little bit of foreign flavour
One way to boost university coffers is to attract fee-paying international students, writes Harriet Swain. But if you want to make the most of your recruitment drive, get those pound signs out of...
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Background in hospitality a bonus
Name: David Tobin Age: 40 Job: Office manager, international office, Aston University Salary: Academic-related grade 2 What is your background? I was educated in Ireland, where I completed my...
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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 eminent scientist's lab. Unfortunately we don't get on and I am looking...
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Centres search for staff
New jobs are starting to emerge from the £315 million teaching initiative launched by the Higher Education Funding Council for England in January. The Centres for Excellence in Teaching and Learning...
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Who got that cash?
A consortium has netted more than £13 million for the next step in bioscience. Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dundee universities have won £11 million from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research...
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250 Glasgow jobs at risk
Unions at Glasgow University say they are shocked to discover that managers want to shed 250 of the institution's 5,800 posts to tackle a £7 million deficit. But Sir Muir Russell, Glasgow's principal...
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Tissue engineering: Commission consults public on how to regulate advanced therapies
Brussels, 19 May 2005 A new biotechnology area has emerged: human tissue engineering, which combines various aspects of medicine, cell and molecular biology, materials science and engineering, for...
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US reassesses stem cell legislation
Brussels, 19 May 2005 The US is to put embryonic stem cell research to the vote again in the coming weeks. Representatives will vote on two competing measures, one aimed at loosening current...