Views with a room
Universities have to be businesslike and professional in providing conference venues and accommodation. Huw Richards reports. Tony Rogers vividly remembers the conference he attended a few years ago...
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A badge of honour
The annual mass gathering of anthropologists - with its fights over status, territorial disputes and rituals of belonging - is little different from other clannish assemblies, and that's why Susan...
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Oh we do like to be beside the seaside…
A conference that combines learning and leisure draws academics, and setting it in a tourist-friendly spot offers an added inducement, writes Chris Bunting It is sometimes easy to forget what...
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Boozing or snoozing?
Are conferences hotbeds of steamy sexual liaisons and long drink-fuelled sessions at the bar, or just tedious gatherings of old codgers boring each other to death? Sean Coughlan investigates. What...
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Conferences supplement
 Conferences, Issue No. 1 Published in The Times Higher on March 19 2004  Leader  'Academics and students may fuss about the hassles of hosting conferences, but both reap the benefits' Budget...
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Starry events lose shine
American universities are veering towards smaller conferences with more practical content, reports Stephen Phillips Conferences represent both a rite of passage and an integral part of the...
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Farewell to 'cuddly' ethos of yesteryear
Laurie Taylor recalls his time at York, its collegial atmosphere and rival factions, and returns to find Thatcher's children holding sway and the sociology department facing an uncertain future On...
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Delivered from the Baath party nightmare
Under Saddam's regime, only the party faithful could dream of a career, and to dream of anything else could cost you your life. Now top Iraqi academics tell Olga Wojtas of a new sense of hope This...
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'Religion should not provide the basis for ethics.' Discuss
Lewis Wolpert, a man of science, and Richard Harries, a man of religion, face off in a rehearsal of their positions for tonight's inaugural 'Controversial Thesis' debate at the National Portrait...
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'My supervisor is great - but I can't get up in the morning'
Six months in and some of our postgrads are finding the going tough. As experts gather for today's conference on 'Postgraduate Education', The Times Higher catches up with the students it is tracking...
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'My supervisor is great - but I can't get up in the morning'
Six months in and some of our postgrads are finding the going tough. As experts gather for today's conference on 'Postgraduate Education', The Times Higher catches up with the students it is tracking...
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'My supervisor is great - but I can't get up in the morning'
Six months in and some of our postgrads are finding the going tough. As experts gather for today's conference on 'Postgraduate Education', The Times Higher catches up with the students it is tracking...
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'My supervisor is great - but I can't get up in the morning'
Six months in and some of our postgrads are finding the going tough. As experts gather for today's conference on 'Postgraduate Education', The Times Higher catches up with the students it is tracking...
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Cradle of despair?
Is the increasing tendency to label normal reactions to childbirth as postnatal depression undermining our ability to cope as parents? asks Ellie Lee Is postnatal depression an epidemic? According to...
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Action that harms the innocent 1
The action of university teachers in boycotting everything to do with student assessment is morally contemptible. The AUT (aka the Association for Useless Tactics) has a long and inglorious history...