Gary Day
'There's no greater way to win the respect of your peers than to write gobbledegook. The less they understand the more clever they think you are' Humanities scholars seem to talk only to one another...
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Dirty money
Mystery surrounds a comment made by Donna May, founder of the Molly Mopps cleaning agency. She was quoted in the Sunday Herald last week as saying: "Intellectuals like university lecturers have the...
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Otherworldly wise
Academics may be unfairly labelled as being otherworldly, but sometimes they seem to be just that. Staff on one research journal were pleased recently when a set of proofs came back to them on the...
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Title fight
Gill Evans, the University of Cambridge professor of history, this week lashed out against her institution again. In an incident catalogued in the Cambridge University Reporter, she notes that Alison...
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Frozen in committee
As temperatures plummeted this week, the wind whistled through the draughty Palace of Westminster, where windows had been left open despite falling snow outside. The chairman of the Commons standing...
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A new herd of freshers?
An advice clinic established by 18 of the capital's universities and colleges aims to raise the aspirations of young Londoners with a view to getting them into the health professions. Students can...
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Reunited: 'The kudos of an LSE degree lingers'
Judge Jules, aka Julius O'Riordan, studied law at the LSE in the 1980s before becoming a Radio One DJ. During my tenure in the late 1980s, the most notable difference between life at the London...
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Why I... think universities need to start a campaign for true dissent
Religious fundamentalism makes headline news these days. While Islamic extremism attracts the most attention, religious fundamentalism is thriving everywhere. Islam has no monopoly on the phenomenon...
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Is this our best Offa?
Before we can begin to ensure 'fair access', we have to define the term, argues Graham Allen. For reasons that no one has fully explained, my constituency, Nottingham North, sends fewer of its young...
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Don't misinterpret research
Scientists are alarmed at how the Bush regime has distorted their findings, writes Kurt Gottfried. Science has played a seminal role in the birth and development of the US. The nation's founders...
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Ever feel like Sisyphus with a spot of lumbago?
Then get your university to put its money where its mission mantra is and recognise its duty of care, says Valerie Atkinson. Once upon a time, the university's higher echelons were approachable. If...
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Jobwatch: A bullish global market
Institutions from London, Melbourne, Cape Town and elsewhere are on the prowl for entrepreneurial experts to add value to their business and management schools. Pat Leon assesses the prospects....
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Who got that job?
Frances Rapport, 43 Job advertised in The Times Higher , May 16 2003. The Julian Tudor Hart Research Fellowship University of Wales Swansea Clinical School £32,125 to £45,000 approximately per annum...
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Play with your food, so long as you eat it
Students, like babies, must learn the art of self-feeding, but don't rush them, or they will never properly digest information, says Holly Smith. As a new parent, one pressing question is how to move...
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Teaching: on the front line
What is your experience of teaching? Pat Leon asks teachers how they manage. Name : Harriet Clarke. Age : 32. Job : Lecturer in psychology for social work, Institute of Applied Social Studies,...