Wait a second...
I think it unlikely that Frank Wilczek and his wife have celebrated 100 billion seconds together (Books, 23 July). Had they done so, they might be able to give us eyewitness accounts of the Elamites...
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Brace for impact 1
Keith Flett's letter in last week's Times Higher Education - that getting on the front page of The Sun would count as "impact of research" - misses the point. Impact is not about sexing up or dumbing...
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Brace for impact 2
Keith Flett mentions Max Clifford, but Flett is the greater self-publicist. My research into publicly cited criminologists was intended to be provocative. And, taking Roger Brown's point on the need...
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Reject Cosmopolitanism
Apropos the topic of last week's issue ("Hearts and minds: Making academic marriages work"): can I just check that I haven't subscribed to Cosmopolitan? Whatever next - an article about Sex and the...
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Under the weather
Was it only coincidence that the post of Met Office chair in weather systems (Times Higher Education, 30 July) appeared on the same day as reports in the national press revising this year's summer...
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Fundraising: how to get alumni to cough up
As state funding declines, alumni donations are needed more than ever. Hannah Fearn reports on how universities are sharpening their fundraising skills
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'Hide thy life': the key to Shakespeare
The many scholars attracted by the mystery of the Bard's life have overlooked a vital Greek link, says Jonathan Bate
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6 August 2009
Chasing the prize catch - Fundraisers close in on big-game givers
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Scottish student race to take places
High number of early acceptances could spell trouble for universities. Hannah Fearn writes
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UK-wide consultation on CAM regulation is launched
Critics say statutory rules would give the subjects unwarranted legitimacy. Zoë Corbyn reports
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Apollo completes BPP takeover
Giant US for-profit university provider establishes foothold in UK. Hannah Fearn reports
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Wolverhampton to cut up to 250 jobs
Data inaccuracies push institution’s debt to more than £8 million. Melanie Newman reports
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IUSS reaction: ‘Quality control’ is the problem, not the solution
More of the same won’t allow us to reform the British system effectively, writes Florian Bieber
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Beef up QAA to police sector, say MPs
‘Defensive complacency’ over standards requires monitoring by independent agency that can remove degree-awarding powers, says select committee report. Hannah Fearn writes
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IUSS reaction: Right questions, wrong answer
QAA chief Peter Williams gives his verdict on the IUSS report