Hull University
• Elain Smith, lecturer at the Scarborough School of Education, is retiring.• Katarzyna Gromec Broc, lecturer at the Law School, is leaving to take up the post of lecturer at the University of York...
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British Medical Association
• Shane O’Neill, commercial director for the BMJ Group, has been appointed by the Ministry of Justice to the Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information.
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University College London
Christine Hawley, dean of the Bartlett and head of the faculty of the built environment at University College London, was awarded a CBE in the New Year’s honours list.
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London School of Economics
• Chen Jian has been appointed Philippe Roman chair in history and international affairs at the School for 2008-09. Professor Jian is currently Michael J Zak chair of the history of US-China...
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Economic and Social Research Council
• Ian Diamond, chief executive of the Economic and Social Research Council, is to continue as chairman of the Research Councils UK, the partnership of the UK's seven Research Councils, for a further...
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Keep your business side up
Our thrusting Director of Corporate Affairs, Jamie Targett, gave an enthusiastic welcome to last week's declaration by Deian Hopkins, Vice-Chancellor of London South Bank University, that...
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Taking the Mickey out
Sally Feldman on killing off 'soft option' media studies.
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Leader: Let us not prey on theology
Despite its many detractors, the discipline does have a role in the country's universities.
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Howard Dalton, 1944 - 2008
Howard Dalton was a distinguished microbiologist who transformed the use of science at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs while quietly fundraising to help alleviate poverty in...
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Committed to history with 14 names
When counting an author's citations in Thomson's Web of Science (or Science Citation Index), it is instructive to search for Treatise on Natural Philosophy by Baron (Lord) Kelvin of Largs, William...
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In search of value
As custodians of a substantial amount of public funds, universities have a duty to demonstrate the achievement of value for money ("Whitehall seeks £1.5bn 'savings' from sector budgets", 17 January...
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Pedantic points
Is there no way of making jokes without bringing pedants out of the woodwork (Letters, 17 January)? The University of Sussex was known as "Brighton" for 20 years before Sir David Watson's outfit took...
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Dentistry in the chair
In the week that we learnt of the worsening dentistry crisis in the National Health Service, the bestselling academic books in Sheffield were Integrated Dental Treatment Planning: A Case-Based...
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Learning, not school
It was disappointing that Alan Ryan wrote that "we propose to keep everyone at school until they are 18" ("Requiem for lost optimism", 10 January).There is no such proposal. There is a proposal to...
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He is Spartacus
How many referees does it take to vouch adequately for a job applicant?One job advertised in Times Higher Education (Appointments, 17 February) requires six referees for an applicant at professorial...