What women (and men) really want...
An age-old dating rule has been found to ring true. Men make a beeline for good-looking women while women are attracted to wealthy men, according to a team composed of researchers at Indiana...
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As old crew quit, it's not all smooth sailing
To fill gaps left by retiring faculty, US institutions are taking on greater numbers of foreign lecturers and cheaper part-time and contract staff, but they are still having difficulty filling places...
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The fanaticism of denial that must be exposed
Scientists must engage more with the public or the HIV/Aids deniers will gain credibility, argues Tara Smith. There is no Aids epidemic in Africa. HIV doesn't exist. People are dying because...
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Universities torn between two masters
Trying to serve students and society puts academe under unbearable strain, says Martin Mills
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The best-laid plans...
Celebrations at York University over getting the go-ahead to double the size of its campus after a year-long public inquiry narrowly escaped being short lived, it has emerged. The decision letter...
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Just what the doctors ordered
Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, deputy rector of Imperial College London, is tipped to take over as chief executive of the Medical Research Council when Colin Blakemore departs this month. The Times Higher...
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Chopsticks and Marigolds
Two delegates at a conference on China organised by Agora, higher education's newest think-tank, were clearly traumatised by an experience during their visit to the country. At an official banquet...
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In league with the 'Swans'
Swansea Institute of Higher Education's bid for university status could be celebrated on the terraces of its football club if the Privy Council lets it achieve its goal of becoming Swansea...
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When keeping your cool counts
A generational overlap with her students has taken some careful handling, both in person and online, writes Just another Friday night and a twentysomething binge drinker en route to a party bumps...
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A partial solution to widening the skills base
Moves to educate the workforce will not succeed without better support for part-timers, argues David Latchman A cynic might suggest that the name of the new Department for Innovation, Universities...
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Is there no room left for reflection?
'Research' and 'scholarship' are not the same thing, says Frank Furedi. Funding-council culture has seriously devalued the latter. Scholars do not work to a formal job specification. They do not...
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The write stuff and how to get it
Have you got the blank-page blues? Tackle that bout of writer's block with simple exercises aimed at getting your thoughts flowing from pen (or keyboard) to paper once again, says Harriet Swain. Um...
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Back your dissent with authority
Name: Rosemary Craig Age: 57 Job: Part-time lecturer, School of Law, Ulster University, Jordanstown. Salary: £32,000 (pro rata) Background: Mature student in law (starting at the age 31); part-time...
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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 the human resources department of a university and am unclear whether the...
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Who's in who's out?
Oxford Brookes When staff in the vice-chancellor's office at Oxford Brookes University learnt of Janet Beer's appointment, they all read Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth , a title Professor Beer...