It's an office, not a servants' hall
Stop playing lord and master. Administrative staff are your colleagues who are employed to work, not to serve you. And, says Harriet Swain, they deserve your support and to be treated with respect...
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Chaotic place to work on something that is like love
Name: Rogelio Vallejo Age: This used to be considered an indiscreet question and today it is politically incorrect. Job: Senior language tutor and co-ordinator of Spanish teaching programmes,...
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Ask the panel
Worried about your employment, maternity, pension rights? Send your questions to The Times Higher advice panel. 'Is there a duty to promote disability equality within the curriculum above and beyond...
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Who got that cash?
It took a consortium of three different organisations and some serious persuasion to secure the Routes into Languages programme's £4.5 million grant from the Higher Education Funding Council for...
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Birmingham leads efforts to address foreign staff needs
In an increasingly internationalised environment, universities must work harder to get the best out of their overseas staff, writes Tony Tysome Birmingham University is at the forefront of moves by...
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Laurie Taylor Column
"Academics who wish to publish in time for the next research assessment exercise submission at the end of the year face serious publication backlogs" - Report in Higher Education News Rushforth and...
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Leader: Free speech vs a cheap victory
Another week, another furore about free speech on university campuses. The news that Bath University undergraduate Danny Lake, the national organiser for the Young British National Party, has invited...
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Leader: Mind the pay gap
At first sight, the 14 per cent disparity in pay between female and male academics does not compare too badly with the 25 per cent gap in the legal profession and the 32 per cent chasm in corporate...
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Training derailed
Lisa Turner said: "All my trainings are based on sound scientific principles" ("It's based on scientific principles", April ). Does she have any "trainings" in English grammar? Gordon Joly London
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A formula failure
According to the "academic effectiveness" formula ("Post-92s put elite to shame in key areas", May 4), all we need do is only admit applicants with no A levels and do what we like with them for three...
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Add grey shades to green debate 1
I have spent my entire working life battling against attempts to ram politically - and academically - convenient orthodoxies down my throat, and I certainly do not intend to be seduced now by the...
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Add grey shades to green debate 2
Bob Ward seems to be supporting a witch-hunt in academic departments for climate-change deniers. I personally do not know any free-market ideologists and oil industry lobbyists who are engaged in...
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Shared pains
I agree with James Martin (Letters, May 4) that academic staff should appreciate the nature and constraints of the administrator's task. Equally, administrators should understand the nature of...
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The front of the union
I was informed in an official "UCU news update" that "UCU members have noticed an increase in activity on and off campus by the British National Party in recent weeks and months". Activity by this...
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Perfect portfolio job
I read the opening of the article on portfolio careers ("Find freedom as jack of all trades", Working Knowledge, April ) with some amusement. The article began with the question "If you are fed up...