Who's in, who's out?
TEESSIDE It is not often that business people move into academe, but Teesside University's Jim TerKeurst is something of an exception. He ran his own media production company in the US for...
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Fears over job security
Critics claim that open-ended contracts are no safety net for staff. Anthea Lipsett reports. Job security for research staff has not improved despite universities' use of open-ended contracts to...
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EU plans for 'enforceable' code
UK universities could be forced to adhere to the European Commission's Charter for Researchers and Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers under Commission plans to introduce "enforceable...
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Today's news
Oxford targets bright young things of eastern Europe Oxford University hopes to entice eastern Europe's brightest students with scholarships worth £25,000 a year from October. The university has...
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Laurie Taylor Column
"Sussex University's new open-plan offices blamed for increased stress and bitter in-fighting" - The Times Higher, March 16 From: Jamie Targett, Director of Corporate Affairs Subject: Open-plan...
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Sci-fi is not really about the science
After being a consultant on a film, Kevin Fong realised plot is more important than facts A couple of years ago, somebody asked me if I'd give a talk to a bunch of actors and a director who were...
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Leader: The pitfalls of a non-stop society
Academics seem to be adrift in a perfect storm that guarantees them sleepless nights. It is made up of ever more demanding students, more ruthless managers and technology that makes it hard to escape...
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Leader: Saucy seminars
There may be good reasons why academic conferences tend to be held in Umbria rather than Cumbria, or Athens rather than Aberdeen. For the driven souls who attend them for new scholarly insights,...
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Faith is no foe of freethinking 1
With reference to the suggestion that Church-founded universities and colleges represent a threat to free speech ("Ethos may be a foe to freedom", March 16), Dennis Hayes was unable to provide any "...
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Faith is no foe of freethinking 2
Whether or not an institution can guide its staff to maintain the collective ethos that it agrees, it is a very cheap shot to go from Canterbury Christ Church to Brigham Young University. BYU is...
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Faith is no foe of freethinking 3
There is no freedom of speech to discuss differing views on homosexuality and homosexual relations. The attack on Christian universities by The Times Higher and Dennis Hayes states that he is not...
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Faith is no foe of freethinking 4
I am sure readers will be bothered about the possibility of lack of freedom of speech at Chester and Canterbury Christ Church universities. It is an inquisition-type scenario whereby when it suits...
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It's not a class issue
The benefits of students providing information about their parents' backgrounds to the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service when applying to higher education have been lost in accusations of...
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Powerful images
What are we to read into the images of two women that appeared in The Times Higher on March 16? Wendy Piatt, director-general of the Russell Group, is seated on a plush leather sofa. Sally Hunt,...
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Permanent payoff 1
Employment of researchers on open contracts is good news for universities, not just the researchers ("Research joy over rise in job security", March 9). At Birmingham University's School of Education...