Dash for cash - or die
Meanwhile, one of the most insightful ideas yet to emerge from the increasingly protracted debate over how to assess research was unveiled at the UCU conference. One academic who was questioned for...
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Comic lends extra to Welsh fight
Welsh students have found an unlikely champion in their campaign to stop the Welsh Assembly Government from introducing top-up fees next year. The comedian Ricky Gervais has given his permission for...
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Graduates will not be under par
A Chinese university is demanding that its law and business students take golf lessons in order to prepare them for a commercial world in which business deals are made on the links. The compulsory...
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A little bit of trust can go a long way
Police efforts to engage with local Muslim communities should not be dismissed as Islamophobic spying, argues Special Branch officer Brian Young The strategic aim of the Special Branch Community...
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West does not hold all the bargaining chips
What threat do North Korea and Iran pose if they develop full nuclear capability and can the West defuse the tensions? The immediate security threat from North Korea does not come from the bomb but...
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Big bad Nanny is watching you
Keeping covert tabs on students is not a 'support' strategy, it's a method of control,says Frank Furedi Last month, I received an e-mail from an undergraduate at Napier University. She wrote that "...
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The votes are in, and you scored
Everyone's a critic these days, aren't they? And now even students are at it. Whatever next? Harriet Swain explains how to go about collecting student feedback - and ensuring it's all positive...
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Saving lives in spite of the clutter
Name : Guillaume Alinier Age : 29 Job: I am manager of a multiprofessional healthcare simulation centre in Hertfordshire University's Intensive Care Emergency Simulation Centre. I am also a...
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Ask the panel
Worried about your employment, maternity, pension rights? Send your questions to The Times Higher advice panel. I am a lecturer in an old university. I have been living with bipolar disorder since my...
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Ride the Cornish job wave
Exeter University has launched a recruitment drive to fill up to 30 posts on a new £100 million campus near Falmouth. Backed by European Union Objective One funding, the campus is a Combined...
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Who's in, who's out?
HULL Peter Rolf Lutzeier is both excited and daunted by his appointment as pro vice-chancellor for teaching and learning at Hull University. There may not be a word to describe these seemingly...
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Reversing car culture
The University of East Anglia takes green initiative and appoints a travel adviser, reports Claire Sanders Staff and students at the University of East Anglia are being encouraged to consider greener...
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Minister admits funding shortfall
Science Minister Lord Sainsbury admitted this week that government support for science departments was insufficient, but said funding chiefs would not consider changing it until at least next year....
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US and Russian scientists claim discovery of newest element
Brussels, 19 October 2006 A research team of Russian and American scientists have claimed the discovery of the newest element, called element 118 after the number of protons in its nucleus. The...
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Dissecting the pros and cons of nanotechnologies
Brussels, 19 October 2006 Will Nanosciences shape future society and how will citizens benefit from it? This was the question put to scientists, policy makers and stakeholders at a Nanocafé on 18...