We'll work together to keep jewel sparkling
Alan Johnson is determined to see that UK higher education remains a diverse and competitive sector. It is almost six months since I returned to the Department for Education and Skills as Secretary...
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Ruth Scurr
Admissions tutors and officers nationwide are now carefully considering piles of files from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service. Some of those piles are noticeably smaller today than...
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No all-American dream
BORAT: CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR MAKE BENEFIT GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN. Cinemas nationwide. The dinner-party hostess in Birmingham, Alabama, proudly tells her guests: "The cultural...
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Snaps blow up in Amy's face
Photos on the social networking website Facebook are meant to embarrass students - not their professors. But the cheeks of the president of the University of Pennsylvania, Amy Gutmann, have been a...
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Painful recall of brief encounter
Andrew Cubie, whose report led to the abolition of tuition fees in Scotland, was having uncomfortable flashbacks last week. He told NUS Scotland's annual reception in Edinburgh City Chambers how he...
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Try a little cosmetic surgery
How do you stop your local hospital closing? Add the word "university" to its name, say academics in a chat room for specialists in accident and emergency medicine. One posting reads: "Just about...
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Blame it on the fall guy
Peep stumbled over a surprisingly interesting paragraph in the Universities and Colleges Employers' Association health and safety report. It claims that the number of slips, trips and falls in higher...
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One small child and a mother of a row
As argument rages over the rights and wrongs of Madonna's Malawi adoption, Pat Caplan searches beyond the headlines for a little more cultural understanding. The British press has had a feeding...
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Leave those in the know to manage the show
The US experience suggests that ceding control of universities to boards of outsiders is a mistake, writes Brian Leftow. A short while ago, I asked a number of US academics if they could tell me...
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A true measure of displeasure
Politicians' obsession with statistics and tables reveals little and delivers less, argues Susan Bassnett Not a week goes by without me being sent another set of "meaningful" figures. I am fed up...
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Be aware of the paperless trail
Firing off an an e-mail may be a quick and easy way to communicate with a group of people but remember, a hastily written missive may just come back to haunt you, warns Harriet Swain. Hi guys. What's...
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Let the wonderful moments roll
Name : Sandra Griffiths. Age: 57. Jobs: Senior lecturer in education at Ulster University and National Teaching Fellow. As president of the All-Ireland Society for Higher Education I work with staff...
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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 head of a small department in an old university. I have recently had requests to...
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Research team kicks off science jobs drive
Liverpool's £17m revamp aims to tempt chemists North, reports Anthea Lipsett. Liverpool University has lured a team of leading international chemists to Merseyside in an effort to put itself on the...
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Who's in, who's out?
Newport Jonathan Liu is well aware that his new role - associate dean for research and enterprise at the University of Wales, Newport - involves the tricky task of marrying two cultures. He said: "...