Nighy impossible
Attempts to liven up graduation ceremonies by anointing famous people as honorary fellows can be a risky affair. After flagging up actor Bill Nighy as one of its honorands, Liverpool John Moores...
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Honourable in tent?
Lecturers at Birmingham University, meanwhile, also had to suffer disappointment when an important dignitary did not turn up for graduation. An e-mail was sent urging staff to turn up to the "marquis...
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A little sexual chemistry
Scientists may traditionally have been seen as a rather nerdy bunch who wouldn't recognise their libido if they tripped over it in the lab. But times are changing. At this summer's Royal Society of...
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Dispute leaves a bitter taste
After months of rancour, the industrial dispute that wracked academe has come to an end. The Times Higher asks a cross-section of university staff for their thoughts on a difficult episode The...
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Grumbling won't change a thing
For too long academics have let others decide their fate - except over pay. Frank Furedi urges them to pipe up Is it going to be business as usual now that lecturers have accepted the pay deal? One...
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Make a move to a career hot spot
Fancy a job in a place where the sun always shines? Harriet Swain discovers how you can ensure your working life's a beach by leaving behind the cold British winters and getting a warm welcome...
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Friendly place with a fine fireplace
Name: Wendy Bowe Age: 25 Job: Operating department practitioner (ODP), Edge Hill University. Background: BSc in psychology at Sunderland University. After university I worked at Carlisle College in...
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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 33 and have paid into the Teachers' Pension Scheme for four years (but have never...
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Who's in? Who's out?
University of the arts, London Jane Rapley, who helped launch some of the biggest names in fashion, will become the new head of Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design from August 1. Ms...
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Salford seeks mediation
Poor report leads Salford to shake up grievance policy, writes Phil Baty Salford University is pioneering a "mediation" service after an internal report found that staff have little faith in the...
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Today's news
Skills are rusting away Rolls-Royce warned yesterday that it is being forced to recruit overseas because Britain is failing to produce enough youngsters suitably qualified in science and technology...
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Political Agreement Text of the Draft Decision Concerning the 7th Framework Programme (2007-2013) (extract)
Brussels, Jul 2006 Full text of Document 11978/06 Suite of documents 11978/06 No. prev. doc.: 11826/06 RECH 193 ATO 82 COMPET 203 CODEC 783+ COR 1 No. Cion prop.: 11142/06 RECH 181 ATO 74 COMPET 188...
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Political Agreement Text of the Draft Council Decision Concerning the 7th Framework Programme of Euratom (2007-2011) (extract)
Brussels, Jul 2006 Full text of Document 11979/06 Suite of documents 11979/06 No. prev. doc.: 11826/06 RECH 193 ATO 82 COMPET 203 CODEC 783 + COR 1 No. Cion prop.: 11142/06 RECH 181 ATO 74 COMPET 188...
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Laurie Taylor Column
" Struggle to fill v-c job vacancies " - The Times Higher, July 21 University of Poppleton Vice-Chancellor and President Following the retirement of the current vice-chancellor for overwhelming...
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Leader: Change of course for access drive
There appears to be a growing consensus (among the politicians, at least) that the time has come for a reappraisal of the drive to widen participation in higher education. For Labour, Bill Rammell,...