Head for business, heart for academe
What makes a good vice-chancellor? The Times Higher asked those in the job to identify the essential qualities. * The job today requires a balancing act between what is academically desirable and...
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A time and place to shout out 'fire'
Academics must be free to express opinions, says Bob Brecher, but in the right situation and the right context. Academic freedom has been in the headlines over the past few weeks: racist views at...
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Give foreign dish some UK flavour
Establishing a campus overseas is not a route to easy money but, says Harriet Swain, providing you plan properly, do your research and take a long-term view, your institution should profit in many...
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Long hours in a lab with long lasers
Name : Juan Diego Ania-Castanon. Age: 32. Job: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council advanced research fellow at Aston University. Background : BSc in physics, MSc in astrophysics, PhD...
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Ask the panel
Worried about your employment, maternity, pension rights? Send your questions to The Times Higher advice panel. A student applied to study chemistry at our university but was refused a place on the...
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Research cash fuels jobs boom
Research income that has nearly tripled in the past 12 months is fuelling a jobs bonanza at Swansea University, with 500 posts expected to be created over three years. The jobs, mostly research...
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Waive your legal rights, Chester tells students
Leading lawyer criticises contract to protect university from compensation claims, reports Phil Baty. Universities were accused this week of forcing students to sign away their basic rights to seek...
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Who got that cash?
Sarah Whately and Karen Ross of Coventry University will give the profile of Britain's champion of contemporary dance a long overdue boost. With the help of a £417,000 grant from the Arts and...
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Laurie Taylor Column
What Are You Reading on Holiday? We continue our investigation into academic holiday reading by making another surprise call to a leading university figure. This week : Jamie Targett, Head of...
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Leader: Survey needs the absentees
The results of the second National Student Satisfaction Survey will come as a relief to ministers and the survey's organisers. Students are still overwhelmingly satisfied with their courses, and...
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Leader: Think again on A level
Now that the dust has settled on this summer's A-level results it becomes even more obvious that the whole system is in need of reform. The beginning of a flight to the International Baccalaureate (...
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Wrongs of red-circling 2
"Somewhat demoralised". The raw words I used in the feature cannot reflect my tone of voice and my feelings about being red-circled. In reality I am a great deal more than just somewhat demoralised....
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Revolutionary affairs
Obviously Hizb ut-Tahrir will aim to recruit at freshers' fairs ("Extremist groups set to recruit freshers" August 18): that's what these events are for. Like hundreds of other eager first-years at...
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How to boost numbers 1
Your editorial (August 18) has things upside-down when it blames the declining proportion of people entering higher education on the Government's failure to address educational inequalities. UK...
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How to boost numbers 2
Your report on the lack of success in boosting university student numbers ("Labour's student ambitions falter", August 18) is not helped by the fact that constant references are made to progression...