now it's academics' turn to pipe up and debate the professional standards framework for teaching, says Liz Allen It was the most low-key launch to what had been billed as an essential initiative. The...
As he finally pays off his student loan, Kevin Fong recalls the good old days of making his bank manager cry and ponders the impact of top-up fees This morning I watched my little boy rolling around...
If you hear that your department is in line for closure don't lose your head, says Harriet Swain. Take a look at the decision, rally the troops and make your case. You may just win a reprieve...
Name: Paul Elmer Age: 40 Job: Senior lecturer in public relations at the University of Central Lancashire. Background: I left school at 16 and worked in journalism and public relations, including for...
Worried about your employment, maternity, pension rights? Send your questions to The Times Higher advice panel. I work for a department in a new university rated 3 in the last research assessment...
Female staff gain as Southampton tackles research pay bias, reports Chloe Stothart Teaching staff in universities have traditionally been portrayed as underpaid wallflowers compared with their...
Stuart Scott, lecturer in sustainable energy engineering, Cambridge University Job advertised in The Times Higher, October 21, 2005 Stuart Scott's research is not to be sniffed at - he experiments...
Education experts are in demand at Liverpool John Moores University as it expands teaching and research in response to government policies for the young. The university's faculty of education,...
The Discovery of Ancient India
The Challenge of Affluence
Breaking the Spell
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This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a novelist who was once a merchant seaman: "It was the summer that men first walked on the moon." *...
Handel and the English Chapel Royal