Germans go for balance
Only a clever mixture of happiness and work allows true intellectual self-fulfilment in modern society, German philosopher Theodor W. Adorno once wrote. Adorno, the epitome of a self-confident...
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Searching blindly for the truth in black and white
That old taboo, racism, endures in the collective unconscious - and in science, too, argues Kunal Basu Race is taboo. Few words prompt as much noise - or silence. Fewer still have enjoyed comparable...
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Alison Wolf
Around this time of year my brain atrophies. This is partly the accumulation of occupational shocks that one cannot do much to avoid. Discovering you have 80 students in your class next term when you...
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Ros Coward: Look back on dangers or living dangerously?
The new year newspapers "Reviews of the Year" are the great new year newspaper rituals. Lists and quizzes such as The Daily Telegraph's "2005: The Good, the Bad and the Quirky" are increasingly...
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Will knight fight another day?
For senior public servants, a gong from the Queen is the traditional way to cap a career and disappear into honourable retirement. Which is why the knighthood awarded to Ivor Crewe, the former...
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The long and the short of it
We hear that there are two other names on the long list for Hefce's top job: David Watson, formerly vice-chancellor at Brighton University, and David Eastwood, vice-chancellor of the University of...
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Declaration of independence
While he's been finishing off his duties as editor of The Spectator , Boris Johnson, the new Tory Higher Education Spokesman, has been tight-lipped about what he makes of tuition fees and the state...
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Catering for very special needs
The disabled loos that the University of Central England, Birmingham, dutifully installed recently are causing more problems than anticipated. Security guards keep catching students in flagrante in...
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We need a change of climate to survive
Humanity can only learn to cope with global warming if we accept that it will take more than the work of scientists to find appropriate solutions, says Mike Hulme Climate change will not be "solved"...
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Smoke, mirrors and Chinese pipe dreams
To Western universities made-in-China degrees look lucrative - but they're fooling themselves, says exile Wei Jingsheng When Western universities promote schemes to run their own branches in China,...
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Coping with the copycat culture
We must redefine the blurred line between computer research and theft of ideas, says Susan Bassnett Plagiarism used to be a word that provoked strong reactions: it was seen as something utterly...
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Hot under collar? head Keep a cool head
Harriet Swain is given some expert advice on how to complain about problems at work. Key to getting the result you crave is keeping your composure even if you are fast approaching boiling point New...
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Long lunch, then back in the saddle
Name: Jenny Swan Age: 37 Job: Office assistant, development and alumni office, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh. Salary: About £14,000 Practical training: Information technology courses, mainly 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 will be retiring in December 2006 from a new university. I have colleagues in old...
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Who's in who's out?
BRUNEL The Texas Chainsaw Massacre may not be to everyone's taste but it helped turn Xavier Mendik into one of the world's leading academic experts on cult movies. Mr Mendik, course convener for the...