First Impressions
This week's competition to identify a book from its opening sentence is from a novel whose author and central character are in 'exile' from the Caribbean: " When I first came to London, shortly after...
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Trail boss was beamed to new planet - but without a Beagle
American Science Fiction TV
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A lens for laughter and pain
The Great Life Photographers
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Watchdogs in press become lapdogs of the Administration
The Record of the Paper
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Passionate about the pueblo
The Cambridge Companion to Modern Latin American Culture
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Conferences supplement
Conferences, Issue No. 2 Published in The Times Higher on 18 March 2005 Leader 'Why is the conference market still expanding even in the cash-strapped world of universities' Bad trip? ...
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Today's news
Universities warned to maintain teaching standards Universities must not cut corners in teaching students in their pursuit of top research ratings, the government's higher education watchdog warned...
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Pensions crisis may threaten pay rises
University employers this week warned that future pay rises could be in jeopardy as institutions are forced to divert cash to deal with a crisis in pensions. The stark warning, from the Universities...
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Cut out the babble, Eno tells lecturers
Britain's art schools are "dim and tired" places where lecturers "babble meaningless jargon", according to Brian Eno, one of the UK's most successful pop-music producers and artists. At a London...
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'Our culture tends to make a false division between science and arts'
Mona Siddiqui is privileged to be among the broad band of new fellows elected to the Royal Society of Edinburgh Islamic scholar Mona Siddiqui, head of Glasgow University's department of theology and...
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RSE fellows...
The following have been elected honorary fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: David Attenborough, freelance writer and broadcaster; Michael Berry (Bristol); John McCarthy (Stanford); Michael...
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De Montfort in exam furore
De Montfort University stands accused of abandoning academic standards after deciding to improve students' exam results by up to 14 per cent because their performance was so poor. A decision last...
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Brown talks up UK stem-cell efforts
Chancellor Gordon Brown underlined his commitment to making Britain the most attractive country to carry out stem-cell research in the Budget this week. Mr Brown said: "Stem-cell research holds the...
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Think-tank: beware gap in research funding
Research student numbers could fall in England as a result of a funding formula to be introduced next year, a think-tank said this week. The Higher Education Funding Council for England has announced...
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Colleges bid for status change
Six new universities may be created after quality watchdogs considered higher education colleges' applications for a change of status, it emerged this week. The Times Higher has learnt that the...