Washington DC
Female professors at US universities earn about 88 per cent of their male colleagues' salaries, according to a survey by the American Association of University Professors. The disparity is wider at...
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Kabul
Afghan president Hamid Karzai is to honour a constitutional commitment that all members of his new Cabinet will have to hold a university degree, aides said. The decision means that several current...
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The Rime of the Ancyent Lecturere
Take heed, 'tis a wretched don who dare sticketh his head above th' parapet, laments Steve Hawley (with apologies to Coleridge) 1 It is an Ancyent Lecturere And he teacheth one till three "By thy...
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Don's diary: Christmas reflections
Monday In the uneventful life of a university lecturer, the smallest victories and defeats assume epic qualities. This would explain the peculiar feeling of deflation I experience when I spot a...
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Wetting the new arrival's head
The departure of Charles Clarke and the arrival of Ruth Kelly at the Department for Education and Skills appears to have been a champagne moment for some civil servants. Within hours of Ms Kelly's...
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Yet more Labour spin
The new Secretary of State for Education and Skills did not, however, have the opportunity to make a grand entrance to the department to meet her officials. Building work meant Ms Kelly had to make...
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All the president men
Last week, Universities UK trumpeted the appointment of Drummond Bone, vice-chancellor of Liverpool University, as its new president. But the initial press release - later hurriedly corrected - also...
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Dean there, done that
Universities that turn to headhunters to help fill their vacancies should remember their loyalty is often very temporary. One academic who recently got a job as a dean within a major university was...
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Why I ... think that universities should take campus religion seriously
Walking along Oxford Road in Manchester recently I counted six or seven people - leaflets, false smiles - working the crowds. Their shabby anoraks gave them away as street evangelists seeking out...
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Take a tip from The X Factor's 'Mr Nasty'
We should stop rewarding mediocrity and tell it like it is, argues Tim Birkhead Right. When I tap the dashboard I want you to stop as though a child has run out into the road. Bang. Pause. Screech....
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Nobody likes a party pooper
Exhibiting a little bit of festive spirit is to be encouraged, writes Harriet Swain, but be sure to follow a few basic rules if you want your Christmas bash to go with a bang Feeling festive? Full of...
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Help foreign guests to help you
There can be few universities in the UK that do not have international students. Although the number of such students varies between institutions, there is no doubt that they are a valued and...
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My worst nightmares
1. The moment at which I believed I had finally made it on to the same pay scale as my male counterpart (after many years of battling), only to find that he had been effortlessly moved up a grade. 2...
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Teacher audit
* Name: Chris Pegler * Age: 48 * Job: Lecturer at the Institute of Educational Technology at the Open University * Salary: Lecturer B scale * Qualifications: BA business (Coventry...
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A sunny outlook in education
Fancy a lectureship in the Caribbean? As the chill and darkness of winter descends on campuses up and down the country, here is an opportunity for academic life in much warmer, exotic climes. Due to...