Key to make the cash tills ring
Lord Sainsbury, the Science Minister, is renowned for his ability to say very little when questioned on issues of scientific policy. But that approach may be harder to pull off now that the...
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Script was bit of a dead parrot
All too frequently, senior figures in politics and science pass off articles and speeches written by their poorly paid secretaries as their own. So we congratulate Lord May, the president of the...
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Can't take the strain
A seminar on academic stress, due to be held in Parliament on Tuesday, was cancelled at the last minute this week. Rumour has it that the Association of University Teachers couldn't cope with the...
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Is Brown Mandy-bashing again?
Trust an audience of political academics and journalists to spot the spin (real or imagined) in a Gordon Brown speech. The Chancellor made an apparently innocent proposal to establish an Institute...
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Why I ... believe political correctness pours cold water on fiery debate
Many people in these allegedly enlightened times are afraid of thinking. They cleave to their opinions as to an old coat that has become worn, shapeless and finished. In many cases, those opinions...
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The games kids play...
If home biotechnology becomes the latest fad, we'd best start laying down rules, says Freeman Dyson Fifty years ago at Princeton, I watched the mathematician John von Neumann design and build the...
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Cutting edge is decidedly blunt
Academe's audit mania means the British scholar can no longer write textbooks, says Steven Kennedy The 2000s should be glory days for British academia. Instead academia faces a real danger of...
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The pitfalls of being too flexible a friend
Media-land relevance does not always sit well with historical consistency, finds Maria Misra I suppose, like all academics, I've dreamt of making a great splash in my field, founding the Misra School...
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Roll up, roll up for star attractions
Designing a new course module is no mean feat, but it will all seem worthwhile once you've got it right and the students start rolling in, Harriet Swain argues. Your subject needs a revamp. Your...
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My worst nightmare
In the 1980s, the Open University wanted to improve students' learning from television. Viewing sessions with tons of exercises based on the video were arranged nationally and I was put in charge of...
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Think of yourself as an enabler
The Disability Discrimination Act has concentrated attention on the needs of disabled students, but while managers in finance and estates departments shake their heads over the costs and logistics of...
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Department audit
Hilary Robinson, head of school, gives the lowdown on art and design at the University of Ulster * Total number of academic staff: 75 (plus three new permanent appointees about to start). * Number of...
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Business schools adjust to markets
UK business schools are refocusing their work and bringing new staff on board to help ring the changes. Aston University's business school is among those revamping its work with a two-year...
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Who got that job?
Lecturer in law, School of Arts Department of Law, Surrey University Job advertised in The Times Higher , February 6, 2004 The laughter and conversation that reverberate through the corridors of the...
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Glasgow pursues economic and urban growth
Glasgow University is recruiting eight academic staff, including two professors, for its departments of economics and urban studies and will also make several senior appointments in psychology. The...