Lambert to draft model IP contracts
Model research contracts are to be drafted by a government committee in a bid to speed up deals between universities and industry, The Times Higher has learnt. Richard Lambert, author of last year's...
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British biotech told: take 'bold steps' and stand up to rivals
The British biotechnology industry may be a big fish in the European pond but it is struggling to keep pace with competition from the US and Asia, according to a report, Paul Hill writes. The annual...
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Tragic end for Italian 'slave-driver'
Rome A professor at Messina University under house arrest while police investigated allegations that he "enslaved" doctoral students, has apparently committed suicide. Elio Fanara, 64, a professor of...
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Boost social value by making a united stand
Higher education needs to take joint action if it is to go beyond just training students for jobs, says David Maughan Brown. Nowadays it is taken at face value that good higher education increases...
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Nancy Rothwell
Clear but flexible rules on intellectual property are needed to avoid exploitation and ensure staff share the spoils. In a discussion with a group of graduate students, I asked, "Who owns the results...
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Don's Diary: Zen and the art of AHRB Maintenance
Monday Back from the vac. Glad I avoided all those terrible conferences with awful Cellophane food and plastic lectures. Grumpy thoughts soon pass as I park in my favourite spot: thank goodness that...
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A f***ing hard act to follow
The Royal Society's list of 2004 fellows is finally unveiled this week. But with his five-year presidency coming to an end in 2005, speculation is beginning about a much bigger announcement - who...
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A bedtime Tory?
Those of us who cherish a belief that the intricacies of higher education policy are of interest to everyone may have to think again. Last week the House of Commons science and technology committee...
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A spliffing idea
A marketing consultancy conducting a study of student culture tells us that cannabis use is so common on campus that many students don't even regard it as a drug. It's not surprising then that...
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Help for poor hacks
Finally, Cambridge University is taking widening participation to extremes. When one of our reporters turned up at the institution last week with no wallet, barely a flat Black-Country vowel had...
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Why I... believe universities need theology and theology needs faith
Modernity lingers throughout the academy through the strong emphasis on reason, history and repeatable experiments as benchmarks of wisdom. Disinterested scholarship is extolled even while strong...
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Long live diversity
Trevor Phillips proclaimed the end of multiculturalism. He couldn't be more wrong, says Darcus Howe. Every year, the staff of Aylesbury College of Education celebrate the life of Jacob Briskman with...
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Call yourself cosmopolitan?
Embracing global opportunity is about more than cashing in on overseas students, says Frank Furedi. One of the most exciting features of a university is its embrace of global influences. Ideas have...
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Put away your pom-poms and start to shout
It is time for academics to make a stand on the political stage and show where their loyalties lie, says Bob Brecher. The question of where academics' political loyalties should lie is becoming...
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Jobwatch: Can you talk the talk?
Westminster hopes to further boost healthy RAE scores with ten posts in social sciences, humanities and languages for those with a flexible approach, writes Chris Johnston. A rising student intake at...