Why I ...think we have too many books
Thrills that never diminish: hitting a ball to the boundary; making an audience laugh; a lively seminar discussion; love. Thrills that eventually diminish to zero or below: chairing a meeting; being...
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No place for losers
Marketisation has energised US higher education but it has its downsides, says David Kirp The bogeyman of "marketisation" haunts the rancorous debate over the higher education bill. Viewed from...
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Animal tests can't be avoided
Vivisection is necessary despite the search for alternatives, says Simon Festing No one wants to use animals for medical research if it can be avoided. It's controversial. The public doesn't like it...
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Work is tough enough, so don't make it worse
The professional world offers many opportunities to shoot oneself in the foot. Valerie Atkinson highlights a few favourites Can you recall being single? Did you ever try to entice someone who was...
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Jobwatch: movers and shapers
Derby College, Buxton, is looking for two assistant directors to take it forward during one of its most significant events - the move into £15 million new premises, writes Claire Sanders University...
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Who got that job?
Kathy Wiles, 35 Director £35,251 - £39,958 University of Newcastle upon Tyne Job advertised in The Times Higher , August 29 2003 Kathy Wiles came home when she got the top job at the Centre for...
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Teaching: on the front line
What is your experience of teaching? Pat Leon asks teachers how they manage Name: Gavin Burnage Age: 40 Job: Computer-assisted language learning officer in the faculty of modern and medieval...
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Speak up, I'm doing some silent teaching
Lecturers, bite your tongue, relinquish control and get those students talking. It will do wonders for classroom dynamics, says Rosanna Breen Teachers are in that awkward position of having to strike...
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Anger at centre for animal welfare
A new government centre for research on alternatives to animal research is expected to anger anti-vivisection groups by underlining the need for some animal experiments to continue. The national...
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V-c halts league tables
Oxford University's next vice-chancellor has won a legal battle against his native New Zealand government to stop the publication of university league tables. John Hood, who will join Oxford this...
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Scholars thwart spies
Academic hostility to the UK's intelligence services is blighting efforts to defend western liberal democracy against the challenge of Islamic fundamentalism, a leading scholar has claimed. Anthony...
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Review 'papers over cracks'
Proposals unveiled this week to create a fairer and more transparent university admissions system will have limited impact on efforts to widen access, academic leaders have warned. The long-awaited...
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'Incensed' Southall attacks press slurs
Beleaguered paediatrician David Southall claimed this week that misrepresentation of leading academics' views on child abuse was destroying careers. Professor Southall said Sir Roy Meadow, the widely...
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In the news: Steve Wharton
"I would hope that my sexuality is totally irrelevant," Steve Wharton said this week on his election as president of the Association of University Teachers for 2005-06. But this did not stop the...
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Appointments
The following have been appointed pro vice-chancellors by Cambridge University: Andrew Cliff , professor of theoretical geography and a fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge; Ian Leslie , head of the...