The cost of rational treasure
Cutting red tape is a tricky business, but it appears that auditing bodies feel it more acutely than most. According to the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education's annual accounts, "...
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Incentive-driven business
Ferrying vice-chancellors from A to B is rather less costly than the above, but the University of Central Lancashire is still prepared to pay up to Pounds 16,000 for a "smart, professional and...
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It's just a private affair
Meanwhile, affairs between academics and students will be condoned in Croatia's capital if the new code of behaviour issued by Zagreb University is anything to go by. It states that voluntary sexual...
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Is there no longer room for debate?
Matthias Kuntzel says Leeds University's decision to cancel his lecture on anti-Semitism in Islam has worrying implications. At 1pm on March 14, I arrived in Leeds to be told that the university,...
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Avant-garde is alive in our creative workshops
Art schools have long nurtured innovation. Their models have a great deal to offer universities, argues Anne Bamford. It was a lesson once enjoyed by John Lennon, Damien Hirst, Eric Clapton, the...
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Shout out and hope for change
The National Student Survey might seem a flawed exercise, but Susan Bassnett believes it could be a chance to make some noise about issues of concern. The annual student survey is coming round again...
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Do not belabour the bullet point
If you are giving a lecture or a conference talk, PowerPoint could be just the tool you need to liven things up. But, warns Harriet Swain, unless it is used with thought it could overwhelm your...
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Tips on staying sane after 35 years
Name : David Martin. Age : 62. Job : Senior lecturer in history, Sheffield University. Salary : £2,578 net last month; a 1.25 per cent increment is due this month. Plus about £250 a year as an...
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Ask the panel
Worried about your employment, maternity, pension rights? Send your questions to The Times Higher advice panel. 'I work as a principal lecturer in a school of health and social care at a new...
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Who's in, who's out?
TEESSIDE It is not often that business people move into academe, but Teesside University's Jim TerKeurst is something of an exception. He ran his own media production company in the US for...
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Fears over job security
Critics claim that open-ended contracts are no safety net for staff. Anthea Lipsett reports. Job security for research staff has not improved despite universities' use of open-ended contracts to...
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EU plans for 'enforceable' code
UK universities could be forced to adhere to the European Commission's Charter for Researchers and Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers under Commission plans to introduce "enforceable...
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Today's news
Oxford targets bright young things of eastern Europe Oxford University hopes to entice eastern Europe's brightest students with scholarships worth £25,000 a year from October. The university has...
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Laurie Taylor Column
"Sussex University's new open-plan offices blamed for increased stress and bitter in-fighting" - The Times Higher, March 16 From: Jamie Targett, Director of Corporate Affairs Subject: Open-plan...
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Sci-fi is not really about the science
After being a consultant on a film, Kevin Fong realised plot is more important than facts A couple of years ago, somebody asked me if I'd give a talk to a bunch of actors and a director who were...