If it's not a labour of love, just leave
Postdoctoral study is not for everyone, but it's nirvana for creative types who thrive on intellectual challenge, says Anastasia Simi I was in Greece a few weeks ago visiting my family when I got an...
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The hosepipe and other revolutionary icons
Crucial but humble advances are ignored by academic research in histories of innovation, says David Edgerton Scientific futurism has developed a taste for retro. Stephen Hawking epitomised that...
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Red tape, don't you just love it!
Tim Birkhead has seen the light - the RAE lifts indolent dons from ivory towers. And as for the 50 per cent participation target... Believe it or not, I've had a change of heart. Following my annual...
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What this egg can do for you
Help is at hand for those who struggle to remember students' names, says Harriet Swain. One method is word association - and that's when the most unusual items can help you crack the problem. You...
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Eating out and other 24/7 jobs
Name - Brian John Schofield. Age: 56. Job: Head of security services, Bath University. Salary: AR 3. Background: A career police officer of 30 years involved in many major public order and firearms...
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Ask the panel
Worried about your employment, maternity, pension rights? Send your questions to The Times Higher advice panel. I have recently been employed as an estates manager at a university and manage three...
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Sector is slow to embrace diversity
Stonewall lists only one university in its index of the UK's 100 best employers. Rebecca Attwood reports Police forces and investment banks have more gay-friendly employers than do universities,...
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Who got that job?
Lisa Nelson, clinical training practitioner in herbal medicine, University of East London. Job advertised : The Times Higher, June 30, 2006 The World Health Organization estimates that Britons spend...
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Soas splashes out on staff to broaden its horizons
The School of Oriental and African Studies wants to recruit almost 20 lecturers to boost new areas and revitalise others. The posts, advertised in The Times Higher this week and next, will broaden...
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Today's news
Alarm as students achieve record top degrees Two out of three university students graduated with a top degree last year, according to figures certain to raise fresh concerns that standards are in...
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Laurie Taylor Column
Universities are using consultants posing as would-be students to test the "customer care" skills of academics - The Times Higher , January 5 Professor Lapping. A mystery student on line one......
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Leader: Using the calm before the storm
After years of almost continuous expansion, these are worrying times for universities throughout the developed world. While the demand for places from overseas applicants remains generally buoyant,...
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Leader: Charitable deeds
Would you leave your house to your employer, even if it was a university? For many readers, the mere suggestion will be laughable. Charitable donations (on a considerably smaller scale) tend to be...
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Free speech, not just for academe 1
How many academics would award a PhD if it became evident during the viva, if not before, that the thesis presented represented the opinions of someone who had not studied the area, had not...
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Free speech, not just for academe 2
Keith Flett (Letters, January 5) argues that the freedom of academics to speak out "cannot extend to people weighing in with racist, sexist, homophobic and other prejudicial thoughts". Leaving aside...