Italian universities have caught the wacky degree bug with a bewildering range of unregulated masters that has grown fourfold since 2001 and by 24 per cent in just the past year. Officials fear they...
With assassination a daily threat, Iraq's academy is collapsing. It desperately needs support, says Sami Ramadani. If the police "cannot protect themselves, how can they protect us?" Khalid Al-Judi,...
I read somewhere that if we think of human evolution as covering a 24-hour period, then settled agriculture occurred at 23.58pm - two minutes ago. On that timescale, university education for women...
Anantomy Acts St Andrews and Dundee universities, until January 13 For all that metaphysics has to say about the mind-body problem, it remains largely silent on the nature of the human figure. "Mind-...
Last week's Times Higher Awards were a merry occasion. And not just for the winners. One mischievous university, which shall remain nameless, ordered ten extra bottles of wine and charged them to the...
On a related note, Peep wondered which table of guests finished their wine first. Readers will be shocked to hear it was the one with those two eminent scientists by the names of Atkins and Blakemore...
Leeds Metropolitan University was so chuffed at being shortlisted for two Times Higher Awards, it got a bit carried away. The institution created a four-page mock-up newspaper to herald its success....
Which institutional head approached one of the judges and threatened: "If we haven't won, you're ****ing toast"? Fortunately, the institution had indeed won, on merit alone, and violence was averted.
Gemma Tumelty, president of the National Union of Students, found it hard to keep up an appearance of impartiality at the awards dinner. Her sister Jodi was a few tables away as union president at...
Peep was a little surprised at the number of early birds arriving at the Hilton bar by 5pm for a 7.30 awards reception. Contrast universities' punctuality in the submission of their award nominations...
On the eve of the Online Educa Berlin conference, The Times Higher asked delegates how IT will change the nature of academics' work in ten years' time. Academic lives will be changed for ever with...
The RAE brings out the spoilt child in academics who know their market value, bemoans Tim Birkhead. My first head of department was a tyrant. He had been a sergeant-major in the Second World War,...
The marriage of industry funds and academic research is not a one-sided affair, says Harriet Swain. Sponsors expect a mutually beneficial relationship and it might be worth looking into a prenup. It'...
Name : Ged Roddy. Age : 43. Job : Director of sport, Bath University. Background : I was an undergraduate at Birmingham University and postgraduate at Manchester University - I was and remain a...
Worried about your employment, maternity, pension rights? Send your questions to The Times Higher advice panel. For the past 20 years, I have worked as a lecturer in new universities. A year ago, I...