Czech reforms back on cards
Local and Senate elections in the Czech Republic last weekend may end a political stalemate that has stalled anticipated university reforms. A general election last summer led to a hung Parliament,...
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Access plans have yet to show results
Schemes to raise the educational gains of Venezuela's poor have had a mixed response, says Jose Orozco. Venezuela has launched a scheme to encourage the country's poor, who have been shut out of...
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Is US tenure track fertile for change?
The whitewashed classroom at the University of California, Berkeley, looks quite ordinary. But the questions from the students are extraordinarily emotional and plaintive. "You've had a child before...
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The invisible power of piety wearing stilettos
The veil conceals but reveals, restricts but liberates. Meena Dhanda peers beneath the layers of meaning. A figure in black walks by with an armload of books. I turn around to say hello. It is my...
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Bruce Charlton: Dressed in a little brief authority
The best lectures I attended as a student were given by a spellbinding psychiatrist. He used no teaching aid except his hypnotic Viennese accent. Yet once heard, his spoken lessons were never...
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Third Way cul-de-sac
The affable Lord Giddens showed a steely side when he put one foreign journalist in her place recently. During an evening event organised by the Foreign Press Association, just off London's Mall, he...
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Hacked off with lectures
University journalism departments no doubt encourage students to write for the student newspaper or magazine. But perhaps it is best if they do not read what their charges write - if the contribution...
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Volte-face over vote farce
Birmingham University's senior management had egg on their faces this week, according to a website for black communities in the UK. Black Information Link claims that Jonathan Nicholls, the registrar...
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Strauss, father of the Right? Er, wrong
Why is a dead professor who wrote about political philosophy blamed for the Iraq War? ask Catherine and Michael Zuckert. A spectre has been haunting the US. And, strange to say, that spectre is an...
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Nations locked in servitude by a gulf in learning
As long as religious fundamentalist doctrines have influence, Muslim countries will lack a science base, warns Riaz Hassan. Universities in Muslim countries did poorly in the recent Times Higher...
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Students are rebels after all
State-led efforts to shape values often have perverse outcomes, says Maria Misra. Just look at the market-savvy Vietnamese For a few years, I have been one of the interviewers Oxford University sends...
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Don't stick with your soul mate
If you're keen to get into research, now may be the time to make new friends. But don't ignore junior colleagues and, remember, collaboration works best if team members have different skills, says...
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A reward - and discount - culture
Name : Adam Bell Age : 22 Job : Scholarships administrator. Designing and implementing the Excellence Scholarships Scheme offering rewards for students in sport, performing arts, creative arts and...
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Ask the panel
Worried about your employment, maternity, pension rights? Send your questions to The Times Higher advice panel. I teach in a new university in an inner city. I have a number of Muslim students on my...
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Charity will help staff to juggle life
Service will offer 24/7 advice on finance, stress and love, writes Anthea Lipsett. "Life coaching" to help busy lecturers manage their money, balance their work and social lives - and even improve...