£1K a visit for RAE checkup
Lee Elliot Major and Matt Sandy report on a surge in external reviews for departments. Academic consultants are being paid up to £1,000 a visit to help university departments prepare for the 2008...
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Imperial lecturer is voted number 1
A senior lecturer who describes her subject - mathematics - as "beautifully precise" has been named lecturer of the year in the sciences. Lynda White of Imperial College London won the title at the...
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Bets off for v-c in top job
The search is still on for someone to fill Whitehall's top higher education job after mandarins rejected two university vice-chancellors for the post. The Department for Education and Skills is...
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Market pushes pay gap wider
An analysis of wages across the UK reveals some huge differences between campuses, report Phil Baty and Matt Sandy. Academics earned more than £36,000 on average last year, according to the latest...
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Hands off my bottom, mister!
Sexual harassment can flourish only in an uneven power balance, argues Susan Bassnett Mary Beard recently sparked a debate about the demise of what she calls the erotic charge that sometimes occurred...
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Don't get buried in your archives
Digitising teaching resources might extend their life and usefulness. But before you switch on a scanner, says Harriet Swain, get expert IT advice, devise a long-term strategy and line up some...
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Everyday highs without the lows
Name : Anne Hill Age : I'm as old as my skin and a bit older than my teeth. Job : Programme director for undergraduate housing in social sciences at the University of Central England, Birmingham. I'm...
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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 in human resources in a small institution that has a retirement age of 65. We...
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Dream job for 12 new stars
Strathclyde University is offering a dozen high-status jobs to early-career academics eager to give a real boost to their research. The university is advertising in this week's Times Higher 12...
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Who's in who's out?
LEICESTER Computer and information technology plays such a fundamental role in higher education today that it should be central to every university's strategy, according to Mary Visser (pictured),...
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Sex equality crusaders
Exemplary universities selected to show way, reports Tony Tysome Seven universities have been selected as part of a government-backed project to become models of how institutions can improve career...
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Women continue to earn less than men
The gender pay gap persists in higher education, with female staff earning significantly less than their male colleagues across all five academic grades in 2004-05, writes Matt Sandy. Figures...
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Database to clock performance in accountability drive
The US Secretary of Education has demanded that US universities be held more accountable for their costs and the success or failure of their students while promising a "robust national dialogue",...
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Critical mass
When the Boston archdiocese suffered a child-abuse scandal similar to the one at Gonzaga University in the 1990s, it delivered a near-fatal wound to the Catholic Church. But the crisis prompted the...
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US college admits to sex abuse cover-up
A university head allegedly molested boys in the 1960s, writes Jon Marcus Church officials at a Catholic university in the US Pacific Northwest have admitted that they covered up the alleged sexual...