Nancy Rothwell
Oh, what should one wear to Buck House for one's investiture? Should one wear a hat and how does one bob to HRH? On the day of my investiture, the Queen was otherwise engaged in Malta. Rather...
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Clowning around in a tuxedo at 50 below
Enduring the Antarctic winter is an experience not to be forgotten. Storms scour the frigid landscape in a perpetual night as temperatures drop to - 50C. For the past two Antarctic winters, I was...
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Openness is not to be sniffed at
Last week's parliamentary debate on the pharmaceutical industry's influence on research drew heavily on a recent Times Higher exposé about a Procter & Gamble drug study by researchers at...
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Nursery tantrums
Terence Kealey, vice-chancellor of Buckingham University, is not known for a tendency to shun the most controversial stance when on the telephone to a journalist. He was at it again last week when he...
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Child of the 60s told to grow up
Paul Mackney, general secretary of lecturers' union Natfhe, has been advised informally by his colleagues to brush up on his public relations skills now that his union is set to merge with the...
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Creative orthography, anyone?
The University College for the Creative Arts has got some eagle-eyed academics rather hot under the collar. In a recent job advertisement in The Times Higher , UCCA sought a director of studies to...
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Hail the heroes who brave front line
As some epidemiologists avoid engaging directly in public-health work, Douglas Weed says respect those who show no fear Debates in academia are common and often not relevant to anyone outside our...
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Painful consequences of sanctioning torture
What do political scientists and psychologists think about the use of torture by modern states? Torture is unjustifiable in any circumstances according to the overwhelming majority of political...
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It is and it isn't rocket science
When kids want to be astronauts but not scientists and can't see the link between the two, we must be doing something wrong, says Kevin Fong It's official: physicists have joined the endangered...
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Why you should give a monkey's
Peer reviewing is important, so give yourself time to take a good look at each paper, don't be rude about a fellow academic's work and ensure that any criticism is constructive, advises Harriet Swain...
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Bogged down by socialist realism
Name : Nicholas O'Shaughnessy Age : A secret, but I can remember my grandmother ranting about the loss of Suez. Job : Professor of marketing and communication, Brunel University. Salary : About half...
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Ask the panel
Worried about your employment, maternity, pension rights? Send your questions to The Times Higher advice panel. My same-sex partner is pregnant with our second child. As my partner is more senior...
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The postgrad cashpot
The best source of future income for universities lies in the recruitment of postgraduate students, according to a survey of senior university managers. In what could signal a shift in the teaching...
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Managers put branding before staff
Staff recruitment has been "eclipsed" by marketing and branding issues as a key concern of senior university managers. As the two main academic unions embark on a campaign for a pay rise of at least...
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Who got that job?
Helge Musial, lecturer in choreography, Dartington College of Arts Advertised in The Times Higher , April 22, 2005 Few people may be aware of the vital role that Dartington College of Arts has played...