You know the kind of conversation academics have: they are generally littered with bitter complaints about excessive workloads, the growth of audit culture, lack of resources and not enough time to...
Showing students how to assess, not produce, knowledge is the way ahead, says William Leahy It is without pride that I confess to recently having been instrumental in the expulsion of two students...
A lost draft of Shakespeare's King Lear has been found by Terence Kealey. In the interests of scholarship, we reproduce it here ACT ONE Scene I (Oxford) Enter Vice-Chancellor Lear, the Lord of Hefce...
A new baby has left Kevin Fong exhausted and wondering if life will ever be the same Becoming a parent is one of those things that nobody really warns you about when you're making life plans. People...
Don't assume that freshers have mastered the art of reading when they arrive at your door, says Harriet Swain. Many will still not know how to distinguish useful material from 'pretentious gibberish...
Name : Roger White Age : 46 Job : Senior lecturer and deputy director of the Institute of Archaeology and Antiquity at Birmingham University, and aca-demic director of the Ironbridge Institute. I'm...
Worried about your employment, maternity, pension rights? Send your questions to The Times Higher advice panel. I applied for a two-year research position at a prestigious university and was offered...
Academic trade union leaders are set to declare an industrial dispute on the day that plans for a new, merged "superunion" are due to be given the official go-ahead, writes Phil Baty. Both the...
Designers may mock, but mock Tudor was the most popular style of house in 20th-century Britain, according to Andrew Ballantyne , professor of architecture at Newcastle University. The Arts and...
Phil Baty reports on claims that universities' malaise can be halted by involving all levels of staff in running institutions Junior university staff should work with senior managers to challenge a...
Sandra Chapman recounted the thrill of being chased by angry fur seals, the wonder of observing the blue light inside ice caves and the difficulty of sketching foam-topped waves from a rolling ship...
Sir Alan Langlands’ report on graduate recruitment is calling for additional bursaries to boost uptake in medicine, law and teaching. Paul Hill reports Help for professions urged Universities and...
Brussels, 3 November 2005 Council Directive 2005/71/EC of 12 October 2005 on a specific procedure for admitting third-country nationals for the purposes of scientific research (OJ L289/15 3.11.2005...
Brussels, 3 November 2005 The European Commission has authorised the placing on the market of the genetically modified maize 1507. The authorisation covers the import and processing of this GMO,...
Brussels, 03 Nov 2005 The European biotechnology industry welcomes the EU Commission's decision to approve biotech maize 1507 (1) for import and processing, including for use in animal feed...