Get Africa's educational heart to beat once more
Long-term investment in African higher education is key to solving its problems, says Bill Rammell Africa's universities are at the heart of Africa's future. Good universities build human and...
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Gary Day
Attempts to teach only what is perceived to be relevant denies students the chance to explore life and art through literature I wonder if other subjects have the same trouble that English does? I can...
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Simon Blackburn finds a little harmony on a fenland drain
The May Bumps, Cambridge Take wing, my soul, the May Bumps are here. The sun is out, and Zuleika has arrived from Oxford. Perfect Cambridge, willows and limes reflected in the water, honey for tea,...
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Why I... feel lack of work experience at university has kept me from getting a job
Helen Davey, graduate with a first-class honours in English and music Students nationwide will soon be replacing baggy jeans and scruffy trainers with long dark robes and pointy hats as they embrace...
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Cool head required
Howard Newby explains why Hefce will not charge in where subjects are considered at risk Last year, Charles Clarke, then Education Secretary, asked the Higher Education Funding Council for England...
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Wake up and smell the lucre
Academe's failure to react to industry's training needs could prove costly, argues Matthew Poyiadgi The extent to which the Government is prepared to back the move towards information technology...
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Dropout push adds to load
Lecturers' leaders fear universities are heaping extra work on already overstretched staff in a bid to tackle high numbers of student dropouts. The concerns voiced by lecturers' union Natfhe came as...
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Middlesex appeals for visionary to go global
Middlesex University is looking for someone to spearhead an international marketing strategy geared to driving up recruitment of overseas students. The university is advertising in this week's Times...
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Who got that cash?
Cambridge University has netted £283,000 towards a project that aims to post on the web all the writings - published and unpublished - of Charles Darwin. John van Wyhe, project director, said the...
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Calculated to annoy
A senior academic reports wry smiles in the maths department at Imperial College London prompted by the fraud inquiry facing entrepreneur Gary Tanaka in the US. Dr Tanaka, whose lawyers have...
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Fair to say they're out of touch
Liberal Democrats' concerns about the failure to replace David Rendel as Higher Education spokesman continue. "We need someone who can go around the freshers' fairs in September," one senior party...
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Mandarin envy
There are whispers of a reshuffle at the Department for Education and Skills, but this time Ruth Kelly's team is not involved. The retirement of Sir Andrew Turnbull, the Cabinet Secretary, and his...
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What's it all about, Alfie?
The hunt for a new vice-chancellor at the University of the West of England continues almost a year after Alfred Morris announced plans to retire. In January, three names made the shortlist, but no...
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Grimace and bear it
First, there was stunned silence, nervous laughter, then polite embarrassed applause. The august gathering - Campaigning for Modern Universities' first parliamentary reception - included vice-...
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A cinephile who is big on botany
Name: Matthew Jarron Age: 30 Job: Curator of museum collections at Dundee University. This involves not just looking after the collections but also interpreting them through exhibitions, encouraging...