Organic farming won't feed the world, and its environmental benefits are overrated, say Louise Fresco et al World governments have committed themselves to a double challenge. At the Earth Summit in...
More students means more people with mental health problems, but can universities offer the appropriate support? It's 5.20pm on a Thursday. Only another few hours before security unlock the main...
If a week is a long time in politics, as Harold Wilson said, then a month must be the political equivalent of an age. It is coming up to a month since the general election and even though he has...
But if there is a hint of tardiness in Mr Kennedy's approach to appointments, the same appears to be true of the Government when it comes to appointments to select committees. One Labour insider...
If it was "The Sun wot won it" for John Major in 1992, it was a council clerk who lost it for Tim Collins, the former Tory education spokesman, in 2005. Mr Collins lost his seat in Westmorland and...
If you want to divine the future for University College London, then read between the lines, one senior figure advised recently. The provost, Malcolm Grant, always refers to his institution as "...
One physicist used to greet me: "Ah - the one doing research into ice-cream" with a slightly disparaging air. Through gritted teeth, I would explain again that my PhD was actually in polymer physics...
We must help refugee academics to contribute to society, not just drive cabs, writes Abdul Lalzad I was an engineering professor at Kabul University for 20 years. I headed the mechanical engineering...
Fashion students need to be better prepared to work in the industry, argues Richard Bradbury The management team at River Island invited a group of course tutors from fashion colleges across the UK...
The days of chalk and talk are long gone. But, says Susan Bassnett, reliance on modern technology is not always the best option To PowerPoint or not to PowerPoint? that is the question. It is asked...
Students don't come to a university for its gardens so research your target market carefully and design your prospectus accordingly. But don't be a shrinking violet either, advises Harriet Swain To...
Name: Joanna Bourke Age: 41 Job: Professor of history at Birkbeck, University of London - the best job in the world. I get to teach some of the most intellectually committed students in London and...
Worried about your employment, maternity, pension rights? Send your questions to The Times Higher advice panel. I am due to retire at 65 in June next year. What is the situation if I want to continue...
How do you persuade academics at the height of their research careers to take on management roles? How do you get them acquainted with the finer points of administration? And how do you help them to...
NORTHAMPTON University College Northampton's learner-centred ethos enticed Peter Bush (pictured), its new pro rector (academic), from his post as head of regional collaboration and partnerships at...