Blairite bloomers
The sands and slot machines of Blackpool offered few pleasures to the Labour Students at last week's National Union of Students conference. Not one Labour hopeful was elected to the prime NUS vice-...
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Mix and mismatch
Meanwhile, Labour's tactic of publishing individual chapters of its manifesto before producing the whole document may well give the party time to correct an unfortunate design glitch. A headline...
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Answers in the Mail, please
One of the fiercest critics of the perceived decline of academic standards, the Daily Mail , can always be relied on to expose student cheating. So when a study on the proliferation of student "ghost...
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Brand appeal on uneven keel
Keele University has become the latest institution to make a rather embarrassing jump onto the branding bandwagon. "Love: Keele" is its new identity. The design team says this new initiative will "...
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Not quite fully wired up
Swansea University went all out to score points for hipness last week, with vice-chancellor Richard Davies turning up at a rock concert brandishing awards. Professor Davies took the stage before a...
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Why I.. believe student meals are too important to be neglected
School meals are suddenly top of the political agenda, and about time too. For 25 years, the school meal was portrayed in film and literature as something to be endured rather than enjoyed, a...
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Mix in with mandarins
As party manifestos come under scrutiny, Nick Pearce asks why so few academics help make policy When that other Jean-Paul (Sartre) died, thousands turned out on the streets of Paris to mourn his...
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Lost opportunity left in limbo
The end of the NHSU represents a failure of vision and public-sector values, argues Andy Pike The demise of the National Health Service University is a sorry affair. It was a Labour manifesto...
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Enlightened by a brush with PR and prizes
In her role as judge for a book award, Maria Misra is a convert to a bit of competition My life has been submerged in a sea of books. Blockbuster histories, literary lives, war stories, political...
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Oh mother! It's time for you to meet the parents
Addressing families' concerns must be a priority, says Mandy Garner Academics tend to groan when you mention the subject of parents. Whereas, in the past, parents often stayed in the background, the...
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How to listen
When teaching students from a range of cultural backgrounds, it's vital to ensure all voices are heard without being obsessively PC, says Harriet Swain An Englishman, an Irishman, a Scotswoman, a...
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Teacher audit
* Name: Deborah Murdoch Eaton * Age: 45 * Job details: I am a practising paediatrician specialising in rehabilitation after acquired brain injury, and also professor in medical education at Leeds...
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Who got that job?
Richard Barker has landed the job of promoting what promises to be one of the most powerful research tools available to UK academics. The National Centre for Text Mining, a world first, is a £1...
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Scots to phase out fixed-term contract
Fixed-term research posts are being phased out by Scottish universities although there is no sign of an improvement in salaries for those moving from temporary contracts. The Scottish Higher...
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Title, peace of mind... and a mortgage
In 2000, Mohammed Kishk , a PhD student at the Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, began work as a research assistant on a two-year fixed-term contract. It proved ideal timing since, in May 2002, RGU...