Novel performance
Nick Hornby, author of Fever Pitch and About a Boy , will read from his new novel, A Long Way Down , as part of the University of East Anglia's literary festival next month. Mr Hornby appears on May...
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Health risk delusions
Both men and women think health risks are higher for their own sex than for the opposite sex, new research from Glasgow University reveals. But they also think their own sex is fitter. Sally...
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Correction
The European business school competition in Oxford at the start of April was organised by European Case Clearing House Ltd, a consortium of business schools, and not by Cranfield University as we...
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Residents join to fight student enclaves
Residents' groups in Edinburgh, Glasgow and St Andrews have formed the first inter-city coalition to fight the emergence of student "ghettos". Noise, anti-social behaviour and disregard for the...
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Winner goes on giving
Hazel Mowbray already knows how she will spend the £10,000 prize money she won as Graduate of the Year 2005. Ms Mowbray, who is in her final undergraduate year at the London School of Economics and...
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Praying for a bright graduate? Look here
Religious studies graduates can offer employers skills including empathy, self-discipline and "an ability to attend closely to the meaning of written documents". Philosophy graduates "think...
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From lectures to hustings
On May 5, a number of academics will be hoping to trade in lecture halls and laboratories for a seat in Westminster as they reach the end of the campaign trail in this year's general election. There...
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Meet the party candidates treading the campaign trail and standing up for academe
LABOUR Mary Creagh is lecturer in enterprise at Cranfield University. She is standing in Wakefield, a seat with a fairly safe Labour majority. "I went to Oxford University from a comprehensive so I'm...
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V-cs: end part-time students' raw deal
Part-time students, who account for nearly 42 per cent of the student population, are becoming an "underclass" in higher education - poorly funded and neglected by the Government, vice-chancellors...
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Ditch swastika ad, college told
Lecturers and student leaders have called for the withdrawal of a prospectus carrying a spoof advert for a punk night at a nightclub called Spades that juxtaposes a swastika with a Union Flag....
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Prizewinning runs in family
It's been a busy week for husband and wife academics Jonathan Bate and Paula Byrne. Warwick University's Professor Bate picked up the James Tait Black prize, the UK's oldest literary award, at...
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MMU denies racism claim
Britain's biggest trade union this week claimed there was an "institutionally racist" culture at Manchester Metropolitan University. It accused management of failing to act despite repeated warnings...
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Manager's charge against former employer fuelled victimisation by Brunel, tribunal rules
Brunel University victimised a senior manager because he had an outstanding race discrimination complaint against his former employer, a tribunal has ruled. The London employment tribunal has found...
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Two bosses, two roles - it's all plain sailing
Caroline Williams is first and foremost a military woman. Although she is not in uniform when we meet, her sharp blue trouser suit is not far off one. But she is also an academic - she recently...
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Which institution is best at keeping staff happy?
There are 170 higher education institutions in the UK, employing about 340,000 staff with a total salary bill of £9 billion, writes Claire Sanders. The Times Higher wants to celebrate good people...