Teaching: on the front line
What is your experience of teaching? Name: Oliver Double Age: 39 Job: Lecturer in drama, Kent University. Salary: About £30,000 Qualifications: BA (Hons) in drama (Exeter University), PhD (Sheffield...
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Tablets record stress of 2094BC
The earliest recorded cases of post-traumatic psychological symptoms have emerged on 4,000-year-old clay tablets from Iraq. Psychologists have found descriptions of two instances of civilians...
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EU plans new era of cooperation
Slovenian Janez Potocnik is to succeed Belgian research commissioner Philippe Busquin and to oversee the proposed E40 million (£ million) European Commission research programme from 2007-10. Jan...
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Why I... think that graduation ceremonies could do with some spicing up
Many people see the role of graduation ceremony organiser akin to that of Father Christmas - coming out to work one or two days a year, with the rest of the time spent reading the Racing Post and...
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Imbalance of talent
State-school pupils are still underrepresented at leading universities, says Peter Lampl. The debate about who attends our leading universities has attracted considerable interest in recent years....
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Masters do not pass muster
Many MAs are little more than a joke, says a holder of two such degrees, one of which was a bargain at £20. I have long wondered about the point of a masters degree. I'm reminded of a joke told by an...
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A competitive streak that makes us all losers
The prospect of the latest research assessment exercise has left Bob Brecher feeling rather depressed. As I started writing this column, I wondered if anyone would actually read it: after all, it is...
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Jobwatch: Brand new coach work
The burgeoning interest in life coaching is spurring more institutions to appoint lecturers with expertise in the area and with experience of course development. Chris Johnston reports. Life coaching...
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Who got that job?
Tim Gardam Job advertised in The Times Higher December 12, 2003 Next month, broadcaster Tim Gardam takes up his role as principal of St Anne's College, Oxford. The incumbent principal, Dame Ruth...
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Today's news
A-level joy means first-choice university record As schools celebrated their best-ever set of A-level results, a record number of students secured places at their first-choice universities yesterday...
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Miracles and glass politics
Medieval and Renaissance Stained Glass in the Victoria and Albert Museum - The History of Stained Glass
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a tragedy of revenge: "Oh, if only it had never gone to the land of Colchis, the ship Argo, winging...
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Stylish ways of making money
Industrial Design Strength
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Hitchcock's house of horror in Kodak Color
Edward Hopper
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Cut out critical middle man
Writing Across Worlds