Spin-offs 'doomed to fail'
Universities may be creating more spin-off companies - but most are doomed to fail, according to research published this week. The study, by researchers at Nottingham University Business School,...
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Disability provision failing
Universities are in danger of crudely categorising "disabled students" and failing to consider their individual needs, according to a research project carried out with geography students. Tim Hall...
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Leeds brings the office to students
Geography students have been getting work experience without going to work through an initiative piloted by Leeds University's School of Geography. Pauline Kneale, professor of applied hydrology at...
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Whistleblowers: President to stand down after fees probe
Gillian Payne has been asked to stand down as president of Regent's College and the European Business School, six months after an investigation by The Times Higher highlighted concerns about millions...
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A little bit of thinking, a whole lot of drinking
There are many reasons why students sign up for summer school, but for the academics it's a chance to catch up on their boozing, writes Jason Garner In the hot, sultry days of July and August, the...
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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...