In the news: Michael Sterling
The new chair of the elite Russell Group of universities will turn it into a more formal body with its own executive posts. Michael Sterling, 57, vice-chancellor of Birmingham University, will take...
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Loved the trolley work...
Tragically I was an Only Twin
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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 novel with a famous death scene: "Although I am an old man, night is generally my time for walking...
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Foolish child won greatest praise
No Time to Be Brief
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Brittle walls that expose the secret griefs of character
Eavesdropping in the Novel from Austen to Proust
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Primer in principles
How not to Be a Hypocrite
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Many lives of the civic multitasker
Libraries and Learning Resource Centres
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Route map for aspiring lieutenants
Who Wants to Be a Scientist?
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Picture your enterprise
Envisioning Science
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Laurie Taylor Column
From: The office of the vice-chancellor Dear colleague, I am delighted to bring you the results of the Poppleton staff opinion survey. Q1. How would you describe your degree of job satisfaction? a....
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Leader: Beagle 2 shows the true value of star attractions
University fundraisers all agree on the big thing that major donors want - to see their names on something that will last much longer than they will. A look at libraries, business schools and endowed...
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Leader: Will Clarke really be the champion of academe?
Charles Clarke wishes it to be known that there is no witch-hunt for academic seekers after the truth, medieval or otherwise. Obviously stung by allegations of philistinism after THES reports of his...
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Red Planet probe propels UK space into the black
As Beagle 2 prepares for lift-off, The THES looks at the state of UK space science and the fate of the Beagle that took Darwin into history The UK has shied away from planetary science, but now that...
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The women and men behind the mission to Mars
The landing site Dave Rothery, senior lecturer in earth sciences at the Open University On December 26, Beagle 2 will come to rest on the barren surface of Mars. By then, the first phase of Dave...
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Stars in our eyes obscure the view
Space travel is a risky business. Martin Rees considers who might be prepared to leave Earth to explore the heavens. The disintegration of the space shuttle Columbia in February this year reminds us...