Abandon ‘out-of-date’ Haldane principle on research priorities
Select committee says it’s time for ‘transparent and rigorous’ debate on publicly funded work. Melanie Newman reports
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V-c exits City
Malcolm Gillies resigns after governance clash with the university’s council. Melanie Newman reports
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Exam howlers competition
Remember the economics student who attributed the run on Northern Rock to the "laxative enforcement policies" of the Financial Services Authority? Yes, it is that time of the year again. Times Higher...
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Come on, get (moderately) happy
Louise Bimpson, the Corporate Director of our ever-expanding Human ߣߣÊÓƵ department, has responded enthusiastically to a new book by Professor David Watson of the Institute of Education which...
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Textbook approach
Tim Birkhead says it's time to broaden students' horizons
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Research intelligence - Big pitch: are you in or out?
EPSRC launches a Dragons' Den-style format to decide the fate of £2 million. David Schley reports
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewersAnke Bernau is lecturer in medieval literature and culture, University of Manchester. "I am currently reading Eamon Duffy's Fires of Faith:...
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Leader: It's about what you're about
It's easy to mock branding, but the vital job it does in telling the world what a university does and why it matters is priceless
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From where I sit - Reform slowed to a snail's pace
There is a joke about India's new Education Minister, Kapil Sibal, doing the rounds. It says that his love of "instant" cricket is influencing the pace of his political work. Like a batsman in a...
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Peter Widdowson, 1942-2009
Peter Widdowson, a pioneer of new perspectives on English literature, has died.
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THE Book of the Week - The Lightness of Being: Big Questions, Real Answers
Graham Farmelo admires a sassy new overview of theories of fundamental particles
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Under the Radar: Cancer and the Cold War
The Cold War intimacy of America's medical and military establishments bothers Elizabeth Toon
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Bad Girls Go Everywhere: The Life of Helen Gurley Brown
Having been a lifelong advocate of cycling proficiency lessons for fish, I was delighted to discover this sharp new look at an old feminist role model. Jennifer Scanlon is one of the few to have...
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The Canon: Ordinary Vices
In her landmark 1984 work, Ordinary Vices, political theorist Judith Shklar argues that in contrast to other liberal conceptions the "liberalism of fear" refers only to one summum malum, cruelty (and...
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Author profile: Farzana Shaikh discusses her latest book - Making Sense of Pakistan
Farzana Shaikh's identity leads to some distrust of her work on Pakistan. Unfazed, she tells Melanie Newman she expects more criticism for her exploration of the country's identity crisis