Correction
Santonu Basu's paper was published in the Eastern Economic Journal , not the Eastern Economic Review as we stated last week ("RAE process would exclude Nobel laureates", November 23).
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Obsessed with politics, intrigued by politicians
Profile - Anthony King Professor of British Government, Essex University.Â
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Experts voice concern over REF complexity
Opinions are already divided over the working of the new research assessment system, writes Zoe Corbyn. Debate on the new system to replace the current research assessment exercise began in earnest...
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Scientific adviser aims parting shot at Labour
Sir David King, the Government's Chief Scientific Adviser, has said the Government still has much to do to if it is to put current scientific knowledge at the heart of its decision-making, writes Zoe...
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'After all, where else would you want to be?'
Nobel prizes, vast endowments, world-best rankings - and a viciously competitive ethos. Can anyone resist Harvard's lure Jon Marcus reports. Its elegant ivy-covered brick buildings surround a...
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World Encompassed
ACADEME 'AS INEFFICIENT AS PROSTITUTION' With the possible exception of prostitution, higher education is the profession that has done least to improve its productivity in two millennia, according to...
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Learn industry's lessons but keep your principles
Asked what they do at a party, any academic in the world will say "I'm a psychologist" or "I'm a historian", not "I am a senior university lecturer". So this week's report (page 2) urging university...
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Three groups in search of one common mission
No matter the market, all universities must remain committed to producing knowledge, argues Patrick Ainley. Whether or not fees for English home students rise in 2010 after their planned review next...
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With help after stroke, I taught as well as ever
Michael Somerton explains how medical, university and union aid got him back into class. I was able-bodied for 64 years until a year ago. Then in June 2006 the course of radiotherapy I was undergoing...
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Peep's diary
Fluffy actions arouse concern It is always pleasing to hear of Liverpool University academics' outreach work and growing global acclaim. Liverpool's Professor Fluffy, a small purple puppet, began...
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Goodbye to the RAE ... and hello to the REF - Alex Danchev
Red tape, game-playing, flummery and jargon: Alex Danchev comes not to praise the RAE, but to bury it. The research assessment exercise is over. The submissions are in. The photocopiers are cooling....
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Goodbye to the RAE ... and hello to the REF
On any impartial assessment, the research assessment exercise has been a success. Although it was born in 1986 in the white heat of cuts, it matured in a more benign climate for higher education...
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Staff to receive careers advice
The University of Central Lancashire is extending its student careers advice service to offer jobs guidance to its own staff. Ian Rankin, the head of the careers service, was at pains to reassure The...
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Leicester cuts its take of consultancy fees
Academics may charge more for their outside work - and keep a greater share of the income. Zoe Corbyn reports. Academics at Leicester University will be allowed to keep a higher proportion of their...
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Who got that job?
John Vaughan, Director, Edge Hill Business School, Edge Hill University. Job advertised in The Times Higher , March 16, 2007 There is a buzz at Edge Hill University that makes John Vaughan confident...