Grant us some leeway, please
Research is never straightforward and researchers need financial flexibility if they are to stay ahead in their field, says Tim Birkhead. This year Boris Johnson, the Conservative former Shadow...
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Adieu, farewell, auf Wiedersehn
Don't diss your old workplace, take home stuff that isn't yours or get all weepily sentimental at your leaving do. Harriet Swain gives tips on how to depart for greener pastures with good grace and a...
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Seeking balance, loving change
Name: Anoush Ehteshami Age: 47 Job: Head of school and professor of international relations, Durham University Salary: Yes Education: BA (Hons) in social sciences from Nottingham Trent; PhD in...
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Ask the panel
Worried about your employment, maternity, pension rights? Send your questions to The Times Higher advice panel. 'We published our university's disability equality scheme last December. I have now...
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Generosity to researchers could be a profitable move
Study suggests scientists given higher royalties earn more in licensing income for universities, reports Zoë Corbyn. Universities that give a greater share of royalties to researchers whose...
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Business kitemark removed
Canterbury Christ Church University has failed to have its Investors in People (IIP) status renewed. A report from an external assessor, leaked to The Times Higher , said that "while there is much to...
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Who got that cash?
Four universities have been given £2.3 million for a project that will see the creation of "virtual therapists" to help sufferers of chronic medical conditions. The consortium, which is led by...
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Marks of distinction
From: The University Assessment Officer To: Department of Media and Cultural Studies The university assessment committee has recently been conducting research into biases in your internal...
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Leader: Should we allow universities to go bankrupt?
They do things differently in America. Two years ago, the 123-year- old Huron University in South Dakota lost the battle to stay afloat and was put up for sale. Almost everything went at auction -...
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Oxford fumes at siting of statue
A bitter row has broken out at Oxford University over a decision to site a 10ft high 18th-century statue in a much loved medieval room, writes Melanie Newman. A member of the Department for Culture,...
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More debate needed on marking 1
The fact that the Burgess committee has had so much difficulty in achieving consensus regarding a different classification system and now wants to do away with it altogether makes one wonder why the...
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More debate needed on marking 2
Sue Bloxham does well to remind us that summative assessment procedures are unreliable. This gets glossed over by the cryptic manner in which assessment is reported. If we ask for a vehicle report on...
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Bristol not a censor
Your freedom-of-speech leader ("We must guard the right to say the unthinkable", October 26) swept Bristol University up in tut-tutting at institutions that did not, in the end, host a lecture by...
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Flight of fancy
You recently said that Southampton's vice-chancellor, Bill Wakeham, is making a "small sacrifice" by driving an eco-friendly car around campus rather than his own Porsche ("Southampton grows greener...
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Load of bull
Might I suggest to The Times Higher and its readers that the animal that is featured prominently in the picture illustrating the feature "The child departs" (October 19) is clearly a bull, as might...