A route round qualifications roadblock
Commit to the potential of the 14-19 diplomas and drive up participation, Steve Smith says The publication of GCSE and A-level results has been marked by the usual headlines decrying the standard of...
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Return to the head of the table?
The countless stakeholders with an interest in the plethora of university league tables that have sprung up in recent years are waiting with bated breath for the results of a report by funding chiefs...
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Search for spiritual students
Students failing to gain a place through clearing at a conventional university need not despair. There are still courses on offer at I AM University ( http:///iamuniversity.co.uk/ukbranch.php ) - the...
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English as she is wrote
Academics have spent much time moaning about the limited numeracy and literacy skills of their students, with one senior don even publishing a list of his students' howlers in a national newspaper,...
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We ought to get all findings out fast
The public interest is not served by publishers sitting on the results of scientific research. It's time for the practice to end, says Bob Ward If you leafed through a newspaper or watched a TV news...
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Why do academics fiddle as the world burns?
We have lost sight of our ultimate responsibility - to speak out on social and moral issues, laments Colin Feltham As academics we could and should do much more to provide expertise and moral...
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Don't trust me to tell you the truth
Satchmo's trip to the moon was faked, and his trumpet work so-so at best:Kevin Fong has a modest proposal for gullible students A friend of mine once invested considerable time and effort in...
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Inside track for outside view
There is no reason for external examiners to feel isolated from the institution they work for, writes Harriet Swain. Research and communication make for an arrangement satisfying for all parties A...
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The past brought alive with music
Name: Jenny Nex Age: 35 Job: Curator of musical instruments, Centre for Performance History, Royal College of Music. Four days a week I look after the collection, teach and supervise students,...
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Equality Bill fires dissent
Proposed new anti-discrimination legislation may dilute existing protection for workers, higher education's equality watchdog has said. A planned Single Equality Bill would cover all discrimination...
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£15m career training scheme to extend to research staff
UK GRAD gets boost to include university staff as well as postgrads on its programme. Louise Radnofsky reports Research staff will be included alongside postgraduate researchers in a new £15 million...
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Ask the panel
Worried about your employment, maternity, pension rights? Send your questions to The Times Higher advice panel. 'I am trying to recruit for a senior research position. We have a number of candidates...
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Who's in who's out?
Hull York Medical School Patricia McGettigan is one of a flurry of international appointments to the Hull York Medical School (HYMS), which was set up by the universities of York and Hull in 2003....
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Insufficient help leaves weak tutors floundering
Neglected teachers, overlooked in a research-focused environment, are failing to improve, study finds.Louise Radnofsky reports Weak university teachers do not improve over the course of their careers...
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Lecturer taps into the text generation
Kevin Linch does not raise an eyebrow when his students get out their mobile phones and start texting in the middle of a lecture - it is usually because he has asked them to, writes Louise Radnofsky...