Better security urged in US
FBI agents are advising universities on keeping data secure against terrorism. The regional head of the US chief domestic law enforcement agency, the FBI, was personally at the head of the line of...
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National pay bargaining: an uncertain future
Pay is the biggest single cost for a university. But despite its overwhelming importance for the finances of any institution, most have been happy for decades to outsource the negotiations that...
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The stakes are high, the proposals must be firm
Ron Dearing outlines the factors the Government should consider in its promised funding review in 2009. The Review of Higher Education I led ten years ago was prompted by the compelling need to...
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'At risk' of not delivering for our students
Hefce must publish current data on institutions' financial health, insists Geoffrey Alderman. Earlier this month, under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act, the media obtained access to...
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Knocked for socks
Former Prime Minister John Major's reputation for greyness was ruined during his recent appearance at Queen Mary, University of London, to talk about his new book on cricket. Sir John was wearing a...
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Turn up and make hay
Ulster University has found a cunning recruitment strategy for its new diploma course on Belfast's cultural and social history. It highlights Ulster poet W. R. Rodgers' quip that "every Belfastman...
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No mod cons
UK universities need not fear that the supply of Chinese students will dry up any time soon, following the latest edict from China's Ministry of Education. It has forbidden students in China from...
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Keeping an eye on the purse
Plymouth University's press release on the appointment of new vice-chancellor Wendy Purcell notes that as well as being an enthusiastic collector of modern art, she "relaxes through retail therapy...
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Individual battles will sink our ship
The Dearing response, especially over funding and quality, set institutions against each other to the sector's cost, says David Watson. In 1985 Keith Joseph, the Conservative Secretary of State for...
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The big picture's past, present and future
History needs Grand Narratives and long-term perspectives to help us understand our lives, says Penelope Corfield. Historians haven't yet lost the plot but they have lost the big picture. We are...
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'No' to work in a degree factory
The Government sees universities as servants of the neoliberal economy. Bob Brecher wishes to have no truck with this. We already have good reason to be grateful to Gordon Brown. Why? Because the new...
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Enjoying a blast from the past
Looking forward to a reunion at your alma mater - or dreading it? Harriet Swain found that dressing casually, networking and dancing along to the band will make for a thoroughly agreeable event. Well...
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Skulking around in the altogether
Name : Paul Mason Age : 38 Job : Senior lecturer/director of postgraduate research, School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University. Salary : We'd still be on strike if I had my...
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Ask the panel
Worried about your employment, maternity, pension rights? Send your questions to The Times Higher advice panel. 'I have just returned from maternity leave and would like to work more from home. In...
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Who's in who's out?
Plymouth Plymouth University's new vice-chancellor is not one to sit on the fence. "There will be changes," she said. "This is not a time to be ambivalent." Wendy Purcell, formerly deputy vice-...