Heavy weather with Scorchio
A strong contender for most laboured acronym is Manchester University’s Scorchio project (Sustainable Cities: Options for Responding to Climate Change Impacts and Outcomes), which is mapping urban...
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A question that must be asked
The end of the academic year is always a good time. Student evaluations are coming in, giving us a chance to mull over what we have taught and to tweak it just a little more so that students aren’t...
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How to get that ‘orgasmic rush’
You are halfway through term and the weather’s miserable. You don’t want to be there. They don’t want to be there. It’s a case of heads down and crack on through the curriculum. Or maybe not. Use a...
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Deaf ear to tantrums, sharp eye for performance
Name : Frank Griffith Age : 48 Job : Director of music performance and senior lecturer at Brunel University. Salary : upper £30,000s Practical training/education/ background : Professional musician...
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Ask the panel
Worried about your employment, maternity, pension rights? Send your questions to The Times Higher advice panel. ‘A colleague in my department has roughly the same duties as me but is paid more. What...
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Boycott backer aimed only to stir debate
The academic who proposed the controversial union motion in favour of a boycott of Israel believes there is a growing understanding that those supporting it are committed to debate before any action...
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Who got that job?
Sandra Rowan Access and progression co-­ordinator, North-East Higher Skill Network, Teesside University Job advertised in The Times Higher , September 22, 2006 If higher education institutes...
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World Encompassed
FBI advises academics on how to spot spies FBI agents are giving pointers to American academics on how to spot spies who might be out to steal their research. The agency told staff...
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Fright for knight as good news lost in post
Five leading academics have been knighted in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. But one of them, Brian Hoskins, professor of meteorology at Reading University and a world authority on climate change,...
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US rankings opponents struggling to turn tables
It is becoming common for American university presidents to get financial bonuses if they meet the goals of the boards of trustees that hire them. But the carrot dangled in front of the new head of...
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Study of terrorism steps up to new level
Research into terrorists’ methods and motives is gaining funding and status. Rebecca Attwood reports Research into ­terrorism, which was once conducted in the “cracks and crevices” between...
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The shadow of 9/11 increases student interest in degrees that offer deeper understanding of security threats
From this autumn, hundreds more students will be enrolling on terrorism-related courses and modules at Warwick, Leeds and Derby universities, with Salford and St Andrews following suit in 2008. The...
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Ucea appointments
Bill Wakeham, vice-chancellor of Southampton University, will take over as chair of the University and Colleges Employers Association in September. He succeeds Alasdair Smith, out­going vice-...
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Engineering shortfall
UK engineering courses are “seriously underfunded”, the Royal Academy of Engineering said this week. Engineering courses need to be funded at two and half to three times the ­Higher Education...
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Charity research call
The Economic and Social Re­search Council this week issued a call for proposals for a new Centre for Charitable Giving and Philanthropy. A total of £2.2 million is on offer, under a...