Tread softly but keep eyes open
Invigilation is frequently seen as a chore, but to be done well it requires empathy, tact, eyes at the back of the head and a good pair of non-squeaky shoes, as Harriet Swain explains Yawn. There is...
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Friendly faces in dusty places
Name: Sue Curley Age: 58 Job: Head of alumni relations, Brunel University. Education and training: I was a bit of a rebel at school, so I failed academically. But when my children were smal... I took...
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Ask the panel
Worried about your employment, maternity, pension rights? Send your questions to The Times Higher advice panel. 'I work for a small institution. The gender duty gives transgender people legal...
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Professor salaries break the scales
Universities are paying £80K to attract top-flight staff, reports Tony Tysome The recruitment market for professors is hotting up, with a growing number of universities introducing new pay scales...
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Liverpool recruits biomedical stars for world-class labs
An investment of £6.2 million in biomedical sciences at Liverpool University has led to the appointment of world-class researchers and the creation of new posts, writes Tony Tysome. New laboratories...
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Who's in, who's out?
BOURNEMOUTH Chris Brady is dean of Bournemouth University's Business School. The former semi-professional footballer has also worked as a line-worker in a Chrysler auto plant in Detroit and spent 16...
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Laurie Taylor Column
"New attempts to introduce objective performance criteria in the humanities" - The Times Higher , June 1 The University of Poppleton From: The Office of Quality Enhancement To: The Poet in Residence...
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Alan Ryan
Among the familiar hazards of advancing age, one of the worst is the tendency to repeat oneself. Going on like a cracked record is not how most of us want to be known. On the other hand, another of...
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Leader: A boycott that is as misguided as it is unworkable
Of all the improbable kites that are occasionally flown at conferences, the decision by the University and College Union to explore a boycott of Israeli academe must rank as one of the most...
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Leader: Green is the colour of profitable marketing
Not so very long ago the only people on campus likely to care about environmentally friendly policies were hippies and a perhaps a few climatologists. Now, as the first Green League table reveals,...
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Dershowitz threat rings hollow 1
I am surprised that The Times Higher has trivialised the question of the University and College Union boycott of Israeli universities in its interview with Alan Dershowitz, otherwise an advocate of...
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Dershowitz threat rings hollow 2
I read with incredulity the latest outburst from Alan Dershowitz - his threat to "devastate and bankrupt" those British academics who support an academic boycott of Israel. He clearly hasn't yet...
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Vote was manipulated
If evidence were needed to show that this anti-academic absurdity was motivated by racism, UCU members should ask the old question: did the union fall or was it pushed? The "arrangements" for the...
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Double standards? 1
There is uproar over the UCU's decision to boycott Israeli academic institutions. It is even more alarming when we realise that those who feel uncomfortable about the motion cite intellectual...
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Double standards? 2
The proposed boycott of Israeli universities is strategically inept and tactically counterproductive. It is a perfect example of ultra-leftism, when a simplistic moral position is adopted to crank up...