Beauty is in the ear of the well informed
Our responses to music, art and even lovemaking are often tied to our estimation of the people involved, says Paul Bloom A few months ago, a young man in jeans and a baseball cap took a violin into a...
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Sceptics blinded by Marxist idols and ideology
Communism's allure saw otherwise intelligent members of the academy jettisoning reason, argues Robert Service Communism had a worldwide impact on intellectuals after the October Revolution of 1917 -...
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Big antlers will drag you down
Research in universities is likely to go the way of the Irish elk unless we bring financial bureaucracy under control, argues Tim Birkhead The Irish elk was neither exclusively Irish nor an elk;...
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Prep the ground for your time off
Plan and plan some more if you want your sabbatical to be a success, says Harriet Swain. Otherwise, you are in danger of falling into helping out with day-to-day work or not achieving all you set out...
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Groovy place to go the extra mile
Name : Russell Delderfield Age : 31 Job : Learner development academic skills adviser and researcher and emotional intelligence specialist, Bradford University. Training/education/background : I'm a...
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Ask the panel
Worried about your employment, maternity, pension rights? Send your questions to The Times Higher advice panel. 'One of my colleagues has childcare commitments that mean they are often "unavailable"...
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Who got that cash?
Nick Buck is to set up the world's largest longitudinal household panel survey with a £15.5 million grant from the Economic and Social Research Council. The deputy director of Essex University's...
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Disabled staff gain new champion in workplace
Commission starts task of improving career prospects with comprehensive survey of sector, writes Tony Tysome The most comprehensive study into how many disabled staff there are in English and Welsh...
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Staff see red over online policing
Staff face dismissal for criticising their employers in chatrooms and blogs, report Phil Baty and Tony Tysome. Academics' internet activity is increasingly being "spied on" by managers, it was...
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Leeds Met enters a league of its own
Many university chiefs are known to enjoy the hospitality and networking opportunities of a day out at the big match, writes Phil Baty. But Leeds Metropolitan University vice-chancellor Simon Lee has...
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'I get ideas from students - They're not just recipients of my wisdom'
The law teacher of the year was inspired by her own undergraduate experience to enter academe and teach. Sandra Frisby, lecturer in company and commercial law at Nottingham University, has been named...
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On the move...
The University of Kent at Medway has appointed Tim Luckhurst its first professor of journalism and the news industry. He is a former editor of The Scotsman and has been deputy editor of BBC Radio...
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New lease of life isn't all you win
Award praises those whose successes illustrate education's power to change lives. Melanie Newman reports. A former hotel chambermaid and a reformed criminal are among academics nominated for awards...
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Bournemouth appoints associate professors
Bournemouth University is introducing associate professor posts - the first time a post-1992 university has done so, writes Melanie Newman. The university expects to appoint about a dozen staff a...
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Recognition opens new networks
Irwin McLean, whose genetic research team at Dundee University was named The Times Higher 's 2006 Research Project of the Year, has just returned from the annual Society for Investigative Dermatology...