Darling, can you help?
The UK's newest university, Queen Margaret in Edinburgh, last week installed Sir Tom Farmer CBE, the entrepreneur and philanthropist, as its founding chancellor. In town that day, he was accosted by...
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Beware good burghers
Advice from an elder at Queen Margaret's inauguration ceremony: keep an eye on the local authority. Edinburgh University still mourns the loss of its original 1640 silver mace, reportedly stolen on...
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Masters of the poly-verse
Geoffrey Alderman, the former Middlesex University quality chief, has let slip a fascinating insight into university management in the Jerusalem Post last week. "Polytechnics did not enjoy academic...
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Steaming the world
The gap year is clearly not a recent innovation. The University of Sunderland Press has just published From Tyne to Tsar: A Cargo Steamer's Voyage in 1905 , a young Edwardian's account of the SS...
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Couples deserve better than this
Marriage is outdated; cohabiting lacks rights. We need a radical, modern alternative, say Sarah Beresford and Caroline Falkus Marriage as a way of regulating intimate relationships has had its day....
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Mr Brown, please balance our cultural capital
Government must democratise excellence, Alan Skelton writes in our series on new ideas for higher education It would be unwise for Gordon Brown to make any appeal to the excellence of our "world-...
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Overloaded with tedious details
Bin all the paperwork and excise the e-mails - otherwise no one will read them. The bare essentials are best, advises Susan Bassnett Twice in the past week I have misread information sent to me via e...
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Building a case for that big rise
The first step to landing a pay increase is to ask for one, but you must also prove you've earned it. Harriet Swain explains why doing some research beforehand and getting the timing right is all...
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The grease that keeps the academic engine running
Name : John Gledhill Age : 59 Job : Executive director to the vice-chancellor and clerk to the board of governors at Coventry University. About two thirds of my year is spent arranging schedules,...
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A male, more senior colleague in my department has been sexually harassing me
Worried about your employment, maternity, pension rights? Send your questions to The Times Higher advice panel. 'A male, more senior colleague in my department has been sexually harassing me....
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Who got that job?
Rachel van Besouw Research fellow, Institute of Sound and Vibration, Southampton University. Job advertised in The Times Higher, September 22, 2006 . Researchers at the Institute of Sound and...
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Centres of excellence fail to transform teaching
Study suggests value and impact of costly CETL initiative is limited, reports Melanie Newman There is little evidence that a multimillion-pound scheme designed to "celebrate and reward excellence in...
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Reality checks
"False or exaggerated claims in university prospectuses are among the most damaging features of the current university system" - David Watson speaking to the Higher Education Academy, July 2007
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Alan Ryan
Whenever governments carve up Whitehall departments in the hope of greater effectiveness, words such as "deckchair" and " Titanic " spring to mind. Those of advanced years will recall Harold Wilson's...
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Oxford Brookes in pole position for F1 success
While British motorsport fans were focused on Lewis Hamilton's progress in the British Grand Prix last week, one university engineer was paying particular attention to the nuts and bolts end of the...