Another Adorno admirer?
Confusion is a familiar concept for the French philosopher Alain Badiou, who introduced his lecture on being, existence and death at the British Library on April 4 with the words: "I'm sorry, but...
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Correction
Contrary to the entry in last week's Peep's Diary , the University of Central Lancashire, not Lancaster University, has been involved in an online debate about the command of English of its staff and...
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Past prejudice should not cloud debate
Scotland should review its place in the Union based on the present, writes Christopher Whatley The future of the Union is at the heart of the current general election campaign in Scotland. While...
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Together we can take on the world
Signing commercial deals to boost foreign student levels is a vital partnership, not a cash-led privatisation, says Steve Smith Universities stand accused of privatising English language provision....
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Freedom is at the heart of what we believe
Far from imposing unjust sanctions, universities with a Christian ethos encourage debate, claims Kenneth Stevenson It has recently been suggested that the Christian ethos of a Church of England...
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I refuse to jump through hoops
Performance management won't make universities more effective, says Frank Furedi, instead it will distract academics from their work and breed institutional cynicism Allow me to make two predictions...
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Take a byte of a del.icio.us trend
Don't get stuck in the Stone Age, excite and stimulate a new generation of students with some high-tech lecturing tools. Just log on and download a wealth of new ideas, says Harriet Swain For years,...
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Academics told to push intellectual credentials
University staff should play a more prominent public role, experts claim. Rebecca Attwood reports from The British Sociological Association Academics owe it to society to promote themselves as public...
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Sexy novel set to put spark back in physics
A sexually charged particle physicist embroiled in the suspicious death of a colleague could be key to improving the popular appeal of a much-maligned discipline. Or at least that is the hope of...
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'There was nothing anyone working on the case could say at the time'
The death of Alexander Litvinenko unexpectedly threw a spotlight on prize-winning toxicologist Nick Priest. Sometimes there is nothing like having international recognition as an expert in a...
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On the move...
* Brighton Univer-sity has appointed Yvonne Hillier , co-ordinator of the London and South East Region Learning and Skills Network, professor of education. Professorships have also gone to Graham...
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Staff 'swotted' by managers
A draft document reveals the managerialism unions believe is incompatible with university life. Phil Baty reports. Senior managers at Birmingham University have identified a key "threat" to their...
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Academics hit jackpot in education career stakes
Academe is where the money is if you want to be an educationalist. The finding may come as a surprise to many academics, but research from Reading University, presented at the Royal Economic Society'...
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'It's a real boost,' say winners
Winning a Times Higher award has given a "real boost" to two of last year's recipients. In the months since winning the award for Outstanding Support for Students with Disabilities, the Manchester...
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Hallelujah
Archaeologists and art historians from Cardiff and York universities are to use modern technology to shed new light on the composition of stained glass to help conservation in churches across the...