When in danger, watch the news
With a gunman on the loose at his place of work, Kevin Fong and colleagues had to make some quick, difficult decisions Hi Dee," starts the voicemail message to my wife, "I found a handbag I liked in...
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Hourly work but daily challenges
Part-time status does not mean second class, so make sure you know what is expected of you and that you have access to equipment, resources and appropriate training. Harriet Swain explains Can't use...
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Creative days and weekend agony
Name: Anne Cooke Age: 31 Job: Neuroscience research facilitator and communications manager, Bristol University. Education: BA natural sciences (neurophysiology) at Cambridge University and then a PhD...
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Ask the panel
Worried about your employment, maternity, pension rights? Send your questions to The Times Higher advice panel. "A speaker from the British National Party has been invited to speak on our campus. I...
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Who got that job?
Craig Mahoney, deputy vice-chancellor (learning and teaching), Northumbria University. Job advertised in The Times Higher, September 8, 2006 University is no longer simply an educational experience,...
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Alert on suicide signs
A charity campaign aims to help staff recognise and act on danger signals from students, reports Rebecca Attwood University staff need to recognise their part in preventing student suicide and...
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Energy Research
Deadline: 12/06/2007
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Laurie Taylor Column
"The National Union of Students will be launching a campaign to persuade all universities to extend anonymous marking to all coursework so as to prevent bias by staff" - The Times Higher, May 25 ....
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Leader: Pointless targets threaten the best of researchers
In the private sector, scarcely a day passes without some company announcing the steps it is taking to be more friendly to its employees. Even the most demanding city employers use the vocabulary of...
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Israel boycott not anti-Semitic 1
I am sad to hear that Steven Weinberg has decided to call off his visit to the UK (Letters, May 25). But I am even sadder to learn that his reasons for doing so involve repeating the old canard that...
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Israel boycott not anti-Semitic 2
Steven Weinberg says that he finds it hard to see any reason other than anti-Semitism for the focus by British left-wing intellectuals on Israeli misdeeds. On the contrary, it seems to me that the...
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Israel boycott not anti-Semitic 3
You quote Steven Weinberg as saying, "I can think of no other explanation for Israel's treatment than anti-Semitism" ("Jewish laureate calls off UK visit", May 25). Couldn't the world's longest...
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Research agenda 1
Simon Festing of the Research Defence Society calls for openness (Opinion, May 18), but this is media spin, not genuine candour. For years, the RDS's disproportionate media focus on animal rights...
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Research agenda 2
Aubrey Blumsohn's assessment of the worth of the UK Research Integrity Office (Peep's Diary, May 25) trivialises what is a serious issue. The fact is that the commercialisation of education can only...
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Asymmetrical views
Your reviewer takes me to task over my new book Why Beauty Is Truth (Books, May 25). Apparently my title is meaningless, my subtitle "A history of symmetry" is unhelpful, and "the cover image of a (...