Science's future is an interversity challenge
A truly global scientific world will have a unified research effort focused in a single institution, says Peter Atkins. Universities have always been central to the furtherance of fundamental science...
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Alison Wolf
Did you know that 70 per cent of the workforce of 2020 has already finished compulsory schooling and is, for the most part, already employed? If not, you have been failing to pay attention. For at...
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Rhapsody in reds, whites and crus
Cultivate an appreciation and you'll find that wine can challenge your mind, says Barry Smith. Recent empirical research has confirmed the long-standing view of Bordeaux University that drinking red...
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Blogger aims a very low blow
Aubrey Blumsohn, the campaigner for scientific integrity and prolific blogger who famously parted company with Sheffield University after raising too many public concerns about a drug study he was...
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Unaccustomed as you are...
Help is at hand for academics with a phobia of public speaking and a pathological mistrust of the media. West Media, a consultancy run out of Westminster University's school of media, arts and design...
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A capital suggestion for UCU
Forget pay, bullying and casualisation. One of the hottest topics at the inaugural conference of the University and College Union looks set to be a debate about where the union's headquarters should...
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Spellcheck, anyone?
The students union at the University of Central Lancashire is offering users "advice of plagerism" [sic]. At least they cannot be accused of copying their advice from a source that has been checked...
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Invisible hand has to be led by us all
Capitalism, which invents needs for the wealthy but ignores the needy, will consume itself if left unchecked, warns Benjamin Barber. Capitalism is in crisis. Too successful in meeting the core needs...
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How the RAE is smothering 'big idea' books
Tomorrow's Richard Dawkinses are being stifled by the stampede to publish in journals, says Richard Baggaley Scholarship cannot be measured by numbers. And yet the replacement for the research...
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Tick yes to raise the standard
Standardised marking will be no fairer than what we have now and will lead to a grading system that discounts individuals' achievements, Frank Furedi argues As most experienced academics in the...
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Reach out as an active citizen
If you want to get involved in working with your local community, you must consider what that community actually needs - otherwise its members could end up feeling exploited, warns Harriet Swain It...
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I almost hit a sticky wicket, but it's all in the game
Name: Chris Child Age: 34 Job: Visiting lecturer in computer science and games technology at City University, London. PhD student in artificial intelligence. Director of Childish Things Ltd, a...
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Ask the panel
Worried about your employment, maternity, pension rights? Send your questions to The Times Higher advice panel. 'I am a director of human resources at a university. Can you explain how the new "right...
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Creatives urged to embrace business
Nesta and HEA say disciplines from art to music must foster entrepreneurialism in their students. Olga Wojtas reports Academics are being challenged to bring entrepreneurial education into the heart...
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Who's in, who's out? Warwick
The chance to further advance research at the interface between chemistry, biology and medicine is what most excites Peter Sadler about his appointment as professor of chemistry at Warwick University...