Student blues
Students on Napier University's new masters course in creative advertising are on the fast track. Tutor Susie Henry, a former director with Saatchi and Saatchi, the architects of Margaret Thatcher's...
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A perch for posterity
An extinct ߣߣÊÓƵn parrot, last seen alive 80 years ago, has reared its brightly plumed head at Aberdeen University. The zoology museum has taken charge of a case of mounted ߣߣÊÓƵn birds, one...
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Colossal Crisis of conscience and climate
If Bert Fry, the last true countryman of The Archers, had been given a chance to comment, he would surely have something pungent to say on the matter. Instead, the best one hears about climate change...
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Quest for national identity is mistake
What unites us is our civic culture and pragmatic common interest, suggests Bernard Crick, not romantic notions of 'Britishness' Britishness suddenly bursts upon us, mainly impelled by politicians...
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Computing is the new 'Queen of the Sciences'
Those concerned for the future of computer science in the UK need have no fear, argue Yorick Wilks et al. The debate has been passionate and well informed, raging on online mailing lists and academic...
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Have our udders shrunk again?
Like cows bred for a bigger milk yield, Tim Birkhead believes that academics bred for large research outputs have lost much of what made them productive in the first place I was amused, saddened and...
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We have ways of making you talk
Badly led seminars can lead to students not participating or not turning up at all. But, says Harriet Swain, there are a number of ways to ensure that attendance is high and that a good debate takes...
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Four terms but still time to party
Name : Philip Fine Age : Late thirties Job : Head of department and lecturer in psychology, Buckingham University. I teach a music psychology course at Oxford University and carry out research on...
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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. Could you explain how the new "...
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One-off payouts hit £125K
Large pension contributions to university chiefs, either as an annual payment or a "one-off", look to be on the rise, according to the latest Times Higher survey of vice-chancellors’ pay. Michael...
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Just what did they do to merit a rise?
Universities this week justified the average increase of 7.9 per cent in vice-chancellors’ salaries as being in line with that of top executives in public bodies and reflecting a competitive global...
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Dynamics of debt and poverty
Deadline: 29/05/2007
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Today's news
Putting the spark back into science One of Scotland's leading universities is to open a centre aimed at encouraging more students to become science and maths teachers. Sir Muir Russell, the principal...
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A word from your sponsor?
Growing distrust of medical histories funded by industry could ultimately help to improve scholarship and encourage a more healthy public critique, argues David Cantor. Recently I had a somewhat...
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Rock idol with the power to bewitch
The texts on the Rosetta Stone have long been deciphered, so why does it still hold such a fascination for both scholars and the public? wonders Karen Gold. Surely only a geeky schoolboy would have...