Cash carrot is only way to motivate all students
Boris Johnson urges a return to academic scholarships to drive up university standards Not long ago I was giving a speech evangelising the benefits of higher education, as I always do. I stressed...
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Ruth Scurr
"Come, friendly bombs, and fall on Slough!/ It isn't fit for humans now,/ There isn't grass to graze a cow/ Swarm over, Death!" I grew up in Slough and was pleased that John Betjeman's daughter...
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Not much in the way of union
Unity seems to be distinctly lacking at theJrecently merged University and College Union, where officials from the former Association of University Teachers appear not to be in regular communication...
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When the romance has gone
The British Association for Romantic Studies sends its academics news of conferences, jobs and new publications. So imagine the surprise of its 200-plus members when a private e-mail lambasting...
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Gaps in enthusiasm
The successor to the research assessment exercise is the subject of fierce debate inside university departments. Not so outside though. Four fifths of academics have rejected the Government's...
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Fit for competition
The US version of Men's Fitness magazine has ranked America's 25 "fittest colleges". Dickinson College, a liberal arts college in Pennsylvania, has come top. Students answered questions on factors...
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Philip Cowley: politics for morons
THE AMAZING MRS PRITCHARD BBC1, Tuesdays, 9pm If you made it through episode one of The Amazing Mrs Pritchard in a single viewing, you are made of stronger stuff than me. I had to watch it in small...
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Absurd, yes, but still we succumb
Why, Bob Brecher wonders, do we meekly accept the downgrading and undermining of the academy? The beginning of another academic year seems a good time to reflect on what lies ahead - though it is...
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A giant leap for sustainability
Every little helps when it comes to going green, says Harriet Swain. Turning off lights and photocopiers as well as recycling are small steps that make a big difference - so be positive and make an...
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Battles with kilts and pastries
Name : Alasdair Blair. Age: 35. Job: Professor of international relations, Coventry University, and National Teaching Fellow. I am a fellow of the university's Inquiring Pedagogies Research Network...
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Ask the panel
Worried about your employment, maternity, pension rights? Send your questions to The Times Higher advice panel. I work as an admissions tutor. My university continues to ask for the birth dates of...
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It's out with the old...
Job ads that imply age criteria could breach labour rules, says Phil Baty Looking for a new job? Are you lively, dynamic, vibrant and ambitious? Well, do not expect to win a new post by highlighting...
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Who got that cash?
A decade-long collaboration has won researchers at Dundee and St Andrews universities £2 million to revolutionise the technology of drug delivery. Kishan Dholakia, professor of physics at St Andrews...
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No visas for voices critical of the US
Tariq Ramadan warns that the decision to bar him from America is a blow to academic freedom and hence to Western democracy. For two years, I have waited for the Bush Administration to tell me why it...
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Radical surgery needed - cut out the hospitals
Advanced health services use vast resources only to prolong death and hasten global warming, says Richard Nicholson. There are two good reasons why we ought to close all hospitals in rich countries,...