The UK's great £19.5m lottery
Any idea how much cash is wasted in failed grant proposals? Tim Birkhead does, and suggests we could benefit from a lesson in falconry The noble art of falconry involves manipulating the behaviour of...
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The supercool need not apply
A student ambassador can make all the difference when it comes to persuading a ten-year-old to consider university. So, pick candidates for the role with care, advises Harriet Swain, and monitor...
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All manner of copiers, 24/7
Name : Andrew Young Age : 39 Job : Lecturer and first-year tutor in computer science at Salford University and a National Teaching fellow. Salary : I'm happy with it. Background : I have degrees in...
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Ask the panel
Worried about your employment, maternity, pension rights? Send your questions to The Times Higher advice panel. I have been employed to teach by the same university for ten years but every year I...
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Race for business experts
UK business schools this week demonstrated their seemingly insatiable appetite for new staff with no fewer than six different universities advertising academic posts. The universities of Hull,...
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Who got that job?
Aidan Westwood, senior carbon research fellow, Institute for Materials Research, Leeds University Advertised: The Times Higher , December 9, 2005 For Aidan Westwood, carbon is more than just the...
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Cheats playing institutions against each other on appeal
Tony Tysome reports on a call for consistent guidelines on punishment Registrars and the student complaints ombudsman are backing calls for national guidance on cheating and how to punish cheats. The...
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Commission consults on 2007 work programme for Intelligent Energy Europe (links)
Brussels, 20 July 2006 The Commission seeks your your views and suggestions to help prepare and improve the 2007 work programme for the new Intelligent Energy - Europe II programme Online...
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State aid: Commission endorses €67 million of public funding for British R&D project led by Rolls-Royce
Brussels, 20th July 2006 The European Commission has authorised, under the EC Treaty’s rules on state aid (Article 87), €67 million (£47 million) of public funding for a...
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Competitiveness Council, 24 July 2006
Brussels, 20 July 2006 The Competitiveness Council will meet in extraordinary session on 24 July 2006 in Brussels, under the Chairmanship of Mauri Pekkarinen, Finnish minister for Trade and Industry...
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Today's news
Pupils underestimate level of graduate debt, survey finds The average sixthformer expects to leave university with debts of just over £6,000 - less than half the average amount graduates actually owe...
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Laurie Taylor column
Two fifths of academics fail to take proper leave and many struggle to fit any summer holidays between exam boards and clearing. New research suggests that this deprivation can have serious...
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Leader: Work together or keep on failing
Both employers and union officials will be relieved that this week's ballot result shows a convincing majority in favour of ending the higher education pay dispute. The 55 per cent turnout represents...
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Leader: Sinking expectations
For the drop-out rates published among this week's performance indicators to be rising would not be surprising if the measures of widening participation were moving in the same direction. The...
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Equality role not gender-specific 1
Although we wish to progress issues of equality within the University and College Union and to bring the expertise and enthusiasm of all members to its work, we cannot allow the allegations of...