Learning to love the workplace 1
When the Higher Education Minister holds meetings with the business community, it is natural for work-based learning to be high on the agenda. But Bill Rammell's meeting in Sheffield this week was...
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Stick to what matters 2
When is an academic not an academic? When he or she is having an identity crisis, according to some at the Higher Education Academy's conference this week. There are now so many different roles to...
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Disruptive politics must be allowed to muscle in
Oxford alumni Mathew Humphrey and Marc Stears are a 'protected' species when it comes to animal rights protesters - a status they find problematic We have become "protected persons". As alumni of...
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David Runciman: tired and emotional, they shriek and wail
This is the World Cup when the tournament stopped being simply a festival of football and became the festival of the fan. No longer was it enough merely to watch the matches on TV with a few friends...
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Outsider dealing
The Department for Education and Skills is, after all, on the lookout for a former vice-chancellor to replace Alan Wilson, who is standing down as director-general for higher education in September....
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Word imperfect
One syllable can make all the difference. To much amusement at the Higher Education Academy's conference this week, its chief executive, Paul Ramsden introduced Colin Campbell, Nottingham University'...
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Slowly does it
Confirmation that the election for the coveted post of general secretary of the University and College Union will not be held until February has been met with heavy hearts by some union officials....
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Roo'd awakening
Even degree ceremonies are being exploited by the rest of the UK to capitalise on England's sorrow at its team's World Cup defeat. Belfast-born TV presenter Eamon Holmes, who was this week awarded an...
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If we want winners, there will be losers
The world cannot afford to tackle all its dire problems, so we are going to have to make some tough decisions, says Bjorn Lomborg Nobody wants to be the bad guy. Nobody wants to say that one...
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How your PIN number was given to Uncle Sam
One year on from 7/7 and the subsequent anti-terror laws, Simon Davies reveals a fresh assault on our civil liberties How about this for a blockbuster movie plot? A vast organisation that sits at the...
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It's time for us all to do the maths
Militant lecturers' stubborn ignorance of the realities of university finance appals Susan Bassnett This academic year has ended somewhat unhappily. The strike action badly affected students,...
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Reel 'em in - and make it riveting
Your book is in their hands. They skim it, then snap it shut with grim finality. Where did you go wrong? To ensure a happy ending, you must captivate your audience with a strong beginning, says...
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Early bird catches the writing bug
Name : Penny Smith (pseudonym Penny Sumner) Age: Middle! Job : Programme leader, MA in creative writing, Northumbria University. Salary : About £38,000. Education : BA in English from the University...
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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 working part time for an old university for six years and have only just...
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Who's in who's out?
WOLVERHAMPTON Tim Collins (pictured), Wolverhampton University's new associate dean (postgraduate, research and enterprise), is full of praise for his new home and the people who work there. "There...