Shamed, but not named
Many delegates were keen to share their tales of campus bullying and harassment at last week's Association of University Teachers conference. But Steve Wharton, the union's president, repeatedly...
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Gap year soothes boycott blues
Diary is glad to see some outside academe milking the pay dispute for all it is worth. A press release from Year Out Group, which arranges gap years for students, is delighted to report "a surge in...
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You'll find condescension, too
And winner of the most patronising blurb to students on a university website goes to... the University of Wales' North East Wales Institute of Higher Education. Under the section Books Etc it says: "...
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Red flag fliers to high-fliers
Congratulations to Manchester University, champions of this year's University Challenge . The team beat Trinity College, Cambridge, by ten points in a nail-biting final with a score of 160. Diary...
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Stephen Colbert
Stephen colbert The White House Correspondents' Association Dinner, Washington DC, April 29 The President of Iran recently declared that democracy has failed worldwide. That's an exaggeration. But as...
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A beacon of hope or dogmatic analogy?
The Very Reverend Colin Slee, Dean of Southwark, last month told a Cambridge University congregation the world is witnessing a Muslim Reformation. The Times Higher asks theologians and sociologists...
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Up the (fiercely staid) workers!
Why are academics more middle class than they were a generation and a half ago? asks Maria Misra The Future Foundation has just published a poll announcing the demise of Britain's defining...
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Are you ready for your close-up?
If you fancy seeing your research featured in the press and want to give broadcasters your expert view of events, you must prepare. Harriet Swain finds out what you need to become a headline act...
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Festering teacups, yes. Beard, no
Name : Alan Greaves Age : 36 Job : Lecturer in archaeology at Liverpool University. My teaching and research focus is classical Greek archaeology. My administrative roles include disability and...
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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 heard many rumours about what full economic costing will mean for academic staff...
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Staff not software will trap cheats
Academics must lead multi-pronged war on plagiarism, universities are told. Jessica Shepherd reports Universities must stop looking for a quick fix to tackle student cheating and instead properly...
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Who got that cash?
A Kent University team led by senior research fellow Peter Aspinall has been awarded £156,000 to investigate the identities chosen by young mixed-race people. The study, backed by the grant from the...
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Wanted: young stars eager to shine on world stage
Glasgow University is seeking to tempt top young researchers from across the world in a full-page advertisement in The Times Higher this week. The ad trumpets 11 cross-disciplinary research...
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OECD Conference Considers Evidence that Patents Hinder Research, IP Watch Reports (link)
Madrid, 18 May 2006 During the first half of a two-day of an intellectual property conference, studies presented on whether patenting affects access for researchers concluded that although there is...
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Draft Opinion on the proposed regulation laying down the rules for the participation of undertakings, research centres and universities in actions under the Seventh Framework Programme and for the dis
Brussels, 18 May 2006 PROVISIONAL 2005/07(COD) 4.5.2006 DRAFT OPINION of the Committee on Culture and Education for the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy on the proposal for a European...