Today's students get a raw deal and they know it
Boris Johnson learnt two things when he ran for rector. The first: being English and Tory has its disadvantages. And the second? In the course of an inglorious campaign to become lord rector of...
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Gary Day
We live in a strange age. On the one hand, there's the preaching of modernisation, on the other the preaching of God. Preaching? Perhaps the two are not so different after all. Modernisation involves...
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Rude encounter with watchdog
Before you pick up your telephone, take note - Big Brother is listening. The partner of a former Cardiff University academic had a surprising call recently. After ten years at Cardiff the academic,...
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Speculation on chair of 1994
After months of feverish gossiping, and a lot of misguided betting, we finally know that David Eastwood is the new chief executive of the Higher Education Funding Council for England. But the tenners...
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Experts in field may turn ugly
Quote of the week comes from Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho, defending his famously inferior home pitch. "Sometimes you see beautiful people with no brains. Sometimes you have ugly people who are...
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Neil runs rings round audience
That mysterious mobile phone that everyone dreads blared out loudly while Neil Kinnock, former Labour leader and chairman of the British Council, gave a speech at the Guild of Educators dinner last...
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Obsessive rantings and brooding visions
BLAKE'S JERUSALEM Fitzwilliam Museum, Trumpington Street, Cambridge University. Until May 14 William Blake's most famous lyric, Jerusalem , is a heartfelt protest against the failures of spirituality...
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Justice for a hero of hidden horrors
The vilification of Sir Roy Meadow shames the medical establishment. But his legal victory gives experts hope, argues David Southall The strident media propaganda against child protection specialists...
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United we stand but divided we negotiate
Unions are keen to shake up the skewed pay system, but they diverge on strategy, says Christina McAnea As the academic unions start the process for industrial action over pay, Unison will be sending...
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Go to aisle 4 to pick up your 2:1
Treating students as customers has wider implications than realists may have realised, warns Bob Brecher Shock horror! Students unprepared for university, claim admissions tutors! They expect "to be...
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Don't strike fear into their hearts
The viva is a key opportunity for a PhD candidate to defend a thesis, but it should also be viewed as a learning experience for all and not a chore or an opportunity to belittle the student, writes...
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Avoiding cold water with drip, drip
Name : Deirdre Burke Age : 51 Background : I started as a lecturer in religious studies in West Midlands College, a small teacher training college that merged with Wolverhampton Polytechnic, where I...
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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 just accepted my first research contract and, in time, would like to obtain a...
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Hunt for outsiders to pep up thinking
Leeds Metropolitan University is looking for academic movers and shakers as part of a major recruitment drive that includes appointing an unspecified number of "running stream professors". Running...
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Who's in, who's out?
ABERTAY DUNDEE Steve Olivier - the new head of the School of Social and Health Sciences and professor of sport and exercise science - sees potential for imaginative research into the health of the...