Drugs trial row scientist resigns
Richard Eastell, the Sheffield University scientist at the centre of allegations over the probity of a drug study carried out by his medical research unit, has resigned as director of research at...
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Rector quits in degree scandal
An Argentinian rector has resigned after his university was found to be awarding degrees to hundreds of students in Spain through an unauthorised distance-learning programme, writes Jason Mitchell in...
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Irish firms face action
Steps are being taken to see if five Irish companies calling themselves universities can be deregistered by the Companies Registration Office in Dublin. Discussions have taken place between the...
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Long and short of taking a break
When it comes to time off, which country offers academics the best deal? Holidays are a vital part of university life - an opportunity to recharge intellectual batteries, escape from the treadmill of...
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Winter holidays warm hearts of US faculty
Any US university faculty members or students who overindulge in the spirits of the season will have plenty of time to recover. Winter holidays on most US campuses extend for more than a month in a...
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French add up their working hours to claim their free time
The administration of French university life is complex, and the division of academics' time between work and leave is no exception. The working week is fixed at a maximum of 35 hours, and all French...
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Finns forge a flexible leave arrangement
On top of 11 statutory public holidays in 2006, Finnish academics can look forward to time off on Midsummer Day and Christmas Eve. Annual paid leave is regulated in a collective agreement for central...
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Germans go for balance
Only a clever mixture of happiness and work allows true intellectual self-fulfilment in modern society, German philosopher Theodor W. Adorno once wrote. Adorno, the epitome of a self-confident...
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Searching blindly for the truth in black and white
That old taboo, racism, endures in the collective unconscious - and in science, too, argues Kunal Basu Race is taboo. Few words prompt as much noise - or silence. Fewer still have enjoyed comparable...
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Alison Wolf
Around this time of year my brain atrophies. This is partly the accumulation of occupational shocks that one cannot do much to avoid. Discovering you have 80 students in your class next term when you...
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Ros Coward: Look back on dangers or living dangerously?
The new year newspapers "Reviews of the Year" are the great new year newspaper rituals. Lists and quizzes such as The Daily Telegraph's "2005: The Good, the Bad and the Quirky" are increasingly...
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Will knight fight another day?
For senior public servants, a gong from the Queen is the traditional way to cap a career and disappear into honourable retirement. Which is why the knighthood awarded to Ivor Crewe, the former...
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The long and the short of it
We hear that there are two other names on the long list for Hefce's top job: David Watson, formerly vice-chancellor at Brighton University, and David Eastwood, vice-chancellor of the University of...
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Declaration of independence
While he's been finishing off his duties as editor of The Spectator , Boris Johnson, the new Tory Higher Education Spokesman, has been tight-lipped about what he makes of tuition fees and the state...
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Catering for very special needs
The disabled loos that the University of Central England, Birmingham, dutifully installed recently are causing more problems than anticipated. Security guards keep catching students in flagrante in...