Southern comforts
The Higher Education Funding Council for England will host its 2006 annual conference - the first major outing for the new chief executive when he or she is announced - in Coventry next summer. There...
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It's true. Oh no it's not
Plans to create a University of Bedfordshire took on a note of farce this week. Philip Tasker and Les Ebdon, vice-chancellors of De Montfort and Luton universities respectively, called a meeting to...
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Quite a eureka moment
Campaigning for Modern Universities (not to be confused with the one-time Coalition for Modern Universities), the Russell Group, the 94 Group, the N8I We know universities love the chance to attend...
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Untold generosity
We are so used to hearing about impoverished universities cutting back and slimming down that it was a shock to hear about Northumbria University's Chrismas largesse. Rumour has it that 2,500...
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Sophistry isn't very clever
Are tricky examination questions illegal? Phil Race and James Tooley debate "Academic judgment" can now be challenged. We have always known that exam questions should be fair and assessments should...
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Allow the most able to shine
Are tricky examination questions illegal? Phil Race and James Tooley debate As higher education is increasingly for the masses, experts argue it must evolve to accommodate the new intake. Changes...
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Will the 'new, new' universities be good for the sector?
The Times Higher finds opinion divided on the issue "There is overprovision in the sector already and some institutions are finding it hard to perform as proper universities maintaining a good...
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It's part of the job to 'justify' terror
The Terrorism Bill leads Maria Misra to turn her thoughts from a cosy campus life to contemplating a spell behind bars There are two persistent cliches about the nature of academic life, both turning...
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Knock, knock. Who's there...?
...an embarrassingly unfunny academic. If you want to be popular with students, becoming the lecture theatre clown isn't always a winner, says Harriet Swain, but boundless enthusiasm could be Heard...
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Happy networker has got the blues
Name : David Green Age : 38 Job : Medical representative for academici, the global networking site for academics; and consultant cardiothoracic anaesthetist and intensivist, University Hospital...
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Ask the panel
Worried about your employment, maternity, pension rights? Send your questions to The Times Higher advice panel. I am employed as a cleaner in a university. Around Christmas time, it is not uncommon...
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Who got that cash?
British scientists are to examine the effects of the catastrophic drought that hit the Amazonian basin this year. The drought left millions of people without key supplies after rivers and lakes used...
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Vanquish the fatal five
University managers are largely to blame for five "fatal flaws" that experts say can ruin an academic department. Researchers at Sheffield Hallam University's Centre for Integral Excellence...
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Today's news
Cambridge fails to return to profit Cambridge University reported a year-on-year improvement in its finances yesterday, but narrowly failed to return to the black despite a major cost-cutting...
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Laurie Taylor Column
Enjoying your dinner, Roger? You like goose, don't you? Oh yes, mother. I got it from Clarissa Dickson Wright. Hungarian. That's why there are eggy dumplings and paprika. Very nice. Roger, is...