All fired up to meet the challenges of tomorrow
A visit to Africa has left Bill Rammell feeling inspired at the continent's commitment to spreading knowledge For almost a decade our Government has focused relentlessly on education. When you get...
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Gary Day
Learning is much like a journey to work: filled with bad weather, tangled tights, blocked bins and delays. Well... almost I do my bit for the planet by cycling to the station. But does the planet...
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Jonathan Bate: Skilful remixes of a bard for all seasons
Shakespeare Re-told BBC One In the 1970s, the BBC filmed the complete plays of Shakespeare. The project fulfilled the corporation's public service remit and was also a nice little earner. Even today...
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Tories await Cameron fallout
David Cameron's election as Conservative Party leader put many middle-ranking Tory MPs - not least Stephen O'Brien, the Shadow Higher Education Minister - into a few days of limbo while awaiting the...
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Career spin for Chancellor Khan
Another success for Pakistani cricket - no, not the 2-0 drubbing of England in the Test series but the appointment of former captain Imran Khan as chancellor of Bradford University. Whether Mr Khan...
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In flagrante, now in extremis
Getting things off your chest in a weblog may be cathartic but perhaps not career-enhancing. A University of California academic landed himself in trouble after relating the story of finding two...
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Leicester's crooning glory
Leicester University played host to the most unlikely of diners last week. Engelbert Humperdinck - the "King of Romance" - was spotted tucking into a Christmas dinner in the university's own "posh"...
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Speaking out for the right to speak evil
However poisonous the views of some citizens may be, freedom of speech is the ultimate test of a free society, insists Roy Harris The need to restrict certain freedoms in order to protect other...
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Supernatural theory has no place in classroom
What do British academics think of teaching intelligent design to pupils - a view of the world that is being pushed in some US schools? It's the subject of impassioned debate in the US, but...
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Swap kid gloves for a red ballpoint
Going to university has been presented as a soft option. No wonder so many drop out, argues One of the unfortunate consequences of the audit culture is that it unleashes a chain of events that are...
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Grab the mic, it's physics karaoke
It takes more than a novelty tie to be creative, says Harriet Swain, and if you are to reach the heights of original thinking, be prepared to fall flat on your face along the way and perhaps to...
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Small dog wanted in Garden of Eden
Name: Margot Chadwick Age: 56 Job: Disability adviser. I advise students and applicants with disabilities, other than specific learning difficulties, about access to Cambridge University and its...
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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 employed as a support worker in various roles at two universities for the...
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No-confidence vote in v-c
Months of staff dissatisfaction with senior management at Nottingham Trent University resulted in a vote of no confidence in the vice-chancellor this week. More than 290 staff said they had no...
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Leicester casts net for stars of research
Leicester University is hoping to attract research-focused academics with a range of incentives, writes Anthea Lipsett. The university is advertising 20 new lecturing posts in this week's Times...