Howard's away not plain sailing
Rumours about Sir Howard Newby's departure from the Higher Education Funding Council for England for the vice-chancellorship at the University of West of England first started doing the rounds in...
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Smart money on compromise
The book is now open on who will replace Sir Howard at the funding council. The general consensus among the circling university heads seems to be that a v-c from the '94 group is the most likely...
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Sweet dreams on Knight shift
The coincidence that Peter Knight confirmed his impending departure as head of the University of Central England in the same week that news of this vacancy emerged has encouraged some optimistic...
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Cars in their eyes
Thames Valley University's staff have clearly enjoyed a quieter summer than most. The university's Westel House, which houses the Centre for Complementary Healthcare and Integrated Medicine, has its...
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That was off the record, right?
Marks may be set to dive on City University's postgraduate diploma in newspaper journalism. On discovering that Jonathan Hewitt had been appointed acting course director, incoming students circulated...
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Why I believe that dyslexia is not a myth
The recent Dispatches programme on Channel 4 provocatively called The Dyslexia Myth has caused a storm, and it concerned me greatly. I am project director for AchieveAbility, a national initiative...
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Balances of power
Canny students who won't heed their elders have much to teach market advocates, says David Watson This week, Universities UK's Longer-Term Strategy Group publishes the fifth annual report in its...
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Time to tackle abuse head-on
Academia must admit bullying exists and try to stamp it out, says Petra Boynton Sometimes in research you instinctively know a study's going to be different. The Times Higher's bullying survey was...
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The power of the great big No
Ironically, Thatcher's law may block Blair's campuscrackdown, says Bob Brecher. But universities must collectively fight for free speech In its determination to take whatever advantage it can of the...
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Be brave, rip up your life's work
If you're convinced there's a bestseller in your PhD thesis, you'll have to be prepared to tear it apart to find the gripping yarn within, says Harriet Swain. And no, readers don't want to see your...
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Coffee and a 3,500-year-old pot
Name: Stephen Quirke Age: 42 Job: Curator of the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology and reader in Egyptian archaeology, Institute of Archaeology, University College London. I teach health...
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Ask the panel
Worried about your employment, maternity, pension rights? Send your questions to The Times Higher advice panel. Because of limited lab space, my department restricts the number of people allowed to...
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Managers seek cure for staff cynicism
Academics' independence of mind, natural cynicism and principled stubbornness may be prized in lecture halls and on conference podiums, but they are giving university personnel managers a headache....
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Union attacks Glasgow redundancy initiative
Glasgow University's unions have accused management of adopting "scare tactics" by threatening compulsory job cuts in a bid to get staff to sign up for voluntary redundancy. Ian Black, Glasgow's...
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Who's in, Who's out?
UEA Naresh Pandit is leaving Manchester Business School after ten years to become professor of management at the University of East Anglia. He is keen to research the link between business clustering...