Warrior poses are best not shared
Name : John Scally Age : 44 Job : Director of university collections, Edinburgh University. Salary : Low rung on band 6 What is your background? First degree in English and history at Strathclyde...
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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 a senior lecturer of a mechanical engineering team. My university has recently...
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War cry for 11% pay rise
Lecturers' leaders have threatened the biggest industrial dispute the sector has seen if employers do not add at least £330 million to the pay budget from 2006-07 - giving staff a minimum 11.4 per...
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Welsh rejig opens door for deans
Glamorgan University is looking to appoint five key academics as the first step in a major restructuring and expansion exercise that promises more new jobs. The university is advertising in this week...
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Who got that job?
Bart Cammaerts Lecturer in media and communications, London School of Economics and Political Science Advertised in The Times Higher , January 14, 2005 Bart Cammaerts believes that moves by...
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Commissioner Janez POTOCNIK: Putting the Charter and Code into context: keeping Europe competitive, UK
London, 8 September 2005 Lord Sainsbury, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a great pleasure for me to be here today to speak at this conference. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the UK...
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ESA astronomers spot cannibal pulsar eating companion star
Brussels, 08 Sep 2005 ESA's Integral space observatory, together with NASA's Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer spacecraft, has found a fast-spinning pulsar in the process of devouring its companion. This...
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European Innovation Workshop, Edinburgh
Brussels, 08 Sep 2005 The European Innovation Workshop will be held in Edinburgh, UK, from 5 to 7 October. The event, organised by the European innovation initiative PAXIS and supported by the...
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RTD needs in standardisation: CEN/STAR trends analysis workshop, Italy
Brussels, 08 Sep 2005 A trends analysis workshop on the advantages of the use of product data technology (PDT) for life cycle assessments (LCA) will be held in Vico Equense, Italy, on 15 and 16...
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Today's news
State pupils to get more places at top universities The top universities are being pressed to operate a new admission system that would favour poorer students from state schools. Youngsters at inner-...
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Laurie Taylor Column
From : Jamie Targett. Director of Corporate Relations To : All Heads of Departments Subject : Post-Vacation Realignments Recent research by management consultants Grunt and Fardel (2005a) suggests...
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Alan Ryan
This year's new undergraduates can expect a 2.1 for average diligence - but not for how to lead their own intellectual life Now that the annual squabble about declining standards at A level and GCSE...
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Leader: Generally sunny, but some clouds
Only when the full results are published later this month will it be fair to judge the success, or otherwise, of the first National Student Satisfaction Survey. But already a mixed picture is...
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Leader: Wait for real reform
Anything that would make the process of admission to higher education fairer ought to be welcome. A system that relies on predictions (more than half of which are wrong) cannot be defended if there...
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Library access for all
Hugh McCredie (Letters, September 2) is not alone in regretting the restrictions in making electronic journals available. University librarians have been grappling with this problem, which is in...