Make torture legal, say law academics
Two ߣߣÊÓƵn academics have generated a storm of controversy over claims that torture is "morally defensible" even if it causes the deaths of innocent people. Mirko Bagaric, head of Deakin...
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EU lends Russia a hand
The Russian Government has asked the European Union for practical aid to help it participate in the Bologna Process. The deal focuses on higher education in detail and was approved in Moscow by...
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Lectures lost on student shoppers
Handouts, rather than speakers, are the main attraction at lectures nowadays. Maria Misra puts it down to students' taste for utility I've been lecturing as Oxford mounts a full lecture programme in...
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Everybody look into my eyes...
Having problems delivering lectures to a large number of students? The mind is a fickle thing and, says Harriet Swain, if your audience is losing interest or simply can't hear you, you need to mix it...
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Perfect perch for creative night owl
Name: Harriett Gilbert Age: 56 Job: Programme director, MA in creative writing (novels), department of journalism and publishing, City University. Salary: Half the senior lecturer salary (mine's a 0....
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Ask the panel
Worried about your employment, maternity, pension rights? Send your questions to The Times Higher advice panel. After 15 years as a lecturer and senior lecturer in my department I feel my permanent...
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Open offer to tempt research top talent
Aberdeen University this week launched one of the most inventive recruitment drives seen in The Times Higher , inviting academics to apply for jobs it has not advertised and promising top-flight...
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Who got that job?
Peter Bisschop Lectureship in Sanskrit at Edinburgh University Job advertised in The Times Higher , December 3, 2004 With just five UK universities offering courses that include Sanskrit, Peter...
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The Gauntlet gives entrepreneurs a private grilling
The recent BBC Two television show Dragons' Den featured brave entrepreneurial souls so sure that they were on to a winner that they were prepared to pitch their idea in front of the nation to a...
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Europe to ensure PhDs meet needs
With the Bologna Process on track for 2010, European higher education ministers want universities to ensure that doctoral programmes satisfy the broader job market as well as training future...
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Scientists' entente cordiale in Paris
Scientists from the ten newest members of the European Union are opening a dialogue with their French counterparts. Representatives of the academies of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia,...
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Czechs hunt Briton in cash probe
Interpol is helping Czech police and university authorities find a British administrator who disappeared after the discovery of financial irregularities in a European Union-funded programme at...
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Flex competitive muscle and watch equity thrive
Higher education has much to teach schools about the benefits of choice, says Ann Rossiter. Making choice in education real is one of the Prime Minister's "legacy" projects for his third term. For...
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Nancy Rothwell
Our top scientific body is striving to end whispers of blackballing and bias while continuing to admit only the best scientists. Attaining membership of the most exclusive clubs is often a curious...
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So who's an ancient relic now?
Having stepped out from the shadows of Downing Street, Lord Adonis, the new Education Minister, was due to make his parliamentary debut as The Times Higher went to press. As one might expect, the...