Over-60s overdemand
Pensioners in the Czech Republic are being turned away in their thousands from university lifelong learning courses as demand for higher education among the over-60s outstrips supply. Some 100,000 of...
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Wield that sword of truth with an iron will
When lies are the norm, academic integrity is bunk, argues Bob Brecher As our universities busily reinvent themselves as second-rate businesses whose function is to supply so-called graduates (at...
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On your mark, get set...hesitate
Students who routinely miss deadlines may have more serious problems than writer's block. Elizabeth Mistry explores how to break the procrastination paralysis cycle Everybody puts off doing things...
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Older, wiser and happy to trade cheap pints for cocoa
Michael North explores a scheme that offers over-55s self-worth and a new lease of life Embarking on an MA as you begin your 80th year may seem an unusual decision, but for Tony Carter it is the...
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Department audit
Derek Attridge, head of department, gives the lowdown on English and related literature at York University. * Total number of academic staff: 36 * Permanent academic staff: 31 * Academic staff on...
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Who's got that cash?
A gift of £2.75 million has been given to the Open University to support its work in Africa. The gift, from the Allan and Nesta Ferguson Charitable Trust, is the single largest private donation...
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Britain lags behind in worklife survey
Only two British universities feature in the top 20 places to work as a postdoctorate student outside of the US, according to The Scientist's third annual survey. Bristol and Cardiff universities...
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Liverpool to venture into new research areas
Liverpool University announced a major recruitment drive this week, advertising for up to 30 postgraduate researchers across a wide range of subjects, writes Anthea Lipsett. In an advert in this week...
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Signal imperative to put funding back on track
Standards can only be raised if more cash is found to pay academics a decent wage, argues Claus Moser The issue of standards always hovers over us. Expansion remains the Government's top priority and...
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Alison Wolf
The image of the Lib Dems as champions of the underdog belies their true voter base: the middle-class academic I think I will have to batten down the hatches this month. Lots of my university friends...
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Shrinking book speaks volumes
After extensive (and expensive) market research, Sheffield University has unveiled a new logo. But despite vice-chancellor Bob Boucher's claim that this will give the institution a "new identity",...
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Part-time promise lacks future
Inevitably, wavering Labour backbenchers were given whispered assurances, nudges and winks last year as former Education and Higher Education ministers Charles Clarke and Alan Johnson attempted to...
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Mama Weer All Crazee Now
If academics who study popular culture feel bound to emphasise their work's serious pretensions by focusing only on the avant garde, then Alan Moore, head of music and sound recording at Surrey...
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Chris McManus: review
Tino Sehgal's installation, This Objective of That Object , is entered via a small vestibule linking two large, white, echoing rooms at London's Institute of Contemporary Art. The silence is broken...
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Why I have taken a shot at bullshit
Bullshit is one of the most salient features of our culture. Every day we are confronted by politicians, pundits and others who talk from a position of partial or total ignorance. They engage in...