Who rises needs prizes
The academic gossip mill is working overtime with the realisation that three of the most powerful political jobs in science could be up for grabs this year. Despite determined attempts by the...
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Ground control to the BNSC
Those who have described Lord Sainsbury as the grey man of science may have to eat their words. Last week, he pulled out all the stops to launch a historic space science collaboration with China. The...
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A. C. Grayling: Review
`In an eye-watering moment von Hagens slices a testicle in half with what looks like a large bread knife' ANATOMY FOR BEGINNERS. Channel 4, 11pm daily, January 24 to . When Gunther von Hagens first...
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Why I... see no place for science in the abortion debate
Stunning 4-D ultrasound images of the foetus at 15 to 22 weeks gestation last year prompted a national debate over late-term abortion. Newspaper reports suggested that it could "walk", "cry" or "...
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Big sister's big rebuff
Was there revolutionary reason behind Greer's reality-TV madness? asks Roy Harris. Trying to anticipate how Germaine Greer's sharp analytic intelligence would fare in a competition of mind-numbing...
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Don't crumble or quit, call us
With workplace stress in the spotlight, a counsellor advises lecturers to seek help. After ten years in academe, the caller told me she was considering quitting. The lecturer had a mountain of forms...
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For now, our money should do the talking
Historians' responses to the Asian tsunami can wait, says Maria Misra I am from time to time asked by the media to comment on some story or event on which I'm thought to have expertise. Changes in...
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'D' in PhD does not mean dogsbody
Teaching undergraduates can help with your post-graduate work but, warns Harriet Swain, don't let other staff and students take advantage of you You need more time for research. You need more money....
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My worst nightmare
Early in my career, I was teaching in a residential support environment for people with rehabilitation and special needs. One day, a young woman asked if I could teach her to read and write. I joked...
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Better care for care-leavers
Only 1 per cent of care-leavers progress to higher education, compared with 40 per cent of school-leavers. For this reason, the Leicestershire Aimhigher Partnership is leading a national project,...
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Department audit
Gavin Poynter, head of school, gives the lowdown on social sciences, media and cultural studies at the University of East London * Total number of academic staff: 128 * Number of permanent academic...
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Finance chiefs pocket 6% rise
University finance directors earn £72,083 a year on average, more than twice the pay of a typical lecturer, according to data gathered by recruitment consultants Hays Accountancy and Finance. Over...
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Who got that job?
Arlene Sierra Lecturer in music School of Music, Cardiff University Job advertised in The Times Higher , April 23, 2004 Arlene Sierra has no illusions about why she got her job at Cardiff University...
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Titles (and doubles) all round at Nottingham
Nottingham University has promoted nearly 100 members of staff in its biggest promotion round to date. In all, 30 members of staff have been promoted to professorships, 26 to readerships and 37 to...
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Today's news
Universities 'only teaching students four hours a week' Leading universities have been accused of letting down students by offering as little as four hours teaching a week for some courses. The lack...