My worst nightmare
In the decade that brought us Educating Rita, the college where I worked introduced a certificate for mature students, most of whom turned out to be housewives. Mindful of the need to encourage...
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Strengthen chemical bonds
Should we encourage students to study chemistry and, if so, how? Chemistry: The Next Generation is a project promoting chemistry to school and college students who are underrepresented in higher...
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Department audit
Christopher Rowe is head of the department of classics and ancient history, Durham University. * Total number of academic staff: 16 * Number of permanent academic staff: 13 * Number of academic staff...
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Who's in who's out?
Sunderland "The trees haven't changed but all the people are dead," said Sheila Graber, on her return to Sunderland University late in 2004. As senior research and teaching fellow in animation, she...
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Open your post or fall foul of new Act
Academics face a major culture shock as the Freedom of Information Act starts to make an impact in the workplace. Mail to academics and administrators will have to be opened centrally by their...
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Nationwide push to expand economic horizons
Economics departments are looking to swell their ranks, with Sheffield University, Nottingham University and Queen Mary, University of London, all advertising in this week's Times Higher . Sheffield...
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Laurie Taylor Column
Ring in the new A selection of new year messages from some of the movers and shakers in higher education The Vice-Chancellor of Poppleton University "There is every sign that 2005 will be another...
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Leader: Pay attention - it's not the year to take a breather
The year 2005 might be expected to be the lull between two momentous periods for higher education: the big decisions were taken in 2004 and their impact will be felt in 2006 and beyond. But the next...
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Sexism and the sex lives of staff 1
It is time to stop lecherous lecturers of all sexual orientations preying on students and not just the males that Meg Barker highlights in her article ("Power of the laddish predator", December 10)....
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Sexism and the sex lives of staff 2
Meg Barker is extremely critical of male academics who have sexual relationships with their female students. And she is unhappy about male colleagues who make sexist remarks, no matter how brief and...
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Not a cereal award 1
I was astonished to read James Tooley describe a professor from Newcastle University as "better than" a professor from Luton ("Is an easy chair culture taking over campus?", December 17). On what...
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Not a cereal award 2
You state: "Some new universities such as Gloucestershire, which was awarded university status only last year, have a greater proportion of staff who hold chairs than Oxford or Cambridge universities...
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Not a cereal award 3
I worked at one university where all the executive group were awarded professorial titles. By what process and criteria never became clear. All then gave inaugural lectures. There was pressure on...
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Lobby for freedom
The idea that academic freedom is "enshrined in law" (Letters, December 24/31) is more apparent than real. Statutory provisions that make reference to academic freedom do not amount to much, nor do...
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Distortion by denial
Why does The Times Higher print letters from antivivisectionist groups such as the British Union of Antivivisectionists that deny the efficacy of animal experimentation in alleviating human suffering...