Dean there, done that
Universities that turn to headhunters to help fill their vacancies should remember their loyalty is often very temporary. One academic who recently got a job as a dean within a major university was...
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Why I ... think that universities should take campus religion seriously
Walking along Oxford Road in Manchester recently I counted six or seven people - leaflets, false smiles - working the crowds. Their shabby anoraks gave them away as street evangelists seeking out...
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Take a tip from The X Factor's 'Mr Nasty'
We should stop rewarding mediocrity and tell it like it is, argues Tim Birkhead Right. When I tap the dashboard I want you to stop as though a child has run out into the road. Bang. Pause. Screech....
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Nobody likes a party pooper
Exhibiting a little bit of festive spirit is to be encouraged, writes Harriet Swain, but be sure to follow a few basic rules if you want your Christmas bash to go with a bang Feeling festive? Full of...
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Help foreign guests to help you
There can be few universities in the UK that do not have international students. Although the number of such students varies between institutions, there is no doubt that they are a valued and...
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My worst nightmares
1. The moment at which I believed I had finally made it on to the same pay scale as my male counterpart (after many years of battling), only to find that he had been effortlessly moved up a grade. 2...
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Teacher audit
* Name: Chris Pegler * Age: 48 * Job: Lecturer at the Institute of Educational Technology at the Open University * Salary: Lecturer B scale * Qualifications: BA business (Coventry...
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A sunny outlook in education
Fancy a lectureship in the Caribbean? As the chill and darkness of winter descends on campuses up and down the country, here is an opportunity for academic life in much warmer, exotic climes. Due to...
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Scots face two-year wait for pay boost, says AUTS
Scottish academics will have to wait two years before the extra money promised to their universities is translated into higher pay, and the delay will give English institutions an edge in recruiting...
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Who got that job?
Poul Christofferson Lecturer, Centre for Glaciology, Institute for Geography and Earth Sciences, University of Wales, Aberystwyth Job advertised in The Times Higher , March 12, 2004 From his office...
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Laurie Taylor column
Do you like the turkey, Roger? I thought it would make a nice change from the usual goose. It's a Jamie Oliver recipe with leeks and porcini mushrooms. He calls it his "cheeky Christmas turkey". Does...
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Alan Ryan
The US values university science departments as part of the general educational provision. Why doesn't the UK? I was turfed out of schoolboy chemistry at the age of 13. Barely tall enough to see over...
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The more chairs, the merrier
Only self-serving Professor Welches have anything to fear from new university chairs, says Chris Hackley The boom in the number of chairs in British universities has been seized on as a sign of...
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Leader: Donations drive has to bear fruit
Ministers must have known when they established a task force to assess the potential for increasing private donations in higher education that there would be a cost to bear. Although the point of the...
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Leader: Consistency is crucial
The arrival of the third Education Secretary of this Parliament, joining the third Higher Education Minister in the same period, is a reminder of what rare stability universities and colleges saw...