Alison Wolf
What's on the sector's Christmas list this year? Peace, goodwill, achievable targets and an overseas scandal This time of year makes me feel seriously inadequate. Cards arrive in November from...
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Reunited: just the business
Victor Bellanti, chief executive of Norman Hay plc, returns to Nottingham Trent University, where he studied in the 1980s Coming back to Nottingham Trent University doesn't seem such a huge step -...
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E-rrors included
Despite The Times Higher' s report last month of the burgeoning trade in dissertations for sale to students on internet auction site eBay, some sellers are getting rather complacent. "Have you been...
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Vexatious, moi?
As universities prepare to open their secret files under the Freedom of Information Act in the new year, there has been some discussion about how to prevent pesky journalists getting their hands on...
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Follow my former leader
How do you ensure that Education Secretary Charles Clarke turns up to your function and does what he's told? The British Council had the answer last week. The council invited its new chairman Neil...
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Shortcut to E=mc Square
Stuck in traffic and wondering what to talk to your taxi driver about? Forget the latest love saga of David Blunkett, apparently the thing to discuss with your cabbie is physics. Sir Michael Berry, a...
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Why I believe our student bursaries will help keep Oxford open to all
It is nothing new for a vice-chancellor to declare that his or her institution is "world class". So you will not be surprised that I consider maintaining this status crucial to Oxford University's...
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Academic witch-hunt or a digital defence? 1
Does the monitoring of left-wing Israeli scholars help or hinder democracy? Neve Gordon sees danger, Steven Plaut a watchdog A new spectre is haunting the far-left fever swamps that fester in certain...
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Academic witch-hunt or a digital defence? 2
Does the monitoring of left-wing Israeli scholars help or hinder democracy? Neve Gordon sees danger, Steven Plaut a watchdog "Are you a donor to Israeli universities?" the anonymous writer asks. "...
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Our goodwill counts for nothing on the list
A good old-fashioned favour means little in credit-scoring times, says Frank Furedi Academics seem constantly to be making lists. I don't just mean designing reading lists. We are continually asked...
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My worst nightmare
In my previous job, I had to teach a group of about 25 dance and drama students. Most of them were 18-year-old women in legwarmers who seemed to have an emotional age of about 14. Some were very good...
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Part-time route to full potential
Birkbeck College is committed to providing primarily part-time undergraduate study and offering a range of part-time postgraduate study while being a leading research institution. About 99 per cent...
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Runny nose? Please leave now
Few Britons would bat an eye if a lecturer sneezed, but Japanese would be shocked. Humphrey Evans says we must be more aware of the cultures of foreign students I have resolved never to blow my nose...
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Department audit
John J. Joughin, head of department, gives the lowdown on humanities at the University of Central Lancashire * Total number of academic staff: 51 * Number of permanent academic staff: 42 * Number of...
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Who's got the cash?
Scots language researchers at Glasgow University have won more than £300,000 from the Arts and Humanities Research Board to develop a major electronic archive. The Scottish Corpus of Texts and Speech...