A social sciences "trade union" is needed to press the disciplines' case for more European research and development cash, a report says this week, writes Alison Utley. The social sciences are key to...
Arts, humanities and social science scholarship is suffering financially because it is seen as lightweight compared with science research, according to a review by the British Academy. The review,...
Hire a curly wig and wave your pointy stick if you want to improve your performance review and enhance your enjoyment of work, suggests Valerie Atkinson. Come on, own up. There must be someone out...
From nuclear fuel to wind farms, energy is a hot topic and Birmingham University intends to remain at the forefront of the discipline, writes Chris Johnston Four top-flight academics are being...
Marcia Wilson Lecturer in Coaching and Performance Science / Sport Psychology Job advertised in The Times Higher , October 10, 2003 As British fans cheered on Tim Henman at Wimbledon this week, much...
A lecturer at Southampton University uses a personal response system to test how much knowledge students have absorbed. Jon Brooke reports. Although he claims never to have seen an episode of ITV's...
What is your experience of teaching? Name : Eleni Theodoraki Age : 35 Job : Lecturer in sports management and warden of Telford Hall of Residence, Loughborough University Salary : Lecturer B scale...
Researchers, departments and universities will be named and shamed if they accept money from the tobacco industry under a tough protocol announced this week by Cancer Research UK. The UK's leading...
Syngenta, the last of the big biotechnology companies still working on genetic modification in the UK, is to transfer all of its GM operations to the US, prompting accusations that the Government has...
As if by some quirk in the space-time continuum, embarrassing special effects and wobbly sets have done nothing to diminish Doctor Who's position as an iconic television institution in the UK, writes...
The British Film Institute is seeking a higher education partner to help develop what is believed to be the world's most comprehensive film and TV library, writes Tony Tysome. The BFI aims to create...
A leading online training company stands to lose hundreds of thousands of pounds for learning materials it was contracted to produce for the failed UK e-University venture. Doctors.net.uk, which won...
An academic has stripped off for the TV cameras in a bid to test his theory that Ancient Greek athletes competed naked to run faster. Stephen Instone, an honorary research fellow at University...
UK universities and higher education colleges are not on top of everything that happens in their name overseas, researchers have warned. They need to be better informed and think more strategically...
Legislation to introduce tuition fees at Slovak universities from January 2005 is to be redrafted after the country's Parliament rejected it - by two votes. Martin Fronc, the education minister, said...