Why we all make capital from this great city
It's the nation's incubator, so don't resent its success - a strong London is good for everyone, say Jane Glanville and David Rhind Britain has been deconstructed since 1997. The reality of...
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Gary Day
If they do it in the US, we do it soon after. Take psychometric testing, for instance, that meaningless measure of the man What does it say about my life that I am so easily distracted? No sooner do...
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Forewarned is forearmed
Researchers who have any involvement with the Department for International Development are rarely complimentary about the department's grasp of science. And many have been looking forward to a...
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Miss Piggy in Hi-Ya education?
Kermit the Frog was roped in to sex up last week's conference about "planning tomorrow's higher education learning environments". Academics and senior administrators looked bemused when pictures of...
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A CBE if you fit me in this week
With people queueing round the block to try to get a National Health Service dental appointment, it seems the powers that be are trying to curry favour with overstretched dental academics. Michael...
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Kill the King, we need a 'name'
King Alfred may have had a reputation for being great, but apparently that's just not the right image for a university college. Hampshire's newest institution launched this week, having changed its...
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Don's diary: 'one career over, another launched'
First trimester How do you know when you're ready to retire, I asked? You just will, said Professor Already Retired, and I did. But you love your job, they said, you're a 24/7. Will you do some part-...
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Why I ... think the role of art schools is less clear now than in the 1960s
Art education today bears the fruit of seeds planted in the 1960s. We see it in the wide-ranging creativity of art students, even as we observe the reactionary response of institutions, which since...
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Learn - to live longer
Access to higher education can be a big factor in enjoying a healthy life, says Michael Marmot With all the talk around the Higher Education Bill, it is worth remembering that among the benefits of...
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You have been 'grey gooed'
Hysteria has set back real discussion of nanotechnology, says K. Eric Drexler The Institute of Physics recently issued a press release, "Nanotechnology Pioneer Slays Grey Goo Myths", on the...
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Set the agenda and make your very own camel
Today you can't escape the committee, but why try? Embrace the five Ps and change your world, says Nick Saunders We all love committees, don't we? Well, maybe. The truth is that sitting on a...
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Jobwatch: Midlands Masterstroke
The retirement of the 1960s boom-years art and design academics is leading Nottingham Trent to recruit creatively by offering jobs with reduced levels of administration. Chris Johnston reports A...
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Who got that job? Professor of British Literature
Richard Todd Job advertised in The Times Higher September 5 2003 Richard Todd is an academic and British but has never been an academic in Britain. The day after submitting his doctoral thesis at...
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The poodle exercise is a novice's best friend
Devising a fantasy dog-clipping course showed Humphrey Evans how to make the most of his professional experience as a college tutor. Poodle clipping had never been a craft whose ramifications I had...
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Teaching: on the front line
What is your experience of teaching? Mandy Garner asks teachers how they manage Name: Rachel A. Harris Age: 35 Job: Lecturer in ethnomusicology at School of Oriental and African Studies Salary: £24,...