A spliffing idea
A marketing consultancy conducting a study of student culture tells us that cannabis use is so common on campus that many students don't even regard it as a drug. It's not surprising then that...
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Help for poor hacks
Finally, Cambridge University is taking widening participation to extremes. When one of our reporters turned up at the institution last week with no wallet, barely a flat Black-Country vowel had...
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Why I... believe universities need theology and theology needs faith
Modernity lingers throughout the academy through the strong emphasis on reason, history and repeatable experiments as benchmarks of wisdom. Disinterested scholarship is extolled even while strong...
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Long live diversity
Trevor Phillips proclaimed the end of multiculturalism. He couldn't be more wrong, says Darcus Howe. Every year, the staff of Aylesbury College of Education celebrate the life of Jacob Briskman with...
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Call yourself cosmopolitan?
Embracing global opportunity is about more than cashing in on overseas students, says Frank Furedi. One of the most exciting features of a university is its embrace of global influences. Ideas have...
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Put away your pom-poms and start to shout
It is time for academics to make a stand on the political stage and show where their loyalties lie, says Bob Brecher. The question of where academics' political loyalties should lie is becoming...
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Jobwatch: Can you talk the talk?
Westminster hopes to further boost healthy RAE scores with ten posts in social sciences, humanities and languages for those with a flexible approach, writes Chris Johnston. A rising student intake at...
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Who got that job?
Paul Hannon Job advertised in The Times Higher , July 11 2003 Paul Hannon has become the first professor of incubation and enterprise at the University of Central England. He joined UCE from De...
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Pointless tedium - don't you just love it?
Neither lecturers nor students enjoy exams, so why do we have them? Perhaps we have a twisted sadomasochistic streak, writes Nathan Abrams. I have an exam paper for you. Three questions. Three hours...
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Teaching: on the front line
What is your experience of teaching? Mandy Garner asks teachers how they manage Name: Val Taylor Age: 49 Job: Lecturer in drama at the University of East Anglia Salary: At the top of...
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Next week
A tale of two universities How Oxford and Wolverhampton measure up. Also Cuba after Castro : the second in our State of Democracy series looks at life after Fidel. Wlaffying, chyteryng, harryng, and...
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Commission Communication: "Decommissioning of Nuclear Installations and Waste Management - Nuclear Liabilities Arising Out of the Activities of the Joint Research Centre (JRC) Carried Out Under the Eu
Brussels, May 2004 Full text of Document 9818/04 Suite of documents 9818/04 Delegations will find attached Commission document SEC(2004) 621 final. [...] [Public Info Net automatically generates...
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The Day After Tomorrow - Background Information on Climate Scenarios
Copenhagen, May 2004 'The Day After Tomorrow,' the northern hemisphere is plunged into an ice age as global climate change causes the Gulf Stream in the North Atlantic to 'switch off.' Pure fiction?...
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Women and Science: "Statistics in Focus" from Eurostat on "Women, science and technology: Measuring recent progress towards gender equality"
Brussels, May 2004 Full text DG Research http://europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/research/i ndex_en.html
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UK government turns its thoughts to FP7
Brussels, May 2004 The UK government has become one of the first to initiate a consultation process with a view to preparing its position on the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7), due to begin in...