What lies behind Egyptian mask?
Private Life in New Kingdom Egypt
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Duties inc. turning day into night
The Pharoahs
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Worth waiting for quiet genius
True Genius
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Some steps to shore success, be it mud, sand or gravel
Coastal Processes with Engineering Applications
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Laurie Taylor column
In order to ensure more diversity, universities plan to introduce personality tests as an aid to student selection - The Times , March 3. This questionnaire will be used to assess your suitability...
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Can you pinpoint your boss?
Is your institution threatened by outdated governance? Five questions will help you find out, says Steven Schwartz. Let's face it, "university governance" is just a euphemism for "who's in charge?"...
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Leader: Funding fanfare is not music to everyone's ears
It would be dangerous to read too much into today's funding allocations for English higher education: the late publication of the government's plans inevitably meant that some policy changes had to...
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Leader: Resisting reforms is a high-risk strategy
Gordon Brown let it be known again this week that he believes university management needs shaking up, making it clear that future public support will depend on an unspecified degree of modernisation...
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Students win consumer rights
Consumer rights laws applying to ruined holidays or disastrous wedding days have been extended to higher education in a landmark legal ruling. Oxford County Court last week awarded six students up to...
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First tutors graduate from trailblazing PhD supervisors course
A group of Staffordshire University academics has graduated from a pioneering course to formally qualify them to supervise PhD students. The one-year course involved a series of half-day events and...
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Contracts cop-out under fire from MPs
The Commons science and technology committee has expressed frustration that the government has failed to commit to a definite move away from short-term research contracts. The government issued its...
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Progress slow on mergers
Plans for mergers and "reconfiguration" in Welsh higher education have run into opposition from vice-chancellors, governors and staff, funding heads have said, write Tony Tysome and Clive Betts....
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Bold Welsh unleash son of ILA
The Welsh Assembly has stolen a march on Westminster by launching a revamped individual learning accounts scheme. Ministers shut down ILAs in November 2001 when evidence of mis-selling, fraud and...
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£135m for SA aid and mergers
South Africa's universities and technikons are to receive an extra R1.7 billion (£135 million) to support mergers and increase financial aid for poor students. Finance minister Trevor Manuel also...
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Funding stopped for tardy students
The ߣߣÊÓƵn government is considering a plan to cancel federal funding for students who fail to complete their courses on time. Student movements would be tracked by the new Higher Education...