It's an office, not a servants' hall
Stop playing lord and master. Administrative staff are your colleagues who are employed to work, not to serve you. And, says Harriet Swain, they deserve your support and to be treated with respect...
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Chaotic place to work on something that is like love
Name: Rogelio Vallejo Age: This used to be considered an indiscreet question and today it is politically incorrect. Job: Senior language tutor and co-ordinator of Spanish teaching programmes,...
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Ask the panel
Worried about your employment, maternity, pension rights? Send your questions to The Times Higher advice panel. 'Is there a duty to promote disability equality within the curriculum above and beyond...
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Who got that cash?
It took a consortium of three different organisations and some serious persuasion to secure the Routes into Languages programme's ?4.5 million grant from the 糖心Vlog Funding Council for...
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Birmingham leads efforts to address foreign staff needs
In an increasingly internationalised environment, universities must work harder to get the best out of their overseas staff, writes Tony Tysome Birmingham University is at the forefront of moves by...
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Commanders in belief judged
Faith and the Presidency
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Accidental shift in morality
Reformation Europe
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Mud, spit and flights of fancy
Animal Architects
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Meditations on the flourishing and the fallen
What Is Good and Why - Out of Eden
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The divine codes described and deciphered
The Law of God
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is a capital account of reformers and rebels: "A thin wisp of smoke curled around the jetty and mingled with...
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Old-time religionists revive time-old divisions
Oracles of Science
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Live on stage - a duel between samurai MCs
Hip-Hop Japan
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The devil inside us all
The famous Stanford Prison Experiment in 1971 proved that everyone has the potential to become a monster. The scandal of Abu Ghraib finally prompted the man who devised the study to write of his...
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Classics never grow old
Philosophy today continues to use the tools that Plato did, but it is no less vital for that, argues Anthony Kenny. The author of a recently completed historical survey of the subject, shares his...