Skills snapshot
There has been a great deal of discussion on the content and importance of research degree programmes. But since a "snapshot of work" has revealed that they are "particularly good in transferable...
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But what of Wales?
I turned eagerly to Vernon Bogdanor's review of The Nations of Britain by Christopher Bryant (Books, March 9), hoping at last to read something about Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland in a...
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Openly confused
"EU mulls open-source edict" (March 2) contains significant misuse of terminology. "Open source" means software where the source code is available for inspection, amendment and recompilation. "Open...
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We have the power
I am concerned that some misconceptions may be leading the Government to overlook a source of clean energy with great potential for the UK and the rest of Europe. I refer to concentrating solar power...
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Words and wisdom
"Philosophy through the prism of literature", as Martin Amis has it in your profile ("Succeeded as a writer, now time for plan B", February 23), isn't enough for creativity and telling perceptive...
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Leader: Open plan or open warfare?
In an era when the chief executive of British Airways goes into the office and looks for somewhere to sit - having no office or desk to call his own - academics have held out longer than most for the...
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Leader: Freedom trumps faith
Most of the controversy surrounding academic freedom has until now revolved around two issues: the right to offend and the right of academics to venture a controversial opinion on a topic outside...
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Conference index
? Conferences, Issue no. 4 Published in The Times Higher on?March 23 2007 ? Leader ? 'While e-conferencing may be environmentally friendly, virtual interaction is no substitute for the real thing'...
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Today's news
University is accused of censoring antisemitic Islam lecture The University of Leeds was accused of infringing free speech last night when it cancelled a lecture on “Islamic antisemitism” by a German...
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Exploratory Workshop Fund
Deadline: 27/04/2007
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Latest research news
Research jobs cut 'to meet the cost of government failure' Scientists claim that about 1,000 research jobs will be lost this year because the Government is cutting science funding to compensate for...
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Today's news
Computer curfew for students after spate of campus suicides For more than a decade the seven elite Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) have been churning out world-class computer whiz kids for the...
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Research joy overrise in job security
The shift to permanent contracts is accelerating, Melanie Newman and Anthea Lipsett report Universities are finally acting to reduce the number of casual contracts that have blighted the careers of...
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Women told to hog the ball and go for goal
Female academics need to learn lessons from the playground if they are to achieve parity with male colleagues, an inaugural lecture audience at Goldsmiths, University of London, will hear this week....
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'The first task will be consolidating and making viable the organisation'
Alice Hynes will face tough times ahead as leader of the revamped GuildHE, but she relishes the challenge. Taking the reins of a completely revamped organisation whose membership is in a state of...