Iceland under fire over loan restriction
The Icelandic Government is facing a legal challenge to its restrictive student loans regulations. The European Free Trade Area (EFTA) Surveillance Authority considers that the rules break European...
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Come on in, but only if you have lots of money
The UK is unlikely to ever resurrect its past spirit of exporting education for free, laments John Sutherland. One of the few consolations for having served a full, 40-year academic career (four life...
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Gary Day
I had to look twice before I could believe my eyes. Yes, that was a skull dangling on the end of my garden fork. It was a long time ago, and I was working in a cemetery in Newbury. It was a bit of a...
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Muslims and the war on ignorance
Demanding a better education "Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today," said Malcolm X. In a climate of fear, mistrust, misinformation,...
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Postage sent packing
It seems that cost cutting at the research councils knows no bounds. This year's Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council annual report was sent to academics without the postage paid -...
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New name skims bottom line
Pity Bedfordshire University. Just weeks after ditching the Luton University name, a moniker often unfairly deemed synonymous with bums-on-seats dumbing down, cynical readers have pointed out that...
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Gone clubbing
Surely vice-chancellors are far too busy lunching with corporate and political big cheeses for a weekly current affairs chat with students? Not Terence Kealey, Buckingham University's vice-chancellor...
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Personnel non grata
Some academics at Queen Mary, University of London were less than impressed with a document sent out by the HR department, titled The People Strategy 2006/8 . It includes plans to create "career...
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Head for business, heart for academe
What makes a good vice-chancellor? The Times Higher asked those in the job to identify the essential qualities. * The job today requires a balancing act between what is academically desirable and...
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A time and place to shout out 'fire'
Academics must be free to express opinions, says Bob Brecher, but in the right situation and the right context. Academic freedom has been in the headlines over the past few weeks: racist views at...
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Give foreign dish some UK flavour
Establishing a campus overseas is not a route to easy money but, says Harriet Swain, providing you plan properly, do your research and take a long-term view, your institution should profit in many...
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Long hours in a lab with long lasers
Name : Juan Diego Ania-Castanon. Age: 32. Job: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council advanced research fellow at Aston University. Background : BSc in physics, MSc in astrophysics, PhD...
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Ask the panel
Worried about your employment, maternity, pension rights? Send your questions to The Times Higher advice panel. A student applied to study chemistry at our university but was refused a place on the...
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Research cash fuels jobs boom
Research income that has nearly tripled in the past 12 months is fuelling a jobs bonanza at Swansea University, with 500 posts expected to be created over three years. The jobs, mostly research...
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Waive your legal rights, Chester tells students
Leading lawyer criticises contract to protect university from compensation claims, reports Phil Baty. Universities were accused this week of forcing students to sign away their basic rights to seek...