The Benelux countries are raising spending on university research. Luxembourg Premier Jean-Claude Juncker has promised to double his country's research budget by 2009, while the Dutch Government is...
The University of Pristina, re-established as part of the strategy for the reconstruction of Kosovo after the end of the war in 1999, is in turmoil after the dismissal of its steering committee...
Only half of Canada's universities have agreed to be surveyed for a student satisfaction ranking to be published next month. Maclean's , a weekly news magazine that already publishes a university...
Graduation ceremonies are being disrupted by protests against commencement speakers, writes Jon Marcus As the commencement season reaches its peak, speakers and honorary degree recipients selected by...
Universities tempted to offer late discounts to fill course vacancies should think twice, warns Sir Martin Harris There's nothing more irritating than booking the best fare possible for a flight to...
As students balk at buying books, so the horizons of research, study and publishing narrow. Susan Bassnett reads between the lines The Times Higher recently reported that managers in one university...
A simple but 'beautiful' colour-coded system is taking the wrong turns out of library navigation. Harriet Swain checks out a scheme dreamt up by a dyslexic student that is unlocking knowledge A...
Name : Paul Rowinski Age : 41 Job : Lecturer in journalism studies, Strathclyde University. Working conditions : Very fair. Background : After several years in the regional press, I became a Berlin-...
Worried about your employment, maternity, pension rights? Send your questions to The Times Higher advice panel. I work as a head porter at a university. When I first joined, I had slight hearing loss...
ULSTER Pól Ó Dochartaigh , newly appointed to the German chair at Ulster University, is out to destroy the "two World Wars and one World Cup" syndrome that has long dogged his subject in Britain. As...
Report suggests that homophobia can damage job prospects, writes Tony Tysome A glass ceiling in higher education is depriving homosexual academics of the promotions enjoyed by their heterosexual...
There are extraordinarily few ways to fund university research. You can leave it to the market and individual contracts with businesses and government departments. You can rely on private...
Diary enjoyed the internal quiz circulating the offices of the Association of University Teachers this week: guess which of the following pay-docking scenarios is made up. Answers on a postcard to...
Is Sir Ivor Crewe, vice-chancellor of Essex University, dusting down his CV? The post of director-general for higher education at the Department for Education and Skills is up for grabs now that Sir...
How many students does it take to change a light bulb on the campus of a Scottish university? One academic, who does not wish to be named, has come up with the answers At Glasgow University, it takes...