Andrew Armour is very content. The physics lecturer at Nottingham University has a happy home life and a satisfying career, but there is a lot more to it than that. "I have no problem that is likely...
A postdoctoral researcher who has been hailed as an "awesome" teacher by his students fears that he will be forced to leave higher education because career advancement is based too rigidly on...
We should teach PhD students how to balance the conflicting demands of scholarship and dissemination, says Peter Barry
Preparing researchers for careers in and outside academe has been a longstanding issue for the Government, research councils, universities and employers alike. But the topic came to the fore with the...
Tim Birkhead's column "The UK's great ?19.5m lottery" (Working Knowledge, July 21) has implications beyond the dishing out of grant funding. It resonates with recent articles and letters about the...
Academic eyebrows were raised when forensic psychologist Kathy Charles appeared in The Scottish Sun commenting on a series of notorious unsolved crimes. In typical Sun style, she was compared to the...
Outstanding Support for Early-Careers Researchers Early-career academics will benefit from a new category in this year's Times Higher Awards. The award, sponsored by Research Councils UK in...
Conflicting priorities within Whitehall in the run-up to the government's strategic paper on higher education are threatening to produce a logjam in academic salaries that could hamper ministers'...
Five centres launched this week will boost the numbers of researchers in languages and area studies. The aim of the ?25 million language-based area studies initiative is to produce more academics who...
Luring new blood to Finland is broadening horizons for native professors, says Mikko Sams The first academics appointed under a new scheme to attract researchers to Finland's universities and...
The Royal Academy of Engineering will double the number of postdoctoral research fellowships it funds by teaming up with the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. The academy's existing...
Universities have to fight to eradicate the bogus colleges that harm the UK's reputation, says Gerald Vinten. Rather like in the movie Jaws , it seems that one never knows what is lurking in the...
Olga Wojtas reports on the mentoring schemes set up to help women gain confidence and progress in a male-dominated academic world. Ever wished for someone to turn to for advice when you feel your...
Worried about your employment, maternity, pension rights? Send your questions to The Times Higher advice panel. 'I'm an experienced researcher, with more than ten years' experience, but as I am on a...
Ireland's economic boom brought equally impressive growth in higher education enrolment. But in a chillier fiscal climate, what awaits the Celtic Tiger's universities? Hannah Fearn reports