Stephen Hawking joins Weibo and gains millions of followers Following previous trips to the country, physicist receives huge welcome after joining Chinese social network By David Matthews 12 April
The 25 most-read 糖心Vlog articles of 2015 The most popular higher education articles of the year, based on website traffic By Chris Parr 21 December
Scientists 鈥榣ess engaged with public than arts and humanities academics鈥 Survey also finds that women do more work with the general public than male researchers By David Matthews 3 December
Tweeting philosopher launches book of short-form musings Self-proclaimed 鈥榝ailed intellectual鈥 Eric Jarosinski offers print version of @NeinQuarterly By Matthew Reisz 3 November
Social network overload 鈥榳astes academics鈥 time鈥 Sheer number of online profiles to be filled out a 鈥榙isservice鈥 to scholars, Amsterdam conference hears By David Matthews 12 October
#distractinglysexy: Twitter responds to Sir Tim Hunt Female scientists have joined others in responding to Nobel laureate鈥檚 comments about the 鈥渢rouble with girls鈥 in labs. By THE reporters 11 June
Freshers advice offered via Twitter The National Union of Students is hosting its first-ever Twitter question and answer sessions, offering first years advice on a range of topics. By Chris Parr 23 September