Managers need basic lessons in leadership
聽In the feature 鈥淟eading lights鈥 (4 May), Agnes B盲ker and Amanda Goodall make an excellent and spot-on argument that the best academics make the best heads of department, which applies even higher up...
聽In the feature 鈥淟eading lights鈥 (4 May), Agnes B盲ker and Amanda Goodall make an excellent and spot-on argument that the best academics make the best heads of department, which applies even higher up...

Planetary scientist whose sculptures can be found across the University of Leicester鈥檚 campus is remembered

Australian policymakers have moved to link funding to student retention. But they must accept that聽desirable trends don鈥檛 all arise in perfect harmony, says Andrew Norton

Book of the week: Modern feminism can learn much from the women who visited revolutionary Russia, says Lara Douds

Students are being hoodwinked into enrolling on 鈥榯rendy鈥 new degree programmes that are, according to one concerned academic, little more than a marketing exercise

The author reminisces about the power of reading, the kindness of shopkeepers and the importance of protest

A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers

Being required to document interactions with troubled students in customer relations management systems is just a distraction from addressing their problems, says Susan D鈥橝gostino

Chinese students鈥 calls for the Tibetan leader to be barred from speaking at the聽University of California, San Diego show a flawed conception of accommodation and respect, says Ben Medeiros聽

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world鈥檚 media

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This week's round-up of聽academics awarded research council funding