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Parenthood and academia: an impossible balance?

Male and female scholars speak frankly about juggling parenting and research

4 September 2014

Up in the air - The struggle to balance academic work and parenthood

World in brief - 4 September 2014

Source: AlamyCanadaCampus ‘stalking’ tips draw fireA student newspaper article offering first years advice on how to date a teaching assistant – including stalking them on social networks – provoked...

Grant winners - 4 September 2014

Royal SocietyWolfson Research Merit AwardsAwards are worth £10,000-£30,000 a year, which is a salary enhancementAward winner: Graeme AcklandInstitution: University of EdinburghInteratomic potentials...

Laurence Mee, 1951-2014

A leading international expert on the marine environment and strategies for its protection has died

Return to sender – in person, during office hours

What happened when a US academic instituted a no-email policy for students and required them to meet her in person?

Piled Higher and Deeper, by Jorge Cham - 4 September 2014

Apathetic assessment

Thomas Harrison’s article “Let the right one in” (Opinions, 21 August) argued about the importance of including in the selection process an assessment of candidates’ teaching in action. But which...

Students’ IP is their own

I was astonished to learn from Sebastian Conran (“Letting the engine idle”, Opinions, 14 August) that Plymouth University, among other institutions, requires students when they register to sign away...

#explainittome

Re “Legal scholar’s ‘political’ tweets ruffle a few feathers” (News, 21 August). Social media sites tend to have long and complex terms of use and privacy policies that basically state that the sites...

Different, yes, but better?

Ferdinand von Prondzynski claims that “Divergence has delivered results” for Scotland (From Where I Sit, 14 August). Really?The enduring myth for many Scots is that we are better than England in...

Intellectual surrender

Re Fred Inglis’ feature “Trained obedience” (28 August), on the docility of intellectuals in the UK academy today.It has been said that once you give up your “no”, it is hard, if not impossible, to...

When we travel, our values travel with us

I believe that recent ����Vlog coverage of University College London’s presence in Qatar (“Union claims UCL shirking moral duty over workers’ welfare at Qatar campus”, News, 21 August,...

Brands 'R Us Conference

The week in higher education - 4 September 2014

The University of Brighton has come under fire for funding an academic conference on the My Little Pony toys, The Daily Telegraph reported on 28 August. According to Jonathan Isaby, chief executive...