Call for 鈥榤ake up鈥 leads to聽red faces
Is author鈥檚 note to fellow researcher in paper as bad as it looks? Paul Jump writes
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Quick! There and then before it鈥檚 been and gone
Funds to be available quickly for research into rare, unfolding events
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Private entrants? The back door鈥檚 wide open
BIS applies cap in 2014, but with terms allowing 鈥榖ack door鈥 expansion. David Matthews reports
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News in brief
Technology strategy supportCetis consultancy relaunchedThe Centre for Educational Technology, Interoperability and Standards has been relaunched with a remit to widen its client base. Last year, the...
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Crick Institute aims to offer structural stability
Scientists at the Crick will enjoy stability and the chance to be creative. Elizabeth Gibney writes
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Campus round-up
Dry run for disasterA mock terror attack may furnish valuable insights into emergency service response. Academics from King鈥檚 College London monitored the emergency procedures deployed for a...
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Lancashire hot spot
Edge Hill leader says that employment focus ensures strong applicant interest. John聽Morgan writes
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News in brief
ThailandOrigami for eyes to defeat cheatsStudents at a Thai university will not take any more exams while wearing paper blinkers on their heads. Lecturers in the Faculty of Agro-Industry at Kasetsart...
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Odds and quads
Conjoined twins Chang and Eng Bunker (1811-74), originally from what is now Thailand, toured the world in a聽鈥渉uman circus鈥 and became so famous that the term 鈥淪iamese twins鈥 is still current.
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Anti-booze cues
A university renowned for drunkenness has pioneered a new way to tackle student drinking. Jon Marcus reports
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In the rankings hinterland
Amid all the attention that university rankings attract, their shortcomings are often overlooked. Not only are league tables of institutions based on indicators that take no account of the social and...
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Too much information? Germany鈥檚 silence of the whistleblowers
Frances Mechan-Schmidt on key funder鈥檚 surprise move to block anonymous reporting of misconduct
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Interview - Threefold path to new American enlightenment
US higher education will crash if it does not tackle three big problems, Robert Zemsky tells Chris Parr
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Grant winners
Leverhulme TrustResearch Project GrantsSciencesAward winner: David SaadInstitution: Aston UniversityValue: 拢155,624Islands of equilibrium in a non-equilibrium worldAward winner: James...
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THE Scholarly Web - Clearing for beginners? Minefields might be easier
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere