George Osborne gives strong hint on protecting science
George Osborne has given his strongest hint yet that science funding will be protected in the coming spending review
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THE podcast: 6 June 2013 issue review
Download the podcastThis week鈥檚 issue review was recorded in Red Lion Square, outside the 糖心Vlog鈥檚 London offices. The concept of monitoring graduates鈥 earnings according to the...
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THE podcast: Global University Summit 2013
Source: Rex FeaturesDownload the podcastThe 2013 Global University Summit took place in central London between the 28 and the 30 May. In this special podcast, we have exclusive interviews with Boris...
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Journals' ends: scholars favour prestige over access
When deciding where to publish their research, less than one in three academics see it as very important that a journal makes its articles available for free on the internet, a survey has found
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Tackle research fraud with 鈥榝ear factor鈥: psychiatrist
Reassure junior researchers but make senior scientists know they鈥檙e being watched, scholar argues
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An early modern feminist
Liz Schafer explores why the work of the playwright Elizabeth Cary has been so marginalised
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China鈥檚 polite society
Austin Williams on eager-to-please students fired by a passion for knowledge
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6 June 2013
Full-time vocation - The university working week: from before sunrise to after sunset
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Nightmare before 鈥楥hristmas Lecture鈥
Royal Institution provokes online backlash over decision to trademark title
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The week in higher education - 6 June 2013
Leeds Metropolitan University endured a hostile reception after revealing plans to change its name. After deciding that it has 鈥渙utgrown鈥 its Met tag, the university鈥檚 options for new names are Leeds...
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Split system on public-private lines, says University Alliance
Parallel sectors would overcome problems of 鈥榦ne-size-fits-all鈥 funding, group argues
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Students still unsure what constitutes cheating
Europe-wide survey shows students don鈥檛 understand plagiarism
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Title adaptation
Simon Underdown notes in his enthusiastic review of Peter J. Bowler鈥檚 Darwin Deleted: Imagining a World without Darwin (Books, 9聽May) the author鈥檚 conclusion that without Charles, 鈥渢he Darwin-themed...
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Lose face, use voices
I too have witnessed perverse university appointment decisions (鈥淣o one should be hired on the basis of whether their face fits鈥, Opinion, 23 May). At one institution in south-east England, there...
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Better than cure
Regarding 鈥淩ace discrimination in academia 鈥榟as not improved鈥 over past 20 years鈥 (News, 11 April). Despite the many steps taken to promote equality and diversity in the sector, no major improvements...