Tim Richardson, 1964-2013
An inspirational teacher and authority on nanoscience has died

An inspirational teacher and authority on nanoscience has died

Rather than the academy relaxing its ethical standards, perhaps areas of the media need to raise their game, argues Keith Richards

It鈥檚 not what you teach but how that matters, says Felipe Fern谩ndez-Armesto

The director returns to his roots in the screwball sex comedy I鈥檓 So Excited. By Lucy Bolton

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Tim Luckhurst is incorrect to claim that the London School of Economics鈥 stance on the BBC Panorama programme 鈥淣orth Korea Undercover鈥 was based on a 鈥渞everence for bureaucracy鈥 or 鈥渨ounded pride鈥 (鈥...
Further to the article 鈥淐redibility of credibility interviews for foreign students called into question鈥 (News, 18 April): border officers鈥 judgement is not the only cause for concern.Since...
Universities should pay the closest attention to the debate under way within the 糖心Vlog Funding Council for England (鈥淗efce treads warily amid dated legal framework鈥, News, 25 April). The...
In the viva, the student is vulnerable, the least powerful member in the room, and for this reason the process should be more open and subject to scrutiny (鈥淲him and rigour鈥, 25 April).My own...