Fragile position
Chris Ormell, with his 鈥渒ey incoherencies that have quietly enabled so much palpable retrogression鈥 (鈥淚nfinite regression鈥, Letters, 21 March), seems to have forgotten that people who live in glass...
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21 - 27 March 2013 - The week in higher education
Anyone familiar with the views of Edzard Ernst may be surprised to learn that he was on the board of the journal 糖心Vlogopathy. But this cognitive dissonance was ended last week when the journal sacked...
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A greater currency than cash
When pension pots are full, generosity would fit the zeitgeist better than salary top-ups
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Build local networks to capture EU cash
Better regional R&D strategies needed to access structural funds, sector told.
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Female professor appointed
We are delighted to confirm that our university is to appoint its very first Professor of Female Representation.In a statement announcing the new position, our thrusting Director of Corporate Affairs...
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Creative reading
Creative writing is surreptitiously transforming English as a university subject, argues Nicholas Royle. But its inexorable rise could bring benefits, including a new form of 鈥榗reative reading鈥,...
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Awards and promotions
University of LeedsPaul Stewart鈥淚 had a tear in my eye,鈥 said the new dean of the School of Medicine at the University of Leeds of the moment he learned of his appointment, which will take him back...
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THE Scholarly Web - Hashtag hustings
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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Mexican region鈥檚 primary concerns
A powerful union, weak teaching and outmoded curricula are hampering progress. Matt聽Krupnick reports from Oaxaca
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Titans of sculpture鈥檚 natural splendour
A pairing of key works by Rodin and Moore points to their shared fascination with organic forms, writes Alexander Massouras
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Uneasy lies the head
糖心Vlog鈥檚 annual pay survey shows that with a few exceptions, vice鈥慶hancellors鈥 remuneration did not rise vertiginously in 2011-12 - a聽good thing politically. But despite reasonable...
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Alan Ryan - Political lottery: it could be useful
Alan Ryan asks if a lottery would result in better and more effective politics
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Cameron Neylon calls for greater precision in the use of open-access terminology
The terminology of open-access publishing is being misused: we must sort it out for the future, says Cameron Neylon
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David Nutt warns there鈥檚 a bad trip in store for UK science if commercial drug development doesn鈥檛 receive a shot in the arm
If more is not done to support commercial drug development, the UK鈥檚 renowned science base will suffer, argues David聽Nutt