Snap judgements and face value
Turn the other cheek to look like a scientist, study of academics' photos finds. Matthew Reisz writes
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News in brief
Widening participationPoor odds on progressionChildren receiving free school meals are half as likely to enter higher education as their classmates, a report by the Department for Business,...
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Why throw in the towel?
Lars Fischer on why losing round one in the REF impact fight means it's time to get off the ropes and hit back
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Indentures are a sign of universities' decline into a factory system
Unpaid research posts represent the latest step in the 'proletarianisation' of the academy, argues Ross Perlin
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Planetary attraction
Ken Pounds ponders whether the Mars Science Laboratory's success will revive public interest in going boldly where no one has gone before
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The Watchers: A Secret History of the Reign of Elizabeth I
In Tudor England as now, being paranoid doesn't mean they are not after you, Helen Castor says
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Backsliding: Understanding Weakness of Will
Natalie Gold on an attempt to solve the paradox of intentionally acting against one's best judgement
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Fanny Hill in Bombay: The Making and Unmaking of John Cleland
While most readers are probably familiar with the title of a book that was to make (notorious) legal and literary history as Fanny Hill, first published in 1748-49 as Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure,...
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Hammurabi of Babylon
Today, Hammurabi is renowned for his Law Code inscribed on the Louvre stele recovered by French archaeologists at Susa in southwestern Iran in 1901-02. Originally set up in a Babylonian temple, the...
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Connectome: How the Brain's Wiring Makes Us Who We Are
Exploration of neural connections could unlock the workings of the mind, says Nikolaus Kriegeskorte
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Sin: The Early History of an Idea
Paula Fredriksen, a highly regarded authority on early Christianity, here presents the array of views of sin held by seven figures: Jesus, Paul, Justin, Valentinus, Marcion, Origen and Augustine. The...
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The Violent Image: Insurgent Propaganda and the New Revolutionaries
It is hard to avoid the overwhelming volume of texts discussing the War on Terror; even after the 10th anniversary of 9/11, there remains a clear need to investigate these events and to consider how...
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Taken for granted
When ERC grant winner Hilde De Weerdt found administrators to be more interested in her funding than in her project, she moved institution. She suggests that those similarly treated seek a more...
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Clearing execution shock
Although the annual Clearing exercise that began this morning can traditionally generate some anxious moments and even a certain amount of friction as under-quota departments compete for candidates,...
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'Random slaughter offset by poaching' (1 of 3)
Few will disagree with Simon Gaskell's fine summary of the past and present merits of Queen Mary, University of London ("From here to posterity", Opinions, 9 August), least of all those who join with...