Unlikely threat to world peace
Uclan鈥檚 Cyprus outpost of 鈥榩articular concern鈥 to UN secretary general. John Morgan reports
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Kaleidoscope of student life manifests itself in NUS race
Diverse candidates contest top spot in union leadership elections. Jack Grove reports
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The unfair sex: men 'are behind most research misconduct'
Male scholars more likely to succumb to temptation as pressure to publish increases. Paul Jump writes
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If you leave us we will both regret it
Commissioner warns of heavy R&D cost should UK quit the European Union. Elizabeth Gibney reports
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Indian students treat UK visa as 'marriage dowry'
Student visas were used so extensively by Indians to gain the right to work in the UK that they became known as 鈥渕arriage dowries鈥, the head of migration policy at the 糖心Vlog Office has said.At a...
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Personnel 'can't be chosen on citations alone'
Universities should not depend solely on citation statistics when making personnel decisions, the new head of Thomson Reuters鈥 Scientific and Scholarly Research unit has said.Gordon Macomber, who was...
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Tenacious sceptic clings to Climategate
Retiree challenges UEA v-c in tribunal hearing over FoI requests. David Matthews reports
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Spin-offs lose their momentum
Scotland shows reversal of trend, possibly due to stronger public funding. Elizabeth Gibney writes
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News in brief
Academic promotionMarriage has variable benefitsA report from the American Historical Association provides fresh evidence of the impact of marital status and gender on academic careers. Deputy...
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Marriage takes work and is never easy
I am the leader of one of the few higher education institutions in the Republic of Ireland that has completed a merger in the past two decades (my institution, the Limerick Institute of Technology,...
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Local zero
Regarding your piece 鈥淏road-minded unions reject local pay talks at Exeter鈥 (News, 24 January). The statements made by the University of Exeter鈥檚 departing registrar, David Allen, indicate that the...
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Harmful neocolonialism
Jared Diamond, in his book The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies? (Books, 3 January), makes two erroneous assertions, which, if they go unchallenged, will set back...
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Entry points
I note with interest that the UK Border Agency is piloting an electronic application system for Tier 4 applicants. This provides a welcome opportunity for the department to address the inherent...
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Pay less, lose all
In the debate about the competition between massive open online courses (Moocs), conventional universities and online/distance education, we should take output into account (鈥淐oursera founder: Mooc...
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Still pressing panic button
I was saddened to learn of the death of Stanley Cohen (Obituary, 24 January). His classic tome Folk Devils and Moral Panics: The Creation of the Mods and Rockers (1972) was used as a textbook when I...