Tenacious sceptic clings to Climategate
Retiree challenges UEA v-c in tribunal hearing over FoI requests. David Matthews reports

Retiree challenges UEA v-c in tribunal hearing over FoI requests. David Matthews reports

Scotland shows reversal of trend, possibly due to stronger public funding. Elizabeth Gibney writes
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Your article 鈥淯niversities bypassed as teaching goes direct鈥 (News, 24 January) is long-awaited recognition of the impact government policy on initial teacher training is having on university...
The most depressing aspect of the column on scientific practice (THE Scholarly Web, 24 January) was that despite the Twitterati鈥檚 efforts to boil everything down to a few characters鈥 worth of essence...

Hera Cook on a study of young Californian women鈥檚 thoughts on gender and sexuality

Britta Martens on a lucid look at 19th-century poets鈥 engagement with science of the mind

Jon Turney on future-facing researchers Gerard O鈥橬eill and Eric Drexler

The University of London鈥檚 v-c reveals his opinions on issues confronting the sector to David Matthews