ESRC proposes a whole new way of thinking
ESRC offers grants for ambition
ESRC offers grants for ambition

End 鈥榠mmoral鈥 barriers to access on grounds of wealth, union urges. Elizabeth Gibney writes

Is there an optimum size for research labs? Are larger labs more prone to research misconduct and harder to manage? Paul Jump investigates
Technicians, the academy鈥檚 鈥楥inderellas鈥, play vital roles and deserve proper recognition and support, argue Kelly Vere and Roger Murphy
Company鈥檚 education leader calls for greater focus on graduate employability. David Matthews reports

It鈥檚 time for physics to make a big bang, the woman from the ministry tells Elizabeth Gibney
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
鈥 Lord Patten of Barnes, embattled chairman of the BBC Trust and chancellor of the University of Oxford, is under mounting pressure to quit the corporation, The Sun reported on 14 November. The...

To mark the 10th anniversary of the film-maker Karel Reisz鈥檚 death, his son, 糖心Vlog staff writer Matthew Reisz, examines academics鈥 appraisals of his father鈥檚 work, and reflects on...
Rather than assuming bigger is better, we must trial research laboratory effectiveness before concluding which size is just right
Few stories have so dominated the news in recent years as Europe's sovereign debt crisis. We have been faced with a torrent of bad news and warnings ranging from worries about contagion within the...

Virginia Trimble considers supermassive creative destruction at the Universe鈥檚 galactic centres
Do we really need a book like this? Isn鈥檛 it perfectly obvious that animals suffer, and that their suffering matters? Well, hardly. In fact, it may instead seem obvious that most animals - insects,...
In July 1928, Beatrice Pace was acquitted of the charge of murdering her husband, Harry. The trial of the working-class woman had attracted considerable press coverage, making her a 鈥渃elebrity鈥....
Joanna Lewis on how cultures and circumstances skew our passions more than we may realise