Key position
Will the senior lecturer in piano advertised in your 8 July issue (page 65) be supported by a quietly spoken lecturer in pianissimo?Rupert C. Marshall, Forte in animal behaviour, Aberystwyth...
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Style points
Few scholarly works can communicate with non-specialists, if they even attempt to. But academics in all fields may need to make their writing more accessible to satisfy demands for impact and...
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How to pass the sight test
Keep it visual, asserts Peter Hill. It is imperative that candidates for studio-based arts PhDs present their research using the physicality of their chosen medium
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Voices of experience
In a chilly economic climate, business schools' ability to deliver research with real-world relevance is essential. Tracey Hudson asks whether they can find the right academics to deliver those goals
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15 July 2010
Share it with the world - Tackling the obfuscatory malaise of scholarly writing
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Science cannot be the sole basis for policy, Willetts says
It is impossible to make policy solely on the basis of scientific evidence, the universities and science minister has told the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee.In his first appearance...
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The iPad and the academy
Tara Brabazon identifies 10 scholarly uses for Apple鈥檚 latest gadget, and the new ways of reading, writing, watching and thinking that the platform supports
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What a wizard idea
Study of the social and moral issues raised in the Harry Potter series has great relevance to today鈥檚 society, argues Martin Richardson
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Removing an honour
By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed
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Cumbria鈥檚 chair of governors exits in wake of critical report
The University of Cumbria鈥檚 chair of governors is to step down later this year after an independent report criticised the 鈥渟hortcomings鈥 of the troubled institution鈥檚 board.Peter Ballard, who was not...
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Imperial鈥檚 acting head made permanent
Sir Keith O鈥橬ions has been appointed rector of Imperial College London.The former government adviser has been acting head of the institution since January and will serve as rector until 2013. Sir Roy...
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Court quashes visa rules barring basic-English speakers from language courses
Tougher rules on English-language requirements for foreign students that it was claimed would cost universities 拢1 billion a year have been quashed by the High Court.Changes brought in by the Labour...
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Forget prestige: science funding is an economic matter
David Willetts today used his first major speech on science policy to emphasise the 鈥渙verwhelming鈥 economic case for science funding. The universities and science minister said it was 鈥渋nevitable鈥 in...
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Academy investment 鈥榓bsolutely essential鈥 as foreign rivals up the ante
Claims that there are too many graduates in society and that public money should be taken away from universities are 鈥渟hort-sighted, deceiving and Luddite鈥, the head of a Scottish university has said...
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Death knell sounds for final-salary pensions as employers鈥 proposals win casting vote
Final-salary pensions are likely to be abolished for new entrants to the Universities Superannuation Scheme, raising the prospect of national strike action by the University and College Union. At a...