Leader: Just who are you here for?
Education suffers because teaching gets no respect. That must change, and academics can start with themselves
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If it's not a labour of love, just leave
Postdoctoral study is not for everyone, but it's nirvana for creative types who thrive on intellectual challenge, says Anastasia Simi I was in Greece a few weeks ago visiting my family when I got an...
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Research intelligence - Fancy coming to my place?
Fellowships tempt rising research stars from abroad to UK to strike up long-term relations, writes Zoe Corbyn
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UK academe fights to retain young stars
Some 9,000 young researchers leave their universities each year. Only 10 per cent of those go to other UK institutions. Is the sector failing to offer the right support or are conditions elsewhere...
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When B is better than A
Less money and control, more stress - will anyone flourish? asks Tim Birkhead
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Small research stars deploy RAE gains to shine brighter
The pockets of excellence picked out last year are putting their windfalls to good use, Zoe Corbyn finds
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Appointments
Scottish Funding CouncilPaul HaganPaul Hagan's career has seen him go from Glasgow to Gambia and back again. Professor Hagan, who has been named the Scottish Funding Council's new director of...
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Nice Work If You Can Get It: Life and Labor in Precarious Times
As insecurity increasingly defines work, Rosalind Gill glimpses the emerging global 'precariat'
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What happens in the blog, stays in the blog
In light of the unmasking of Belle de Jour as a scientist, Petra Boynton, who blogs about sex and science, says institutions must balance privacy, scholarship and advocacy
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Undervalued, not overqualified
I was disappointed to see my union buying into the idea that academic work is all about research and that teaching is a second-order activity that requires no expert knowledge in one's subject area...
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Chemical bonding in the pool
Polly Arnold is happy to have traded MIT's 24-hour stress for Scottish teamwork. Olga Wojtas reports
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Enterprising Stirling seeks knowledge-transfer staff
Stirling University is seeking nine new staff to beef up its enterprise and knowledge-transfer activities. The posts, advertised in today's Times Higher , range from a business development manager to...
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Next week
SAVE OUR POSTDOCS Are universities doing enough to keep early career researchers in academe? PLUS Terry Eagleton examines why celebrities are turning to alternative spiritual sources to give their...
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Next week
What's up postdoc? What do PhD students get up to, besides pondering life's little mysteries such as 'Jaffa: cake or biscuit?' We give the lowdown
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Academics fear PhD quality is slipping
Staff say that pressures to get more students through quickly are harming standards. Phil Baty reports