Why our favourite Christmas songs never change
Our affection for the past keeps our old favourites, with their old fashioned values, at the top of the Christmas charts, says Alexandra Lamont
Our affection for the past keeps our old favourites, with their old fashioned values, at the top of the Christmas charts, says Alexandra Lamont
Step away from work, don’t check your email and explain to your family what it is you actually do, Karen Rodham suggests
The strict rule discourages article submissions from a variety of authors, including displaced scholars, argues Paul Ostwald
A bold policy to internationalise Turkey’s universities by teaching in English should be abandoned, says Sinan Bayraktaroğlu
Nuclear armageddon is the global peril that time forgot. But amid all the concern about environmental degradation, disarmament remains imperative, says Nobel laureate John Polanyi
Success stories from across Europe hold lessons for universities on removing the obstacles that block the progress of displaced students
Research with and for industry earns institutions vital income and furthers knowledge transfer, so universities take it seriously, finds Sarah Wild
Researcher held in UAE for five months suggests commercial relationships may trump concern for researchers’ well-being
Plan to direct undergraduates toward nations of political and economic value
In Russia and Indonesia, more than a third of research produced without international collaboration fails to gain single citation
Universities’ income, collaborations and reputation will all suffer if the country doesn’t re-engage with expertise before it is too late, says Gavin Esler
New research calls for greater support for exiled academics with a view to rebuilding the system
Even in disciplines in which research is inherently inexpensive, ‘grant capture’ is increasingly being adopted as a metric to judge academics and universities. But with success rates typically little...
The look of success can be fresh-faced as well as weathered and time-worn, Phil Baty writes
Whatever the romance, students and academics will not flock to a remote part of north-east India, says Pushkar