‘Sexist’ peer review causes storm online
Sussex researcher speaks of ‘disbelief’ at comments over paper on gender bias
Sussex researcher speaks of ‘disbelief’ at comments over paper on gender bias
We speak to an American linguist who will become the first foreigner to head a Norwegian institution of higher education
The Royal Society has recently published guidance on the career expectations of doctoral students in the sciences (“Dispel illusion of PhDs leading to jobs for life, says Royal Society”, News, 18/25...
Hepi/HEA Student Academic Experience Survey results may intensify pressure on staff to gain formal accreditation
Researcher finds reactions to Shakespeare performance vary wildly across continent
Work to bring creatures back from the dead is a tale of wonder and warning, writes Tiffany Taylor
Martin McQuillan on the critical theorists shaking up Syriza and Podemos
New edition of Collins English Dictionary contains raft of new terms
While it is true that many PhD students and early career postdocs don't have a Plan B, and equally true that academic institutions can profit from their unrealised aspirations, not all universities...
From tackling pay to decrees on sleep and email curfews, five scholars explain what they would do to improve the academy in 24 hours
Report advises young academics to foster personal and research independence to advance their careers. Plus the latest higher education appointments
More football, less theory, says heroin scholar at the head of new hub
A history of the steps humans took to explain how and why things work delights Cait MacPhee
Rebecca Braun’s article about maternity leave for academics (“She knows, she tried”, Features, 23 January) gave a rather negative view of the experience and detracted from some of the progress that...