Caltech: secrets of the world’s number one university
How does a tiny institution create such outsized impact?
How does a tiny institution create such outsized impact?
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
“Where are all the dead people? The Black Death killed millions, so where are they all buried? I’ll find them! With maths!” This tweet, sent by University of Sheffield PhD candidate Alison Atkin (@...
Find out how academics and professional and support staff feel about working in UK higher education
I fear that if we move to the gold open-access model, it will be disproportionately harmful to researchers outside large groups and to more junior members of staff who are less able to afford the...
Sarah Coakley is outspoken about theology’s relevance and determined not to allow it to wither in a dusty campus corner. She tells Matthew Reisz how it can illuminate contemporary issues such as...
Sarah Coakley, Cambridge professor of divinity, discusses how theology throws light on evolution, gender and other issues
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
A bottleneck of over-60s leaves scant room for 'new blood', data suggest. Jack Grove writes
Much of the debate about the redeployment of postdocs displays a profound ignorance of the structure and mores of the postdoctoral research system. Because their skills are often highly specialised,...
Another paper authored by University of Manchester professor Sylvia Bulfone-Paus has been retracted – but this one does not feature the Russian postdoctoral researchers blamed for misconduct that led...
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
LHC maintenance crew turn into zombies in film by Cern-based student. Matthew Reisz reports
Academic career prospects for PhD holders are dismal, so why are those who seek external employment viewed as failures?
Short-term contracts and a lack of permanent openings risk causing long-term damage to UK academic science, a report prepared for David Willetts warns.