Access all areas: developing go-anywhere academics
Matthew Reisz reports on plans to help European academics think, speak and act transnationally
Matthew Reisz reports on plans to help European academics think, speak and act transnationally
Forum discusses efforts to increase mobility of Europe’s academics
Academics and others discuss a typical working week
Doctoral talking shops are the best we’ve gotThe feature “Whim and rigour” (25 April) does not provide an entirely thorough analysis. It asks if the viva is still fit for purpose, so it should have...
Research malpractice'Inadequate role model'A prominent researcher who spends 20 per cent of her time at the University of Manchester has been reprimanded by the German Research Foundation (the DFG)...
Jack Grove on a European institution’s mission to foster cross-border scholarship
I read with interest "Making other plans" (14 June), which provided an overview of the need for many with higher degrees to accept and prepare for careers beyond the academy.At my institution, the...
I recently found myself chatting to Mike Duff, a string theorist at Imperial College London, at a physics dinner. As you might expect, Duff was concerned about the introduction of impact statements...
Is there an optimum size for research labs? Are larger labs more prone to research misconduct and harder to manage? Paul Jump investigates
The CDBU’s set-up is too narrow, too limiting: to fulfil its aims it must reach out and diversify, argues Alice Bell
Sunlight is the best disinfectant, and the UK's institutions and researchers must be fearless in shining a light on misconduct
Ministry bows to academic pressure and reverses stricter post-study rules. Clea Caulcutt reports
Unpaid research posts represent the latest step in the 'proletarianisation' of the academy, argues Ross Perlin
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...
Digital humanitiesNo-holds BardA large-scale digital resource whose first tranche covers the writings of "Shakespeare and his immediate contemporaries, antecedents and successors" has been launched...