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A medical journal now requires submissions to be accompanied by a Twitter-length summary

Is it fair to laugh at students’ mistakes? Anger at THE’s annual exam howlers competition has generated a wave of self-published mistakes

Does power corrupt? THE’s Twitter followers put the proposition to the test

Sir Tim Hunt’s comments about ‘girls’ in science provoke online storm

Hourly paid lecturers at Reading find further confirmation of teaching assistants’ unpaid overtime, and call for dialogue on procedures and expectations

Reflecting on the Irish vote and social change, a vice-chancellor lauds universities’ role in providing a forum for debate

Not everyone is a fan of a campaign to highlight ‘the historical myths that surround the EU'

How one academic stood up for fact in an error-strewn world

Scholars imagine a government formed of academics

University is pairing with edX in a move that has been described as ‘good for nobody’

Which party scores highest for one policy nerd?

As part of its #GenerationVote campaign, the National Union of Students asked Tory, Green, Lib Dem and Labour candidates about higher education policies

An academic is puzzled over a string of ‘surreal’ emails from journals

Context and motive are key to concerns about limits on freedom within and without the academy

One scholar imagines a university league table that puts the emphasis on fairness and diversity

A whistleblower’s account of how an institution manipulated graduate employment statistics made for sobering reading, but it also drove the Twitterati to drink-related puns

PhD candidates and bloggers offer hard-won advice on self-care

The UK sector gathers to hear and debate the major parties’ poll positions on higher education

A physicist on the ‘shameless exploitation’ of low-pay sessional lecturing that leaves his family officially classed as ‘poor’

Discussions and activities on University Mental Health Day

Nick Hillman’s knowing nod to punk in a Hepi report prompted a flurry of rock’n’roll quips on Twitter

A report on university course changes by the consumer watchdog caused a stir this week

Academics’ tendency to feel they have not ‘done enough’ needs to be tempered by an appreciation of colleagues’ achievements

A Dutch-born scholar and research administrator wonders if the British class system plays a role in views about division of labour

In the debate over EU membership universities need to remind us of the ideal value of transnational knowledge, says Anna Notaro

A professor with two decades of experience reviews his career highs and lows

Things to say, and things to not say, in a campus biography

Remember that everyone is watching your online lectures

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Scholars laud Sarah Churchwell’s Times Higher Education essay restating value of arts and humanities disciplines

You must like the University of Cambridge, says YouGov

Legal scholars say threats to sue individual academics over industrial action may expose institutions to greater liability

Fear and loathing in the academy

Thoughts on academic work and property

A blogger gets to the bottom of tale concerning a physicist whose name means ‘total asshole’ in Italian

Alistair McCulloch wonders if those seeking to expand research assessment beyond the UK are a bit too parochial in their ambitions

Ahead of the annual Battle of Ideas Festival, we asked you to tell us what you think is missing from the country-wide canvassing of university student views

There is no dumbing down with a professor’s Caltech Parallel Session - how do campus and online students feel about the shared course?

Lack of diversity and intolerance of minorities are disputed by groups of students at Colgate University, New York State

Discussion about enforced retirement for older academics to make way for younger colleagues was hotly debated over the internet

Institutions offering women-only posts have drawn criticism…and a fair number of male applicants

Online courses may have been over-hyped, but they will still be a valuable part of the future

What happened when a US academic instituted a no-email policy for students and required them to meet her in person?

The best academics are those that build a form of public dialogue into their work

Readers offer their insights into clocking off and enjoying the world beyond work

Ranking reveals the scholars whose social media profile exceeds their academic credentials

It is becoming more common to ask members of the public to pay your fees, but is it acceptable?

The former adviser to education secretary Michael Gove trawls for constructive criticism on policy, but will not stand for general whining

Champion of science and open access, best of a bad Tory lot or crusher of the university’s soul? The Twitter flock speaks

From Aristotle’s Nichomachean Ethics to promissory estoppel, conveying knowledge can be hard going at times

Social media slip-up causes controversy for US Department of Education

Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere

Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere

Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere

Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere

Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere

Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere

Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere