Appointments
University of OxfordJane HumphriesA "number-crunching economic historian" has won the Gyorgy Ranki Biennial Prize, awarded for an outstanding book on European economic history. Jane Humphries,...
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Odds and quads
These "neck pieces" - necklaces made entirely of hair - are the work of Kerry Howley, a recent jewellery graduate from Middlesex University.
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From where I sit - Two-way traffic in land of rivers
After a morning visit to Koya University, situated towards Kurdistan-Iraq's Iranian border, I learned that the main road to Raniya was blocked.Outside the cities, where new roads and buildings mark...
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Campus round-up
University College London/NottinghamOff with their headsScientists have created an interactive website based on Lewis Carroll's Wonderland stories to help children learn about the brain. The...
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The week in higher education
• The "sea of rage" promised by anarchists before last week's student protest turned into something of a damp squib, with police matching or outnumbering demonstrators. The press treated the event...
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A matter of life or death
As a cancer survivor, Sally Feldman has been a research object and participant
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17 November 2011
Plum role - Leader, researcher, teacher, mentor: professor, who do you think you are?
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THE Scholarly Web
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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Leader: Absence-minded, ill defined
For all the confusion surrounding the role of professors, one thing's certain: junior staff expect them to do a lot more to help
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Practical, high-value model for fine art
The ongoing debate over the future prospects for those entering higher education in England applies to the visual arts as much as any other field. For students aiming to earn their living as visual...
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Protecting, not posing
I write this while struggling, as chair of a local University and College Union committee, to complete the detail of a workload model for my institution and having just closed (partly successfully)...
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Difference engines
I welcome the involvement of Which? in the world of higher education data provision ("Intelligence agency", Letters, 3 November). It would be particularly helpful if Peter Vicary-Smith, the...
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Free radical
In "Are radical journals selling out?" (3 November), Alastair Bonnett failed to mention one of the most popular and influential publications in the field - The Journal for Critical Education Policy...
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A moment in The Sun
I am flattered that a former member of staff recalls my own "Malcolm Grant" moment of notoriety (Letters, 10 November). I remember vainly attempting to convince a sceptical reporter of the viability...