#LoveHE: Tabula rasa
Student life gave Roxanne Pallett a blank canvas from which to reinvent herself and the confidence to follow her dreams
Student life gave Roxanne Pallett a blank canvas from which to reinvent herself and the confidence to follow her dreams
We have the technology to share knowledge, says Malcolm Read, but researchers need to work towards a culture of openness

The celebrity status enjoyed by University of Manchester physicist Brian Cox reached new heights on 19 August when he was unveiled as a guest columnist in The Sun. Professor Cox used his full-page...

Analysis finds no correlation between number of STEM graduates and growth. John Morgan reports
Academics worried that their students are spending too much time in the pub and not enough in the library might consider pointing them in the direction of the betting shop.Responding to news of the...
Shall I compare thee to some DNA? Or to paraphrase Wordsworth: "Milton! thou should'st be living at this hour: Genomics hath need of thee."Biologist bards have been invited to take inspiration from...
'Ofquack' dismisses professor who claims 'reflexology is bollocks'. Paul Jump reports
David Colquhoun has poured scorn on a vacancy advertised by the University of Westminster for a systems biologist with an interest in "bridging the gap between Western life sciences and Chinese...
Admission-offer data suggest A* A level is an incentive to work harder. Rebecca Attwood writes
Standing in front of a bustling Universities and Colleges Admissions Service call centre in Cheltenham, David Willetts is being quizzed by Channel 4 News presenter Krishnan Guru-Murthy via a live...
Fears over health of PhD candidate lead institution to abandon discreet strategy. Simon Baker writes
In a move that defies the chilly financial climate, a Scottish university has set a new record for the number of spin-off companies it helped to establish.During 2009-10, the University of Edinburgh...
Study suggests universities need to 'develop a niche' to attract applicants. Hannah Fearn reports
What makes a novelist? Irritability? Unhappiness? Gary Day wonders whether in future it will matter

Hitting the right button - How can researchers improve science reporting?