Existential design
The top edge of the "People" section in your publication usually consists of a row of 11 bright-faced, bushy-tailed individuals ("Appointments"), followed by one rather more sombre photograph at the...
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Nicholas Atkin, 1960-2009
A historian who transformed our understanding of wartime France has died.Nicholas Atkin was born in Lincolnshire on 18 September 1960 and studied at the local grammar school before obtaining a degree...
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Inside Hefce - Exclusive!
Dramatic insight into Hefce's plans for revising the impact score in the forthcoming research excellence framework have been given to The Poppletonian by an "inside source".Speaking "off the record"...
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More contact? When?
Simplify grant applications and release time for teaching, says Tim Birkhead
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From where I sit: Slide and prejudice
It is often said that people who are troubled by prejudice should not teach in South Korea, because discrimination afflicts all levels of education there.What seems certain is that South Korean...
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Research intelligence: End unfit comparisons
Hefce should 'normalise' results in the REF, an eminent scientist recommends. Zoë Corbyn reports
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Leader: Fight it out with the facts alone
If climate research is seen as 'tribal' and unable to bear scrutiny, the whole scientific edifice is weakened
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Science journalists advise minister on how to take independent advice
A group of UK science journalists has met privately with Lord Drayson, the Science Minister, to advise on the principles that should underpin the relationship between the Government and independent...
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UCL provost: libel law is stifling academic freedoms
Head to add signature to new petition calling for reform of English legislation. Zoë Corbyn reports
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Home for the holidays
After more than five decades of praying for it - literally - King's College London has finally acquired the east wing of Somerset House.The university will move into the historic building as part of...
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UCU backs off on pay, but vows to fight job cuts
Higher education staff look set to settle for a 0.5 per cent pay rise after the University and College Union decided not to oppose the offer.The UCU's higher education committee met on 4 December,...
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Weak pound may boost overseas student market
A weak pound and an economic surge among emerging nations could lead to a healthier overseas market for UK universities in 2010, according to an economist.Robin Bew, editorial director and chief...
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Information overload
The main parties' desire for students to be 'better informed' is dangerous, futile and immoral, warns Roger Brown
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The interview X factor: the elusive 'potential' that dictates success
The admissions process seeks applicants with indefinable qualities, deemed able to develop critical, questioning minds, writes Mary Evans