Everything looks better through new year goggles
Virtual reality may be set to make an impact on learning, but can it reveal who will keep their resolutions?

Virtual reality may be set to make an impact on learning, but can it reveal who will keep their resolutions?
Mark Readman thoughtfully provided an 11-point guide to help selfish academics ensure that they stand out at a conference (“How to act like a superstar scholar”, Opinion, 15 December). But might I...
The findings reported in the article “Even top teachers ‘not recognised or compensated’, warns research” (News, 22 December) – that top teachers at research-intensive universities don’t see their...
The negative picture of Scottish higher education painted in the feature “Can Scotland carry on with its free-tuition policy?” (15 December) is simply unrecognisable. Free tuition has been a...
Sometimes the solution to our problems is just staring us in the face. Helen Lees’ article “The media are the gatekeepers of impact, and they are doing a bad job” (Opinion, 13 November) is a case in...
I read with interest your article “Male scientists ‘outnumber women 3:1’ in school textbooks” (News, 8 December). This issue is also relevant to the study of the arts, an issue that my PhD has...

A round-up of academics awarded research council funding

This graph shows that Japan’s top-ranked universities now rely on their hospitals for about 40 per cent of their income as they struggle with deep cuts in government spending.

Dame Athene Donald laments the lack of progress on gender issues

Education Ministry statistics reveal programmes that have attracted zero students

University of Kansas libraries create badges to help staff and students feel more welcome