David Cannadine on Winston Churchill’s unlikeliest role
He never lost his loathing of school, but becoming a university chancellor made the leader an ally of higher learning, writes David Cannadine
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Finding the right words
To write well, knowledge of other languages is crucial, says Felipe Fernández-Armesto
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Consider impact before you dive right in
Research can have unpredictable results, but some advance planning will make proving its value much easier
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Bath celebrates first gift in fundraising drive
Inaugural campaign to diversify income streams kicks off with £5m donation for pioneering research centre
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News in brief – 11 June 2015
UK higher education round-up and highlights from the Twittersphere
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Piled Higher and Deeper, by Jorge Cham – 11 June 2015
Comic conclusions on the world of doctoral study
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Israel boycott is a matter of principles
UK vice-chancellors are “opposed to any academic boycott of Israeli universities” (“Universities UK confirms opposition to Israel boycott”, 3 June). Boycotts, they say, are “inimical to academic...
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See green, not red
It seems as though Stevan Harnad and Michael Eisen are confused about what Elsevier’s new open access policy actually does (“Elsevier’s OA edict exposes friction between green and gold advocates”,...
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GPA doesn’t measure up
Discussions on grade point average degree classifications disregard the presence of a rather large elephant in the room (“When your degree is just a number”, News, 4 June). The empirical evidence...
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Babies not on board
Research Councils UK should pay attention to the difficulties faced by doctoral students such as Patty Ramirez who have families (“Juggling childcare and a PhD made me quit academia for good”,...
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Behind the scenes
Inadvertently or otherwise, Laurie Taylor’s use of a theatrical analogy to describe the relationship between academics and administrators proffers an interesting if potentially unsettling vision of...
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Everyone’s a critic
Trisha Greenhalgh disagrees with my opinion that pre-publication peer review is a waste of time (“Peer review not yet sunk”, Letters, 4 June). Her disagreement, however, is based on a small technical...
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The cake is a lie
In Noel-Ann Bradshaw’s review of Cakes, Custard and Category Theory (Books, 4 June), there is a comment about how a sugar-free, wheat-free plum cake looks like and behaves similarly to a cake but “is...
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Boost grant success rates with ‘advanced’ support
When grant managers provide specialised input, approval rates rise, study finds