Welcome to the hot seat, Mr Johnson
David Bell has some words of wisdom for Jo Johnson, the new minister for universities and science, as an ‘eventful’ five years loom
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Why McMaster University gave its female academics a pay rise
When his university found evidence of a £2,000 gender pay gap, it knew what was the right thing to do - and it did it, says David Wilkinson
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Beyond: Our Future in Space, by Chris Impey
This examination of space exploration has its feet firmly on the ground, writes Monica Grady
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A Fuller Life: The Story of a True American Maverick
His daughter’s documentary shows why Samuel Fuller’s brash movies made him a ‘poet of the American idiom’ and a cult hero in France
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Sector stands by for battles over cuts, fees and Europe
Universities’ lobbying of the new Conservative government will focus on funding and continuing EU membership
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Staff spending: subject by subject
The cost of academic staff in medicine, dentistry and health departments is more than double that of some other disciplines
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Engagement is bigger thrill than exit poll, academic says
The political scientist with the closest election prediction says the night was an intellectually challenging ‘white-knuckle ride’
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Ministers’ network effect set to cheer sector
V-cs likely to welcome well-connected Jo Johnson as counter to home secretary and Sajid Javid as one with the ear of the Treasury
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The storm in the aftermath
How will universities fare during the Tories’ defining second term – during which ‘Cameronism’ may, at last, fully reveal itself?
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How to redress the gender imbalance
Amanda Goodall and Margit Osterloh explore the causes of and solutions to the dearth of women at the top of UK academia
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Hands off QAA!
Laurie Taylor's weekly bulletin from the University of Poppleton
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Fear and loathing in Shagaluf: the Brit scholar abroad
To study mass tourism, Hazel Andrews entered a world of binge-drinking, sexism and racism. She describes why she did it and what she learned
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14 May 2015
Proportional response - The causes of and solutions to gender imbalance at the top
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John Staniforth, 1953-2015
A leading figure in the pharmaceutical sciences has died
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Q&A with Tracey Reynolds
We speak to the new professor of social sciences at the University of Greenwich