How to improve British politics
Academics discuss what might be done to improve trust, reduce cynicism and get young people to vote
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The Wandering Mind: What the Brain Does When You’re Not Looking, by Michael C. Corballis
Daydreaming relies on memory and our past helps us imagine future possibilities, finds Luna Centifanti
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Campus close-up: Queen Mary University of London
A scholar’s project on Lewis Carroll’s heroine helps an institution boost its links with the capital’s museums
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Inexcusable sexism calls for action
The sexist nature of the peer review comments (suggesting that a paper written by two female researchers ought to include at least one male author to make sure that the data are interpreted correctly...
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Universities are mismanaging performance
The misapplication of private sector HR techniques harms individuals without raising performance, says Rob Briner
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Political parties think universities are too toxic to touch, says provost
UCL’s Michael Arthur discusses fears for lack of long-term financial support and of a British exit from the EU
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Piercy’s attack is off track
Nigel Piercy’s recently reported personal insults about trade unionists seem designed primarily to court controversy and thereby attract publicity.We have, of course, been here before with Piercy’s...
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Headline blues
Your Careers Intelligence piece about getting media exposure for one’s scholarly research (“Don’t bore us – get to the chorus”, 30 April) is right about the “thrill” of seeing one’s research getting...
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See-through review
David Colquhoun’s letter “Pressured peers” (30 April) discussed peer review and some of the reasons why the practice is flawed.PeerJ has been tackling some of the problematic issues of peer review...
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Stand and deliver
Shahidha Bari should count herself lucky that she has an office so that she can pursue her job in quiet and privacy (“Give me room to breathe”, Opinion, 16 April). I have heard on the grapevine that...
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Accounting by Aslan
Your financial health check of universities (“Keep squirrelling away the nuts”, Features, 30 April) showed that the sector reported net assets “excluding pension liabilities” of an impressive £40...
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QR funding: 10 campuses in the south to get more than £2K per student
Ten research-intensive universities in the South of England will get more than £2,000 each year in quality-related research funding for every student at the institution, an analysis has shown
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Appealed QAA review of Southampton stays secret after all
Critics cry ‘cop-out’ over decision on publishing report
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Campus media teams reveal strange requests
Scholars have asked university communications departments to publicise their birthdays and businesses as well as academic conferences
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European universities ‘hobbled’ by language laws
Rector at Maastricht University fears that curbs on using English are preventing some institutions from innovating and internationalising