Light and shade in OU student numbers
As academics at the Open University, we were interested in the report on the OU’s student numbers, which raised important questions. However, we feel that some of the OU spokesman’s statements are...
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BIS plans ‘reward structure’ as bill paves way for earnings league tables
The Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill will enable ministers to join up datasets
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60 seconds to digest drug review
Concerns over open access publisher as journal containing ‘world’s shortest review’ disappears from Pharma Research Library list
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Million+ wary of biddable regulatory superpower
Response to Hefce consultation on quality assurance raises fears of an all-powerful regulator susceptible to political influence
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Impact of cuts and £6K fees is worrying Scots
Research-intensives fear that shifts could cost them millions annually
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Janet Beer on leadership diversity: don’t hold out for a hero
Liverpool’s new vice-chancellor discusses need for more women and ethnic minorities at the top
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Pay gap worse in industry for women with PhDs
Study suggest that most of the gender pay gap is ‘caused by discrimination’
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UKTI unit to lure investors with the right mix of risk
Student beds, government bonds and science parks in investment packages assembled by new UK innovation team
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Press didn’t sway case, says Yale
‘Management review’ led to removal of academic who harassed researcher
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Unhappy with your thesis mark? A day in court may get you nowhere
A legal battle in Germany over a contentious dissertation on Martin Luther and anti-Semitism raises key questions about academic decisions
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Will double-blind reviewing bring quality into focus?
Nature is offering anonymity for both reviewer and reviewed, but questions remain about value and effectiveness of the approach
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Peer reviewing: a good deed and a good career move, too
Early career scholars will help themselves as well as others by assessing papers, abstracts, grant proposals and book chapters. Plus the latest higher education appointments
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Universal case studies would lighten the REF load
Dominic Dean has a plan to make future assessment exercises easier, quicker and better
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The Black Box Society: The Secret Algorithms that Control Money and Information, by Frank Pasquale
The big players in finance and technology misuse their power over our lives, says Paul Bernal
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Eternal Ephemera: Adaptation and the Origin of Species from the Nineteenth Century Through Punctuated Equilibria and Beyond, by Niles Eldredgeh
Simon Underdown on a tale of the development of evolutionary theory