THE podcast: 15-21 January 2015 issue review
Download the podcastInternational student recruitment, academic free speech and career paths (or the lack of them) for fledgling academics are all discussed in this week’s Times Higher Education...
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Sheffield Hallam head Philip Jones to retire
The vice-chancellor of Sheffield Hallam University, Philip Jones, has announced that he is to retire next spring
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Are you a victim of hierarchical microaggression?
Majority of workplace slights informed by your place in the academic pecking order, study finds
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Small victory for Cambridge women in long war over gender pay gap
Women on academic contracts earn £8,400 less than men, according to Equal Pay Review 2014, but the gap has closed by £110 since 2012
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The big grants, the big papers: are we missing something?
A perverse focus on research cash and high-impact publications threatens academics’ careers and the aims of science itself, says Dorothy Bishop
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Anselm Citron, 1923-2014
A pioneer of accelerator technologies who was among the first scientists to work at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (Cern) has died
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Academic regrets? I’ve got a few worth mentioning
A professor with two decades of experience reviews his career highs and lows
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News in brief - 15 January 2015
Higher education funding and loansMPs call for sustainable financesMPs have passed a motion urging the government to outline proposals “that will sustain funding” for higher education “while...
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World in brief - 15 January 2015
Source: GettyUnited States‘Sober squad’ to patrol fraternity partiesThe University of Virginia has introduced new safety rules for fraternities in a bid to monitor behaviour at parties. The move...
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Grant winners - 15 January 2015
National Institute for Health ResearchEfficacy and Mechanism Evaluation ProgrammeAward winner: Colin BerryInstitution: University of GlasgowValue: £2,203,509A randomised parallel group double-blind...
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Winter sun
My gloom at returning to work (and the tsunami of marking) was considerably alleviated when I realised that there was a quiz hidden in the map in the Campus Close-up article (News, 8 January).Instead...
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Second chance to engage
The new National Networks of Collaborative Outreach programme is an opportunity that the sector cannot afford to waste again (“Aimhigher revisited? New national outreach project launched”, www....
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Make sense of science
The Royal Society has recently published guidance on the career expectations of doctoral students in the sciences (“Dispel illusion of PhDs leading to jobs for life, says Royal Society”, News, 18/25...
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Awkward allocations
I take issue with the headline attributing a claim of “ineffectiveness” against the Economic and Social Research Council to me (“REF analysis highlights ESRC’s ineffective grant allocation, says...
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Pension outsiders
Eminent doctors and infectious disease experts have, rightly and courageously, taken the lead in the efforts to deal with the Ebola outbreak. Imagine if vice-chancellors or employers’ human resources...