Marking boycott over USS reform suspended
Industrial action called over the reforms to pre-1992 university pensions has been suspended.
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THE podcast: 20-26 November 2014 issue review
Download the podcastGrant application success rates, feared cuts to the research budget, this week’s THE books section and scholars’ favourite portrayals of academia in literature are all discussed...
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University life: which works of fiction are most telling?
John Sutherland, Sarah Churchwell and others pick books that capture truths about the sector
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UCU accused of betrayal over university pensions
Ten branches demand sector conference as union fails to escalate industrial action in response to pay docking threats in marking boycott
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An anonymity problem
I write in response to the article on whether post-publication peer review can endure the legal action launched by a US scientist who claims that anonymous comments posted on Pub Peer cost him a job...
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Counting university contact hours is a waste of time
Discoveries made off-campus are as valuable as lectures, says Christopher Bigsby
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Imperial College London back at top of research council income table
The London university, which was awarded £114 million, heads the list of grant winners in a ‘difficult funding climate’
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Fall in grant application success rates at five research councils
Fewer applications prompt concerns over drop in funding and inflationary pressures
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‘Potatoes goin’ to potate’: Nigel Piercy has a dig at critics
Dean of Swansea School of Management used ‘unsupportive’ language to dismiss student complaints
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Should universities be exempt from the FoI Act?
Chris Cobb and Maurice Frankel debate the pros and cons
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Email from Ngeti: An Ethnography of Sorcery, Redemption, and Friendship in Global Africa, by James H. Smith and Ngeti Mwadime
One-way secrets in a gripping exchange between a Kenyan and an Africanist trouble Joanna Lewis
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Suspended Bedfordshire academic fights for reputation
Senior lecturer William Brown awaits professional conduct verdict as an earlier inquiry on a retracted paper is queried
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Who needs court? asks Cardiff University
Consultation questions need for the body after it blocked the appointment of Griff Rhys Jones as chancellor
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Plymouth University silent on ‘sexual harassment’ case findings
The conclusions of an inquiry into allegations against William Taylor, the former chair of governors, will not be shared
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BIS officials prepare for ‘further cuts’
Financial modelling likely to include cuts to research budget although student support most ‘vulnerable’ after 2015