Working family allowances
Being an academic and a parent is harder than it should be, but not all want children while others make it work regardless
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How to get your first research paper published
Ian McNay advises new researchers on how to get their work accepted by academic journals. Plus the latest higher education appointments
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The Establishment: And How They Get Away With It, by Owen Jones
Corruption is rife and legal among those who hold the power in the UK, says Danny Dorling
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Q&A with Stuart Dunlop
We speak to the new director of music at the University of East Anglia
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Benefits culture: rethinking Mozart on Maggie’s dole
Nicholas Till acknowledges his debt to Margaret Thatcher and explains why he regrets his Cambridge degree
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Give languages a fair shout
We need policy to foster foreign language study at all levels of education, says Jocelyn Wyburd
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Why are university managers so obsessed with change?
Revolutionary leaders will make do and mend, says Thomas Harrison
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4 September 2014
Up in the air - The struggle to balance academic work and parenthood
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World in brief - 4 September 2014
Source: AlamyCanadaCampus ‘stalking’ tips draw fireA student newspaper article offering first years advice on how to date a teaching assistant – including stalking them on social networks – provoked...
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Grant winners - 4 September 2014
Royal SocietyWolfson Research Merit AwardsAwards are worth £10,000-£30,000 a year, which is a salary enhancementAward winner: Graeme AcklandInstitution: University of EdinburghInteratomic potentials...
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Laurence Mee, 1951-2014
A leading international expert on the marine environment and strategies for its protection has died
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Return to sender – in person, during office hours
What happened when a US academic instituted a no-email policy for students and required them to meet her in person?
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Apathetic assessment
Thomas Harrison’s article “Let the right one in” (Opinions, 21 August) argued about the importance of including in the selection process an assessment of candidates’ teaching in action. But which...
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Students’ IP is their own
I was astonished to learn from Sebastian Conran (“Letting the engine idle”, Opinions, 14 August) that Plymouth University, among other institutions, requires students when they register to sign away...