The Scramble for the Amazon and the Lost Paradise of Euclides da Cunha by Susanna B. Hecht
The interwoven tale of the fight over rubber and a visionary surveyor captivates Robert Mayhew
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Why citizen scientists help and how to keep them hooked
Crowdsourcing is invaluable to researchers, but why do people do it and how can their interest be maintained?
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Graduate earnings by institution: ‘dangerous’ data?
Minister and BIS take close interest in study with enormous policy implications
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Scare tactics
I was disappointed by the lack of challenge in “State of independence could prove costly, Scots warned” (News, 23 May). In Scotland, we are being bombarded relentlessly with scare stories about...
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Work and other labours of love
Academics and others discuss a typical working week
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Spending cuts threaten national science museums
The Science Museum Group may completely close one of its three museums outside London, its director has said.
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Salford culls courses ‘to secure future’
The University of Salford has confirmed plans to close virtually all courses in modern languages, politics and contemporary history and shut down an entire school “to secure the future of the...
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Overseas recruitment continuing to suffer, suggests UUK report
Fewer British universities are hitting their overseas student recruitment targets this year in the wake of the government’s visa changes and Indian student numbers have again been hit, according to...
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Issue bonds for postgrad loans, says report
Groups of universities could raise funding for postgraduate student loans by issuing bonds, a report by the thinktank CentreForum has suggested.
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Islamic society apologises over Woolwich video posting
A student Islamic society has apologised after a video was posted on its Facebook site claiming the killing of a soldier in Woolwich was a government hoax.
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Made in Chelsea
Shaun Lawson on the blooming of a long-held ambition
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Medical schools urge Osborne not to move funding
Moving medical education and research funding to the Department of Health would “pose a significant threat to the UK’s leading position” in the fields, medical schools have warned George Osborne.
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Jackie Hunter to be next BBSRC chief
Jackie Hunter has been appointed as chief executive and deputy chair of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council.
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Care leavers ‘need more support’ to reach university
Young people in care are not getting enough support or advice to help them reach higher education, a new study says.
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Inside Higher Ed: Win for History Scholars
By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed