Israel Academia Monitor fears the enemy within
Debate on academic politics in Israel has been reignited by Stephen Hawking’s decision to boycott a presidential conference after lobbying from Palestinian colleagues.Meanwhile, a campaigning Israeli...
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Science without Borders (and hoped-for numbers?)
Flagship foreign study scheme may have failed to attract desired numbers. Donna Bowater reports
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News in brief
AfricaContinental shift on plagiarismAcademics from across Africa will meet later this month to discuss plagiarism on the continent. The inaugural African Academic Integrity Seminars will take place...
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Odds and quads
The archive of the Animation Research Centre, housed at the University for the Creative Arts Farnham, contains more than a million objects tracing the development of British animation from the 1940s...
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Edinburgh scholar suggests speaking in tongues
Scholar hopes to ensure language’s future with help of new Edinburgh role. David Matthews writes
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News in brief
Unistats websiteHefce report spots local difficultiesA report on the first year of the Unistats website, which gives prospective students information on course fees, graduate salaries and other data...
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Online salvo supports postgrad’s Leeds battle
More than 350 people, including several academics, have signed a petition protesting against the University of Leeds’ treatment of an international postgraduate student.The university’s Institute of...
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What’s your game? Union objects to US grade scheme
Students’ union and businesses look askance at use of US grade scheme. David Matthews reports
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Letters
Pros and cons of the metrics systemThe main problem with the research excellence framework is the huge amount of time and money that it consumes, distracting academics from scholarly activities and...
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Laurie Taylor
‘Lend me your ears shock’One of our leading psychologists, Dr Fritz Itzig, is currently languishing in a police cell after a day-long series of attempts to increase the research impact of his work on...
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Sick notes and shadowy scapegoats: the excuses academics use to explain away fraudulent research results
Tales of academics using imaginary collaborators to explain away dodgy research results and fabricating life-threatening diseases to avoid investigation formed some of the most memorable moments of...