For He, just add electrons
Has Peter B. Baker not heard of alpha particles ("Compound the error", Letters, 26 January)? These are helium nuclei. Just add electrons. No need for chemistry, alchemy or nuclear fusion: radioactive...
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Creep show
Am I alone in my profound discomfort regarding middle-aged men employing substantially younger women in advisory roles, whose main job seems to be to tell them how inspirational and visionary they...
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Appointments
University of HuddersfieldSusan KilcoyneA scientist who enjoys "physics on the edge" has been appointed professor of biomaterials at the University of Huddersfield. Susan Kilcoyne, formerly associate...
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Odds and quads: Robert Gordon University's Art and Heritage Collections
These items form part of Robert Gordon University's Art and Heritage Collections.
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Research intelligence - The emeriti seizing a late licence to roam
Study finds many scholars believe their best work has come after retirement. Matthew Reisz reports
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Leader: When the whip came down
Mr Willetts' professed love for the arts and humanities disciplines looks rather like discipline of another stripe entirely
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From where I sit - Conservative casting
There is currently a lively debate in Germany about the potentially dubious impact of applying for research funding through committees. One cynic summed this up as "having to go through a casting...
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Campus round-up
Manchester Metropolitan UniversityNow dig thisMembers of the public have been invited to take part in an archaeological dig on the site of a university's new campus. The project at Manchester...
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The week in higher education
• In a glimpse of how some conservative politicians in the US view their higher education system, a high-profile Republican lamented the loss of the sector to "the Left" on 25 January, urging...
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Sway: WikiLeaks, universities and 'soft power'
The diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks articulate the importance of the academy in the ‘great game’ of international politics. David Matthews investigates
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2 February 2012
No stick required - The academy, WikiLeaks and ‘soft power’: hegemony without the heat
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Adrift from memory bliss
Kevin Fong is forced to come to terms with electronic isolation
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THE Scholarly Web
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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Questions over SLC chief's employment arrangements
The head of the Student Loans Company is reported to be being paid through a private firm rather than directly, a mechanism that can be used to reduce income tax liability.