Data can improve our sustainability work
In the post-Covid world we have a chance to increase our use of data to better understand research opportunities and student learning, says Dawn Freshwater
In the post-Covid world we have a chance to increase our use of data to better understand research opportunities and student learning, says Dawn Freshwater
Ocean science’s ‘brute force’ approach is impossible in space. But extraterrestrial necessity may also be the mother of fruitful invention when it comes to probing the alien worlds beneath the...
Rebalancing to the regions will bring a battle over ‘excellence’ and ‘place’ models, along with questions on the best mechanisms to deliver change
Your definitive guide to using social and creative media as an academic
The pursuit of impact remains controversial, but it has opened doors to more varied careers, says Andrew McRae
There is a vast universe of information about people’s online behaviour. But academics say social media firms are restricting access to it, leaving us in the dark about the web
Academia has gone green in a big way in recent years, but some doubt whether it will make much difference to the planet. Nick Mayo speaks to scholars and students to assess the sector’s environmental...
Aftershocks continue amid new revelations of fabrication
The serious-minded pursuit of knowledge is not incompatible with an enjoyment of some rather more popular pursuits. Six academics talk about their passion for a topic conspicuous by its absence from...
Book of the week: Steven Rose praises a bold new attempt to explain the origins and nature of consciousness
Rebecca Bowler on how middle-class women saw and were seen in the metropolis
Book of the week: James Stevens Curl is impressed by a marriage of modern architecture and monument preservation
Up, up and away; hallowed grounds; degrees of evolution at Oxford; and making peace and making up
Sharif Mowlabocus reflects on how politics took a back seat as LGBTQ organisations advanced
Nearly 50 years since war on cancer was declared, declarations of victory remain a distant prospect. Here, six cancer researchers assess the lie of the land