The Pick - Making the right gesture
Adult puppetry to an aerial exploration of the female condition
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From where I sit - Diplomatic bag's pedagogic pearls
Those who teach international relations are rarely short of interesting material from the "real world" to illustrate key points about theory and practice, but the release of masses of classified...
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Off Piste - The dying of the guiding light
Peter Hill recalls his time as a lighthouse keeper, a profession since snuffed out by technology. He misses the arduous hours, grand meals, avian migrants and tall tales in the coal fire's glow
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The week in higher education
The number of university applicants has increased by 2.5 per cent on last year, according to figures published by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service. A total of 344,064 people had...
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13 January 2011
Freshly squeezed - California’s world-class university system fights budgetary constraints
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Leader: Missions trail leads to success
The secret of California's strength in higher education is a system that delineates institutional roles. England should take heed
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Top 20 Journals in History
Top 20 Journals in HistoryData provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators, January 2000-April 2010 Journal Total cites in 2009 Impact factor 5-year impact factor 1American...
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Campus round-up
Bath Spa UniversityWeighing Jade's legacyThe impact on young women of the media coverage of reality-TV star Jade Goody's battle with cervical cancer is being investigated by researchers. Academics at...
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News in brief
United StatesHigh earners in pensions fightThe University of California is standing firm on its refusal to calculate the pensions of its highest-paid executives on their full salaries despite threats...
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Redrawing the business plan for the darker days ahead
Harvard Business School's new head outlines his interdisciplinary approach. Hannah Fearn reports
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'Manipulation' nets virologist a 10-year journal ban
An internationally prominent Japanese virologist has received a 10-year ban from publishing in any American Society for Microbiology journal after being found guilty of manipulating data.Naoki Mori,...
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Grant winners
THE LEVERHULME TRUST• Award winner: Arwen Deuss• Institution: University of Cambridge• Value: £70,000Geography and seismology• Award winner: Daniel Lunt• Institution: University of Bristol• Value: £...
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Blogconfidential: Dangerous liaisons
Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: Dangerous liaisons
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Appointments
University of ChicagoWilliam McDadeAn expert in sickle-cell haemoglobin has been appointed deputy provost for research and minority issues at the University of Chicago. William McDade, who is...