Diana Leonard, 1941-2010
A leading feminist activist, sociologist and educator has died.Diana Leonard was born in Trinidad on 13 December 1941 but moved to England after the Second World War, where she was educated at...
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TV review: Talking in bed
Gary Day on poetic sensibilities, the iconic couch of the subconscious and the beauty of mathematics
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Great brain breakthrough
In what is being described as "a major research development", our very own Professor of Brain Studies, Professor E.C. Grunwald, has found evidence which "goes some way" to confirming the commonly...
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This is customer services
Tim Birkhead fears for the effect that higher fees will have on teaching
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Research intelligence - Rip it up and start again
Journal articles are an outdated way of sharing scientific research, says open-access advocate. Paul Jump reports
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Tour of beauty
Artist Rooms enlightens places other exhibitions do not reach. Alex Danchev lauds Anthony d'Offay's efforts to bring art to all
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From where I sit - When it's who, not what, you know
When professors Rao Yi and Shi Yigong claimed in a recent issue of Science that cronyism was blighting China's research culture, a spokesman for the Ministry of Science and Technology was quick to...
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Leader: A time for giving and for healing
Fees reform has divided the academy, but the sector can agree on something: it deserves support, including donations
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Wise words: nations must play the long game
Global summit hears that public spending on academy should not be cut. Sarah Cunnane reports from Doha
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Hold the anglophone? Korean director warns of lingua franca's local impact
The fashion for degree courses taught in English rather than local languages may be putting teaching quality at risk, a global higher education conference has heard.Speaking at the World Innovation...
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Size matters to students' grades
Research indicates that packed classes reduce academic attainment. Rebecca Attwood reports
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Submission fees could pave way to open-access future
Defray scholarly journals' peer-review costs with per-paper charge, study advises. Paul Jump writes
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Cash advance: Imperial to back others' spin-offs
The commercialisation arm of Imperial College London is to provide financial backing to entrepreneurial academics from other leading institutions.Imperial Innovations, which is a publicly listed...
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Looking beyond the pain principle
Dose of equality prescribed for 'masochistic' age of debt, UEL symposium hears. Matthew Reisz reports