Living with uncertainty
As someone who freely dispenses advice, even to government, I am very grateful to Times Higher Education for flagging up the government's chief scientific adviser's Guidelines on the Use of...
As someone who freely dispenses advice, even to government, I am very grateful to Times Higher Education for flagging up the government's chief scientific adviser's Guidelines on the Use of...
Those of us who try to draw attention to the reality of what humanity is doing to the Earth, and what the Earth, in response, is beginning to do to humanity, get used to being called names by people...
Applying rational processes learned through higher education to popular culture is fascinating ("The Doctor will save you now", 8 July). I feel David Sheff should be commended for writing such an...
We were interested to read your report that the number of authors per published paper has significantly increased in the past 20 years ("The expanding universe of scientific authorship", 8 July), and...
Will the senior lecturer in piano advertised in your 8 July issue (page 65) be supported by a quietly spoken lecturer in pianissimo?Rupert C. Marshall, Forte in animal behaviour, Aberystwyth...

A pioneering eye surgeon who proved highly effective at treating cross-eyed children but was subjected to abuse and attacks by animal-rights campaigners has died.Arthur Rosenbaum was born on 20...

"It's thumbs up for palaeography!" That was how Dr Jake Latimer, our Head of History (1735-1792 only), responded to the news that King's College London will create a new chair in the subject.Dr...
Having worked in the academy in various capacities and in three different countries, and having also taught and written on human resources management, I have found it painfully evident that...
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
A ruling that FoI laws require him to share unpublished data has shocked a researcher, writes Hannah Fearn
The academy needs to cast off its exclusionary conventions and make its publications accessible to non-specialists and the public
There's no honourable way to plan a best-seller, says Felipe Fernández-Armesto

Scientists from the University of Portsmouth got the press hooked on their research about shrimp buzzing on anti-depressants. The researchers looked at the effect of the antidepressant fluoxetine,...
Union fears a two-tier system will emerge and damage staff recruitment. John Morgan reports
Creating new institutions that teach degrees assessed by exams that are set and marked by "prestigious" universities risks making students victims of "a false deal", vice-chancellors have warned.The...