Reputation is everything 1
In response to the recent article by the vice-chancellor of the University of Buckingham ("The seven deadly sins of the academy", 17 September), I don't care to enter into the debate on the...
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Reputation is everything 2
There are two lessons we can learn from Terence Kealey's remarks that young female students are a "perk" for male lecturers who should "look but not touch".The first is that it is difficult to find...
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John Lowerson, 1941-2009
The Rev John Lowerson, a leading historian of leisure and locality, has died.He was born in a mining village near Doncaster on 22 July 1941, and studied at Maltby Grammar School and the University of...
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Oxford Brookes University - Piazza non grata
Plans for a £132 million redevelopment programme by Oxford Brookes University have been rejected by the local authority. The university is "taking stock" after Oxford City Council declined to approve...
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Making an impact
"I look forward to increasing everyone's impact." Those were the fighting words of Mr Gerald Thudd, the university's new Head of Research Impact. Mr Thudd, whose appointment is in direct response to...
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Is all this on the record?
Let's not allow recording requests to stifle free exchange, says Tim Birkhead
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From where I sit - History men's impact on events
That scientists and economists influence government is well known, but what about historians' effect on public policy?A biography of Romesh Chunder Dutt (1848-1909), titled An Indian for All Seasons...
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Research intelligence: Uncertainty principle
The British Science Festival aimed to bolster public understanding of science's contingencies. David Schley reports
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Leader: Academic or jack of all trades?
Knowledge transfer is a valid concept, but it takes time and effort away from the countless other tasks staff already perform
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University of Southampton - Just say 'no' to oil, group tells v-c
A group of academics is calling on the University of Southampton's new vice-chancellor to transform the institution into the country's first "transition" university. The transition movement aims to...
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Royal Holloway, University of London - The secret is out
Four hundred years of intimate English secrets are being revealed thanks to a professor of history. Amanda Vickery, from the department of history at Royal Holloway, University of London, has...
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School of Hygiene/Tropical Medicine - Birth of hope
A new centre is to bring together experts on the health of pregnant women and their babies. Poor maternal, reproductive and child health are major contributors to ill-health worldwide, leading to...
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University of Aberdeen - Because patients are people, too
The "human side" of the medical profession is to be explored at the University of Aberdeen. It has launched courses based on the premise that there is more to caring for the human body and mind than...
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The Open University - Old hands, new gadgets
Researchers will examine how older people deal with technology in their everyday lives. The Open University is part of a European team that has been awarded funding for the Older People and...