Don’t expect Roberts cash to last, warns RCUK
Universities told they may have to fund doctoral training themselves. Zoë Corbyn reports
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Peer reviewers satisfied with system
But Sense About Science survey finds that two thirds of those polled think it is failing to detect plagiarism. David Schley reports
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Campaign decries redundancy plan’s ‘impossible’ choice
Severance options at Surrey amounted to ‘sackings’ claims letter signed by almost 200 scholars. Melanie Newman reports
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Tara Brabazon: Forget the Spanx, leaders of tomorrow
The next generation to shape academia must eschew quick-fix shortcuts and generously nurture talent without envy, says Tara Brabazon
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UK urged to increase investment in higher education
Comparative figures from OECD report show UK lagging behind other developed nations. Phil Baty reports
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Conference boycott urged over ‘plagiarist’ chair
Appeal to academics to show disapproval of proven research misconduct by Croatian professor. Zoë Corbyn reports
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Richard who?
In a bid to bridge the generation gap between new students and academics, an American professor devised a list of cultural reference points on incoming students. Jon Marcus reports
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Twitter classes for aspiring journalists
A new course will teach media students how to break news via social networking sites, reports Jon Marcus in Chicago
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Manchester neuroscientist resigns
Annmarie Surprenant, the scholar accused of marking irregularities, stands down. Melanie Newman reports
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Birkbeck’s Kiwi flagship sinks
University says Centre for New Zealand Studies is unsustainable, despite £100,000 donation from NZ Government last year. Melanie Newman reports
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Book of the week: History Man: The Life of R. G. Collingwood
Philip Smallwood says this great philosopher's story is long overdue
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Reporting the World
The reporter Keith Kyle knew how to shape a good story, especially his own, says Alex Danchev
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The Program Era: Postwar Fiction and the Rise of Creative Writing
The American creative writing programme. Hardly are those words out when a vast image troubles our sight. Gone is the Shelley Circle and the Bloomsbury Group; gone the Jamesian high tea and Hemingway...
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The Canon. Minima Moralia: Reflections from Damaged Life. Theodor Adorno
What might Theodor Adorno have said about Michael Jackson? Frank Zappa claimed that rock music writing was produced by people who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk, to provide articles...
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Channeling the Future: Essays on Science Fiction and Fantasy Television
Sci-fi's visions of what is to come tell us much about present preoccupations, writes John Gilbey