The plight of the honeybee
A joint funding package of £10 million has been granted to investigate pollinators' decline. Zoe Corbyn reports
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Grant winners
NEWTON INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIPSThis is the first round of Newton International Fellowships. Fellows have the chance to work at UK research institutions for two years. The scheme is a joint...
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End our democratic deficit
Most governance models allow v-cs to ignore academic opinions and freedoms. This must change, says Sally Hunt
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It can never be too early to ask students to start taking intellectual risks
Anthony Seldon and David James want universities to support a radical shift that puts learning at the heart of the curriculum
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Daytime TV: Animal passions
Gary Day on the dark side of Georgian London, the fallout from those who go missing, and Narnia
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‘Opt-out’ from the 48-hour working week: the latest developments
Workers have recently felt the benefit of changes to legislation governing “working time”. For example, from 6 April 2009 the statutory entitlement to holidays increased to 28 days (inclusive of bank...
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Top ten journals in neuroscience and behaviour
Data provided by Thomson Reuters’ Essential Science Indicators database, 1 January 1998 – 31 December 2008
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23 April 2009
The canon - The most influential books ever written?
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Tara Brabazon: I’m not going to be your monkey
Satirical news programme The Daily Show does more than poke fun at the powers that be. It condemns lazy and populist broadcasting, and urges us to question what we are told and what we choose to...
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Expel Israeli ambassador, UCU Congress will demand
Conference motion will call on Government to support Palestinian self-determination, but an academic boycott of Israel is not on the agenda. Melanie Newman reports
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The Bullied Blogger: Nothing can stop the Spanish Inquisition
14 April: Dominic did not check my last email to human resources and when he arrives home and reads it he is despairing. He feels I am too stressed and too emotionally involved to be able to write...
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British academic’s work used to justify US torture
Professor Jim Horne is ‘saddened and appalled’ by Bush Administration’s efforts to exploit his book to excuse 180-hour stints of sleep deprivation. Melanie Newman reports
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Security expert hits back at UUK memo
Chief executive Diana Warwick tells v-cs that she ‘briefed’ Today programme about Anthony Glees, but academic reiterates claim that universities’ student visa procedures are too lax. Melanie Newman...
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