Brush up your writing skills if you want to get published
Well-written academic papers are far more likely to pass editorial scrutiny. Matthew Reisz reports
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News in brief
Economic downturnCumbria scoops £1m grantThe University of Cumbria has emerged as the biggest grant winner from the Higher Education Funding Council for England's £25 million Economic Challenge...
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Medical students need live patients
Training needs to move out of lectures and on to the wards, GMC head says. Melanie Newman reports
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Daytime TV: Excess baggage
Gary Day on Henry VIII's appetite, the malaise of teenage drunkenness and pro-anorexia websites
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Top 10 countries in plant and animal sciences based on citations per paper
Data provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators, 1 January 1998–31 December 2008
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The Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service and its role in resolving employment disputes
The recent trend in employment law, promoted by the Government through initiatives such as the introduction of the statutory dispute resolution procedures, has been to ensure that employers and...
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Poop poop
A senior lecturer in our Department of Animal Behaviour for Business has accused a well-known author of "crassly plagiarising his research findings".Doctor K.W. Jessop told The Poppletonian that he...
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Is this watchdog needed?
For all that is spent on quality assurance, we get very little reassurance on things that matter, argues Allan Ashworth
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Sorry, you haven't a clue
Hefce's criticism of Cambridge's governance is plain wrong, says Alan Ryan
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Leader: Sweep in the same direction
University governors must do more than take a board meeting or two, they must also take the institution's mission to heart
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From where I sit - China tackles graduates' gloom
With an unprecedented 6.1 million college graduates due to enter the job market this year, employment is at the top of the Chinese Government's agenda.In recent sessions of the National People's...
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Edward Bird, 1945-2009
Edward Bird, a leading figure in art and design education, has died.He was born in Leicester on 24 September 1945 and was brought up there. After studying ceramics at the Loughborough College of Art...
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Working together with a shared vision 1
The tension between academics and administrators is emphasised by describing it as a "divide" and an "iron curtain" ("By the role divided", 9 April). Positive examples of "blended" professionals (is...
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Working together with a shared vision 2
Give people an opportunity to complain and they will often take it. The days of the haughty academic looking down on administrators are numbered. It is often easier for both sides to recall examples...
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Working together with a shared vision 3
Your leader "Different players, same side" (9 April) raised a very important issue: the relationship between administrators and academics is as important as any other issue facing academia. If...