Ben Goldacre: after fame, I want to focus on the day job
One-time science superstar explains why he is happier not being famous and why the ‘hobbyist’ approach to research tools no longer works
One-time science superstar explains why he is happier not being famous and why the ‘hobbyist’ approach to research tools no longer works
The acquisition of wisdom about life and career can be just as long and challenging a journey as any research project. Luckily, many wheels have already been invented. Here, seven academics offer the...
Thirty-two academic institutions have so far failed to report any of their trial data in accordance with new European Union rules
I applaud Ben Goldacre for extolling the virtues of non-profit lobbying (“Ban academics talking to ministers? We should train them to do it”, Opinion, 10 March). There are numerous issues that are...
Charity says Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford is ‘naive’ to hire out its premises for event
The most popular Times Higher Education stories of the last year revealed
University of Strathclyde pollster John Curtice knighted in annual list
Analysis of seven prominent medical journals finds randomised controlled trials are far less likely to receive a press release than weaker observational studies
From Saudi Arabia’s religious rebels to TTIP's unknown unknowns: new academic books worth adding to your reading list
A department of Imperial College London has withdrawn the offer of an internship placement being sold by auction after the move received heavy criticism.
Ben Goldacre on why a ban on researchers speaking to politicians and policymakers fails the taxpayers who fund them
A PhD student and a pharmacology professor have been named the joint winners of a national competition to honour the best science bloggers in the country
Ben Goldacre criticises my attack on the Ingelfinger rule on the grounds that journalists cannot be trusted to report research accurately, no matter at what stage of the publication process a paper...
When Times Higher Education reported the Science Minister's argument that UK science journalists were the "best in the world", many of our readers took exception.They did not agree with Lord Drayson'...