Ann Moyal, 1926-2019
Tributes paid to tireless independent scholar who wrote two outspoken memoirs as well as some classic studies of the history of science
Tributes paid to tireless independent scholar who wrote two outspoken memoirs as well as some classic studies of the history of science
Publishers’ terror of libel law and focus on their profit margins have made them excessively risk-averse, says Stuart Macdonald
Publisher says divestment from Prometheus was taken for commercial reasons
Academia’s ‘clans’ behind referees’ bias Having been an international academic journal editor for 33 years, I read with interest “Male editors ‘more likely to accept papers from other men’ ” (News,...
Simon Bullock, speaking for the Quality Assurance Agency, plays a wonderfully straight bat when he declares that the QAA will not tolerate students resorting to essay mills (“Using an essay mill is...
Stuart Macdonald is wholesale in his condemnation: of universities (“not much concerned with learning”), students (“struggle to write a postcard, never mind an essay”), the government (“has not...
Which is the better option when it comes to running academic journals – the professional editor or the academic one? Rachael Pells analyses the pros and cons of each
Periodicals need to think through the issues around film-based submissions, says professor
Eliminating cheating services, even if it were possible, would do nothing to address students’ and universities’ lack of interest in learning, says Stuart Macdonald
So, life has been good to those studying the humanities at the University of Oxford between 1960 and 1989, a survey shows (“Quids pro quo: see, the humanities pay”, News, 11 July). Now there’s a...
Journal’s editors withdraw threat to resign after publisher apologises for obstructing report critical of industry practices
Your piece on essay mills is a little harsh (“We can write it for you wholesale”, 10 October): after all, they simply satisfy a demand in an education market. In the same way, ghostwriters, often...
Members of the higher education community tell us about two books they plan to take on holiday: a new must-read and a classic worthy of a second look