Tim Birkhead
A colleague of mine recently finished writing a textbook. As I leafed through the huge pile of page proofs on his desk, he told me how his publisher (an academic publisher no less) had asked him what...
A colleague of mine recently finished writing a textbook. As I leafed through the huge pile of page proofs on his desk, he told me how his publisher (an academic publisher no less) had asked him what...
In 1973 Konrad Lorenz won the Nobel Prize for Medicine for his pioneering studies of animal behaviour. His contribution was the study of "imprinting", epitomised by images of himself closely followed...
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
Claire Spottiswoode on the history of modern ornithology and how it has contributed to our understanding of evolution
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
Tim Birkhead finds a valuable lesson in the story of the bullfinch trainers
Inept alumni communications derail the desire to give, says Tim Birkhead
Tim Birkhead ponders the optimal size and location of the conference venue
Tim Birkhead fears for the effect that higher fees will have on teaching
In competitive times, it's hard to avoid hype in a prospectus, says Tim Birkhead
Tim Birkhead on universities' courtship of their next cohort of students
Teaching graduates how to think will help them get jobs, says Tim Birkhead
Tim Birkhead fears the consequences of insensitively applied funding cuts
Tim Birkhead wonders if a critic would feel differently after a job swap
Using computers in exams would not make things fairer, says Tim Birkhead