Can post-publication peer review endure?
The process may mean greater scrutiny but is it legally viable?
The process may mean greater scrutiny but is it legally viable?
A Russell Group tagline rap is further proof that we need to reform the academy’s approach, argues Philip Moriarty
Inappropriate measures of performance are detrimental to the intrinsic motivations of an academic workforce
I write in response to the article on whether post-publication peer review can endure the legal action launched by a US scientist who claims that anonymous comments posted on Pub Peer cost him a job...
Higher education figures interrogate the main parties on subjects from policy mistakes to part-time study
Should the foundations of a 21st-century academic career still be built on the traditional model?
Paul Jump examines the many reasons for irreproducibility in science and efforts to tackle it
"This really is the big one!"That was how Roger Placement, our Deputy Director of Logo Development, described the fundamental shift in university nomenclature that will be introduced to all our...
The REF’s formal assessment of the impact of academic work was highly controversial in theory: how did it play out in practice?
When I read “Eight days a week” (6 June) I was particularly struck by the account of Philip Moriarty, professor of physics at the University of Nottingham, who said that in order to make up for the...
Male and female scholars speak frankly about juggling parenting and research
Nanoscientist waits three years to see critique of controversial ‘discovery’ printed. Paul Jump writes
The focus on market-driven wealth creation within academic research is "morally bankrupt" and leaves academics feeling like prostitutes, a professor of physics at the University of Nottingham has...
Academics discuss how supervisors shaped their teaching