Lecturer barred from job interview ‘for not bringing life’s work’
Peter Cherry knew something was wrong when other applicants arrived in Madrid with several suitcases of documents
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‘Chicken’ university leaders roasted for tame defence of science
Hermann Hauser calls on vice-chancellors to ‘take a stand against pseudoscience’
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The week in higher education – 15 June 2017
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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The allocation of scientific grants should be a science
His experiences on a panel reviewing Canadian grant allocation has convinced Jonathan Grant that the evidence base for current practice needs serious reinforcement
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Laurie Taylor – 15 June 2017
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!
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Corbyn’s vision for higher education ushers in a new era
The wide appeal of Labour’s fees pledge means free higher education is back on the agenda, amid a shift in the political landscape
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On smarter supervision and smarter PhDs
Thank you for the feature “Of monsters and mentors” (1 June). The stories from the PhD students really resonated with me and the other students in my lab, particularly the accounts of casual neglect...
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Working the seams
Your article “EU set to ease rules on text and data mining” (News, 25 May) fails to acknowledge the work that publishers are undertaking to not only facilitate text and data mining but also to ensure...
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Copycat worlds
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...
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Books interview: Sarah Eltantawi
The professor of comparative religion and author of on log-cabin Lincoln, the Koran and Islam’s political movements
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New and noteworthy – 15 June 2017
Turkey’s American dreams; reels and reels of suspense; continental contracts; and Putin’s backyard
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Private Government: How Employers Rule Our Lives (and Why We Don’t Talk about It), by Elizabeth Anderson
Book of the week: From staff in nappies to hassled waitresses, a study of work is full of justified rage, says Philip Roscoe