Thunder and Lightning: Weather Past, Present and Future, by Lauren Redniss
Book of the week: Exquisite images trigger the sensations of terror and wonder that nature inspires, says Philip Hoare
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Blood, toil, tears and sweat: academics’ trying previous jobs
Scholars discuss their early adventures in the world of work – and what they learned from them
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How to balance public and private contributions to higher education?
John Morgan examines current arrangements and suggested ratios at home and abroad
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Grant winners – 11 February 2016
A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash
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Better than blue skies: blending techniques leads to innovation
New models of scientific discovery eschew the principle of basic research first, says Ben Shneiderman
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Non-EU students are now being sacrificed as political pawns
The forced departure from the UK of a US PhD graduate is a wake-up call to universities, which must respond, argues Martin McQuillan
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If the teaching excellence framework is worth doing, it’s worth doing well
We need more time to road-test the TEF, develop the right metrics and get everyone on board, argues Bill Rammell
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Attainment: a third option
In your article “Universities defend access record after Cameron criticism” (1 February) there appears to be a consensus that to overcome the continued inequality in access, more cooperation between...
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What for the HEA?
The very existence of the Higher Education Academy seems so central to the Green Paper’s proposals to construct a teaching excellence framework that it is bewildering to find only a scattering of...
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Take it all in
In the article on how higher selectivity of research papers fails to increase impact, Pascal Rocha da Silva, process strategy manager at open access publisher Frontiers, writes that a rejection rate...