News blog: is economics based on shaky statistics?
A new paper finds that more than half of economic studies are unreproducible. But there could be even deeper issues with the discipline, says David Matthews
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It's time to speak up about the UK government’s plans for research
Stephen Curry is campaigning against possible cuts to the UK research budget, and he needs your help
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Quick takes: Karen Sibley on gender diversity
Brown University dean on gender mix in senior university management
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Jeffrey Collins, 1930-2015
An electrical engineer who pioneered major developments in signal processing has died
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Interview with Anne Curry
On 25 October it will be the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt. Ahead of the commemoration, we talk to an Agincourt expert about its continued historical significance
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Lego at Cambridge is much more than child’s play
Acting director of new research centre set up with Lego Foundation money says aim will be to explore whether there really is evidence that play enhances education
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Yale-NUS College extends reach of liberal arts’ ‘forbidden fruits’
Jack Grove reports from official inauguration of campus that reflects Singapore’s growing demand for Western-style higher education
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A more divided union? Student voice ‘at risk’ in NUS power struggle
President Megan Dunn faces battle over campaigning tactics as leftwingers increase power
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Northumbria University the latest to draw back on language provision
Further cuts to modern languages departments have raised concerns about increasing elitism
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All the talents: policy needs social science and humanities’ input
From the battle against Ebola to climate change strategy, research insights from a wide range of disciplines are proving invaluable, says Mark Walport
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Speaking up for the public PhD viva
Initially sceptical about the continental practice of examining a doctoral thesis before an audience, David Bogle has found much to commend it
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Laurie Taylor – 22 October 2015
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!
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A lesson in teaching across time
As academics age, they need wisdom and maturity to bridge cultural gaps and reach their students, says Felipe Fernández-Armesto
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Let’s not go to extremes
The irony of Rupert Sutton’s letter is that his organisation’s lack of credibility is the very reason why we raised concerns about Downing Street’s apparent plagiarism of its output (“Credibility of...