THE podcast: 1 May 2014 issue review
Download the podcastAfter years of animal-rights violence, scientists appear more willing to speak up for the value of experimentation with animals; shrinking stipends for doctoral students in the UK...
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100 Under 50 2014 rankings results
Asian institutions poised to rival ancient elite
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Spike in numbers at University of Glasgow ‘endangers’ student experience
Minutes from university meeting reveal impact of an influx of English and non-EU students
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Punk Sociology, by David Beer
Les Gofton on the application of the punk ethos to studying sociology
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Australia’s demand-driven reforms need extending
David Kemp and Andrew Norton call for state cash for all institutions and pre-bachelor’s courses
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Video: 100 Under 50 2014 launch with Sir Patrick Stewart
Sir Patrick Stewart brought a dash of Hollywood glamour to the launch of the Times Higher Education 100 Under 50 2014 rankings in Miami on 31 April
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Mooc students ‘passive’, study suggests
Research finds Harvard course cohort had high hopes, but avoided collaboration and failed to use new skills at work
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Risk Savvy: How To Make Good Decisions, by Gerd Gigerenzer
A good grasp of basic statistics will help us to make the right life choices, finds Omar Malik
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Higher education needs more fundraisers
Failure to recruit may lead to lowering of promotional bar
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Why animal researchers are ending their silence
Extremists silenced institutions and scientists for years, but researchers are now willing to speak up for good practice and valuable results
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Try DIY, not green or gold open access
Sector-endorsed routes aid publishers, not scholars, say journal editors Harvey Goldstein and John Bynner
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The importance of play
Recreational deprivation has been linked to criminality, obesity and declining creativity. Rob Parr asks why having fun is not taken more seriously
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Dismay as Brazil recalls Science Without Borders fellows
Students in second-choice destinations obliged to return home for failing to reach entry requirements
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Capital in the Twenty-First Century, by Thomas Piketty
Philip Roscoe extols a mischievous economics blockbuster brimming with ideas and predictions
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The hippocampus in the room
In what she describes as “a major breakthrough”, our Head of Neuroscience, Dr E. G. Loeb, has discovered empirical proof of the recent contention by Professor Thomas Harrison in Times Higher...