50 maxims for market entrants
Christopher Bigsby offers some words of advice

Christopher Bigsby offers some words of advice

To avoid conflicts of interest, academic research must be transparent and independently funded, says Cary Nelson

Reform must go all the way, argues Bill Rammell

Playing with fire - Green activism, big business and politics: an inflammable mixture for fracking research

St John’s College, Cambridge was established by charter in 1511 through the generosity of Lady Margaret Beaufort (1443-1509)

Scientific resolutionThis image (main picture) is a 3D scan of a glass sculpture of a jellyfish created in the 19th century by father-and-son team Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka. The German glass...

Royal SocietyLeverhulme Trust Senior Research FellowshipsThe scheme is designed for scientists who would benefit from a period of full-time research without teaching and administrative duties....

TaiwanWrong formula for libelA court has dismissed a libel case against an academic whose research suggested that emissions from an industrial conglomerate’s chemical plants had raised cancer rates...

A researcher who revolutionised the study of fetal development and its long-term impact on health has died

University of WolverhamptonGary Sheffield“I’ve been interested in military history for almost as long as I can remember,” said Gary Sheffield, who has been appointed professor of war studies at the...

Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
John Kaag is not up to speed with meetings culture (“Short is sweet”, Opinion, 12 September). It is not rude to have your laptop or tablet open during a meeting: in the era of the paperless office,...
In his review of July 1914: Countdown to War by Sean McMeekin, A. W. Purdue says: “The question of which, if any, nation was responsible for the First World War remains open.” In 1919, someone said...
In the article “In UK, two-year courses still too short a season” (News, 12 September), you mention a report by Ella Ritchie, former pro vice-chancellor for teaching and learning at Newcastle...
Alessandra Lopez y Royo argues that “free market principles have changed and ruined the academy” (Opinion, 22 August), and states that she would “think long and hard” before advising others to carve...