Cutbacks in research funding may cost the British economy dearly
The UK's first-class knowledge economy will be consigned to second-class status if the axe is wielded too savagely, Steve Smith warns
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Daytime TV: The history boys
The Norman Conquest and the Domesday Book offer great sparring material, says Gary Day
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Top Institutions in Microbiology
InstitutionPapersCitationsCitations per paperWashington University829,832.90Scripps Research Institute64520,74632.16Stanford University96429,68330.79Harvard University2,17464,11929.49University of...
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I sphinx - therefore I am
Yes, it's hello and welcome again to the second of our Holiday Specials, in which leading members of staff bring us exciting news of their vacation adventures. This week's Thoughts from Abroad comes...
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Scandal of sonic abuse
One man's music is so often another man's noise, laments Malcolm Gillies
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Off Piste - Fat of the land, meat on the road
Taking a leaf out of the River Cottage cookbook and fermenting it, Chris Jones lauds the foraging lifestyle and encourages his own 'Generation Roadkill' to reconsider their place in the food chain
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Leader: Making no plans for Nigel
The UK and California both face a shortfall of university places, but at least snobbery isn't making things worse across the pond
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From where I sit - The mother of white elephants
When Oriental University City opened in Langfang, Hebei Province, a decade ago, it was the first of its kind in China and was hailed as a model to be emulated: a purpose-built campus that would...
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Liz Bird, 1958-2010
A leading expert on teacher training who made a significant contribution to the development of the profession in Africa has died.Liz Bird was born in Reading on 20 April 1958 and educated at the...
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Research intelligence - Climate of change
The outlook is good as East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit seeks to share its data. Paul Jump reports
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Dearth of knowledge is a dangerous thing 1
I was sorry to read Tim Birkhead parroting the faddish notion that "technology has devalued the learning of facts" because they can now be acquired so easily "at the click of a button on a smartphone...
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Dearth of knowledge is a dangerous thing 2
I suggest that the decision-makers in higher education would do well to make the connection between Tim Birkhead's article on shaking up the "dreadful inertia" in teaching and the piece on academics...
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Greatly exaggerated
While I am delighted to read of Liz Hallum's "Great escape" (12 August) - and very much in favour of her choice of wine - I was somewhat dismayed to discover in the article that the area in which I...
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How 'terrible'
I am saddened but not surprised by the University and College Union's response to the pay award that we have made at Regent's College ("Private virtues include 3% pay rise for staff", 12 August). It...