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Nathan Emmerich (Letters, May) is rightly concerned at the promotion of a view of research students as infantile. But humour has a long and respected role in challenging the status quo. Jorge Cham's...
Nathan Emmerich (Letters, May) is rightly concerned at the promotion of a view of research students as infantile. But humour has a long and respected role in challenging the status quo. Jorge Cham's...
Regarding the Fruitbatgate affair ("Yikes! Attack of the killer viral fruit bats", May), I would argue that the reputational damage has been done not to University College Cork but to the 3,763...
John Turner (Letters, May) has not provided any specific examples of universities that have been prevented from introducing innovative engineering curricula by professional bodies' requirements. If...

Being brilliant academically isn't enough any more - if you want your career to soar you need to cultivate your erotic capital assets. Catherine Hakim advises scholars to use everything they've got
Rebellion was everywhere in the 1960s, recalls Sally Feldman, but Germaine Greer's The Female Eunuch made the most audacious demand of all: for a feminist revolution that was personal and political
Tino Sehgal's art installation This Progress offered something rare: a space where participating academics could converse without goals in mind. Rachel Adams on a precious experience

Does my brain look big in this? - A little applied research can get results

Having spent years earning the right to teach undergraduates, Tara Brabazon knows very well that ‘experience’ is nothing like a degree
Quintin McKellar, principal of the Royal Veterinary College, will take over from Tim Wilson when he retires, writes Sarah Cunnane

By Elizabeth Redden for Inside Higher Ed
Union decries coalition’s £1.5bn cuts to universities and £8bn gift to business. Simon Baker reports
Universities overlook ways to make savings simply because they do not focus on institution-wide schemes, argues Microsoft’s Ray Fleming
Lord Carey leaves post with ‘great sadness’. Simon Baker reports
Sir Peter Scott departs ahead of scheduled retirement to take up post elsewhere, reports Simon Baker
Only a third expect to find work, study finds. Hannah Fearn reports