A group of academics who oppose the drive to measure the impact of research have accused Research Councils UK of taking a "dogmatic stance" over its refusal to reassess the issue.Earlier this month,...
UCL lecturer tells digital humanities to sharpen up on the web or lose out. Sarah Cunnane reports
This week's tweet of the week is:Howard Webb as #worldcup final official! His altitude training at @sheffhallam uni paid off then - @JoeMcAFieldTell us why you love the sector on Twitter @...
Prejudice still prevails in Harper Lee's home town, finds Gary Day, who also ponders bovine romanticism
Flatulence among farm animals - a major source of greenhouse emissions - could be reduced by feeding them spicy food. Researchers at Newcastle University have found that the spices used to flavour...
Students in the capital can now take a degree in hypnotherapy. St Mary's University College, Twickenham and the Brief Strategic Therapy and Clinical Hypnosis Foundation have launched a BSc (Hons) in...
"It's thumbs up for palaeography!" That was how Dr Jake Latimer, our Head of History (1735-1792 only), responded to the news that King's College London will create a new chair in the subject.Dr...
There's no honourable way to plan a best-seller, says Felipe Fernández-Armesto
A ruling that FoI laws require him to share unpublished data has shocked a researcher, writes Hannah Fearn
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
The academy needs to cast off its exclusionary conventions and make its publications accessible to non-specialists and the public
Having worked in the academy in various capacities and in three different countries, and having also taught and written on human resources management, I have found it painfully evident that...
A pioneering eye surgeon who proved highly effective at treating cross-eyed children but was subjected to abuse and attacks by animal-rights campaigners has died.Arthur Rosenbaum was born on 20...
In your editorial "Some very necessary measures" (8 July), you state: "Arguing that rankings compare apples and oranges is not an excuse to give students a lemon. Until universities themselves can...
Ellen Hazelkorn throws doubt on the validity of university league tables, but could have gone further ("Handle with care", 8 July).The impulse to measure is at root Gradgrindian and these days is a...