Probe leaves butterfly paper's fate up in the air
Top scholar may have broken PNAS rules when advocating unorthodox study. Zoë Corbyn reports
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V-c calls for united front to fend off funding axe
Warning that internal divisions are weakening the sector's response to cuts. Melanie Newman writes
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Crisis, what crisis? The 1970s get a bad press
There is a stock image of the 1970s as the lowest point in British postwar history. Widespread strikes, rubbish piling up on the streets and a bankrupt Labour Government forced to seek huge loans...
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Civic engagement is no 'Cinderella' activity and must become a priority
Scholar says community work should be part of teaching and research. Hannah Fearn reports
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Daytime TV: Profiles in courage
The efforts of injured soldiers battling and laughing their way back to life leave Gary Day humbled
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Nature vs science: citation impact by field
Thomson Reuters, Essential Science Indicators, 1 January 1999–30 June 2009
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Making an impact
"I look forward to increasing everyone's impact." Those were the fighting words of Mr Gerald Thudd, the university's new Head of Research Impact. Mr Thudd, whose appointment is in direct response to...
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Is all this on the record?
Let's not allow recording requests to stifle free exchange, says Tim Birkhead
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Research intelligence: Uncertainty principle
The British Science Festival aimed to bolster public understanding of science's contingencies. David Schley reports
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Leader: Academic or jack of all trades?
Knowledge transfer is a valid concept, but it takes time and effort away from the countless other tasks staff already perform
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From where I sit - History men's impact on events
That scientists and economists influence government is well known, but what about historians' effect on public policy?A biography of Romesh Chunder Dutt (1848-1909), titled An Indian for All Seasons...
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John Lowerson, 1941-2009
The Rev John Lowerson, a leading historian of leisure and locality, has died.He was born in a mining village near Doncaster on 22 July 1941, and studied at Maltby Grammar School and the University of...
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Oxford Brookes University - Piazza non grata
Plans for a £132 million redevelopment programme by Oxford Brookes University have been rejected by the local authority. The university is "taking stock" after Oxford City Council declined to approve...
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First principles define the 'good' academic
Having seen the recent correspondence regarding the administration costs attributed to academic independence, I felt compelled to respond ("Running battles on the governance front line", Letters, 17...