Taxonomy is classified as discipline in critical decline

Lords' report calls for urgent action as lack of expertise reaches crisis point, writes Zoe Corbyn

£1m losses close wilting flower research site

A horticultural research site operated by the University of Warwick is to close after recording losses of more than £1 million.The 120-acre site in Kirton, Lincolnshire, is operated by Warwick...

News in brief

Leadership grantsScholars losing outAcademics are among those most likely to fail in their applications for a share of £10 million set aside to improve leadership in higher education. The Leadership...

20 years ago

Two lecturers at Aberdeen University who faced upheaval because of funding problems were found dead last week. The deaths ... have led to demands by the Association of University Teachers that stress...

Business ethos 'a blight on research'

Scientist calls for commercial and academic attitudes to change, reports Hannah Fearn

EU flagship gets true Brit

Europe's lacklustre institute needs to up its game, says new board appointee Julia King. Zoe Corbyn hears how

Grant winners

European Research CouncilThe ERC has announced the winners of its first tranche of "advanced grants" in physical sciences and engineering. The awards were made to 105 researchers and the 19 British...

Flying doctor

Earth scientist Dougal Jerram is giving television viewers a bird's-eye view of Britain from his 'motorbike on wings'

Appointments

Glyn Redworth, a University of Manchester historian, has been appointed to the post of Queen Victoria Eugenia chair, in a year-long tenure beginning in September. The position, created through an...

Big challenges ahead but Scotland still has one voice

We must keep our edge by pooling talents, says Glasgow's departing principal. Olga Wojtas reports

That would be telling

Beware those who want information - and informers. An anonymous academic considers the police-state side to 'managerial techniques'

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Battle for grants gets fierce as more join the fray

Research councils see a rise in applications but fewer candidates are successful, writes Zoe Corbyn

Lecturers make the shortlist for erotic honours

An award scheme set up to honour stars of the erotic universe has a new category - for academics.Each year, judges of the Erotic Awards set out on a quest to find the nation's best striptease artist...

Tribunal backs professor's stand

Academic vindicated over decision to fail 'knuckle-draggingly thick' students. Phil Baty reports