Life beyond the ivory curtain

Great escapes

Breaking out of the academy may seem daunting, but scholars' skills transfer to many other jobs. Matthew Reisz talks to four who made it to the other side. But then there is the final move out of the world of work - plan well, recommend Caroline Lodge and Eileen Carnell

By Matthew Reisz

12 August

That’s driving me up the wall! Academics’ pet peeves

The scholarly calling may be all about intellectual pursuits, but university life is not without its petty irritations. A dozen academics describe the daily distractions that annoy them most

By Kate Cantrell

24 January

Paris to London: Howard Davies on the finance sector and universities’ common interests

The former LSE director tells Matthew Reisz that colleagues at Sciences Po sense an opportunity in Brexit, that the French should not fret over league tables and that academics, policymakers and bankers must talk more

By Matthew Reisz

10 May

Treat researchers as a renewable resource with transferable skills

Putting staff on insecure fixed-term contracts is a false economy that harms research, says Sean Wallis. Let's recycle their expertise instead

3 July

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