Weaving a tale of spiders and sexbots
In his new column that will focus on unusual books and interesting developments in academic publishing, Matthew Reisz considers a strange and mind-bendingly entertaining book
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Grant winners – 29 June 2017
A round-up of academics awarded research council funding
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Laurie Taylor – 29 June 2017
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!
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A great responsibility
Few in academia will have celebrated Brexit’s first anniversary but the unpredictable year since the vote has shown the power of a united voice
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TEF: tales of mismeasures and sour grapes
Edward Peck, the vice-chancellor of Nottingham Trent University, argues “Don’t attack the TEF, embrace it” (Opinion, 23 June). Such a view makes me despair. The teaching excellence framework does not...
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Hallway supervisors
Re your story on the University of Northampton’s new campus, “Hot-desking appears on horizon as Waterside project nears completion” (News, 22 June). I remember being without a designated office space...
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Unhealthy diversion
I have a great deal of sympathy with the views of Philip Chan about the diversion of funds from teaching student doctors to research (“Medical education is a rich patient at risk of being bled dry”,...
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External ends
Some time ago, I wrote lamenting the demise of the external examiner on undergraduate degree programmes. We have just had the exam board meeting for final-year students, and what a dirge this has...
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Universities ‘failing to prepare graduates for UK film industry’
Generic courses may not be equipping students with much-needed skills, says British Film Institute
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Elsevier victory over Sci-Hub ‘shows research is corporate asset’
Stanford professor says $15 million lawsuit victory will not engender sympathy for publishing giant