Lessons from Ebola crisis
During the Ebola outbreak in 2014, Peter Piot made a cogent comment on the role of academics in response to a global crisis (“There is a ‘moral responsibility’ to go out and stop Ebola in Africa”,...
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Like it’s going out of fashion
Institutions splashed the cash to stay competitive, resulting in a REF price tag that may be far higher than the official estimate
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You can never go back
Reading the results of the Best University Workplace Survey 2015 (“Just the job?”, Features, 5 February) reminded me of when I worked in a new university in England. We were expected to undertake...
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Sandra Leaton Gray, Stephen Halliday, A. W. Purdue, R. C. Richardson and Sharon Wheeler...
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Fractional teachers to press for better deal nationwide
Soas conference discusses building a network of groups fighting for fair pay and conditions for casual teaching staff
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‘Less support’ for researchers who do not focus on key themes
Glasgow Caledonian to reduce financial and other backing for work that falls outside three ‘societal challenges’
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Life sciences minister vaunts value of health data
George Freeman says public will back government’s ‘brave decision’ to open up healthcare records to medical research
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Medic heads to appeal court in UCL degree battle
Viral Thakerar dissatisfied with an OIA judgement restricted by university’s destruction of relevant exam documents
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University museums enjoy global renaissance
Higher education institutions are redefining the role of museums and galleries as cultural providers, as Ian Wylie reports
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Policy shift hits scheme for early career boost
Successful programme ‘jeopardised’ by ministry changes
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For-profits in Brazil fight rule change
Cut in support for private study has share prices falling
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UCL’s Magnus keeps blood flow research innovations in-house
Start-up aims to sidestep big pharmaceutical firms by developing its lab discoveries inside the university’s walls. Plus the latest higher education appointments
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Soldiers of the NFL
American football is a contemporary moral equivalent of war, says Alan Ryan
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Lives and loves of geniuses
Recent films fail to recognise the support women give to famous male artists or scientists, says Mary Evans
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Universities at War, by Thomas Docherty
This powerful polemic should be in every undergraduate’s welcome pack, says Mary Evans