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Alliances with university colleagues can be inspiring and life-affirming but may also be grounded in little more than ambition or survival instinct. Six writers reflect on the joys and challenges of having friends in academia

All academics have had that anxiety dream about standing up to give a lecture, only to realise they have forgotten to prepare anything – or to put on any clothes. But real teaching failures are rarely so disastrous – and many are teachable moments. Seven academics tell us their hard-earned lessons

Michael Marinetto applauds an attempt to consider the challenges of our technological future without lapsing into moral panic

While eLife is planning to publish only preprints, even it concedes that journal brand still counts for a lot, notes Michael Marinetto

Michael Marinetto enjoys a bold attempt to challenge the scientific consensus about consciousness

Michael Marinetto learns some crucial lessons about good writing and research 

Historic prompts on how to keep overbearing expectations at arm’s length should be taken up by modern academics, says Michael Marinetto

Successful publish-or-perish operators should look in the mirror before writing their next diatribe about marketisation, says Mike Marinetto

Lecture capture has not taken off. Is it time to call in the thespians, asks Michael Marinetto

A year-long experiment convinced Michael Marinetto that carving out research time is a fun but unwinnable game 

Minimum compliance with publication requirements is the best recipe for job satisfaction, says Mike Marinetto