Welfare state critic savaged at LSE talk Personality researcher Adam Perkins faces claims at rescheduled lecture of āmisrepresentingā studies to suit his thesis on āwork-shyā benefit claimants By Jack Grove 30 June
Researchers turn to crowdfunding for support outside universities Sites like Patreon and Kickstarter allow backers to fund independent scholars, but for now, the sums are small By David Matthews 30 June
Stephen Hawking joins Weibo and gains millions of followers Following previous trips to the country, physicist receives huge welcome after joining Chinese social network By David Matthews 12 April
The 25 most-read Times Higher Education articles of 2015 The most popular higher education articles of the year, based on website traffic By Chris Parr 21 December
Scientists āless engaged with public than arts and humanities academicsā Survey also finds that women do more work with the general public than male researchers By David Matthews 3 December
Tweeting philosopher launches book of short-form musings Self-proclaimed āfailed intellectualā Eric Jarosinski offers print version of @NeinQuarterly By Matthew Reisz 3 November
Social network overload āwastes academicsā timeā Sheer number of online profiles to be filled out a ādisserviceā to scholars, Amsterdam conference hears By David Matthews 12 October
#distractinglysexy: Twitter responds to Sir Tim Hunt Female scientists have joined others in responding to Nobel laureateās comments about the ātrouble with girlsā in labs. By THE reporters 11 June
Freshers advice offered via Twitter The National Union of Students is hosting its first-ever Twitter question and answer sessions, offering first years advice on a range of topics. By Chris Parr 23 September
