How researchers rose to the challenge of Ebola
Conducting clinical trials during an epidemic for the first time, researchers fast-tracked the creation of a vaccine for Ebola, but not before 11,000 people had died

Conducting clinical trials during an epidemic for the first time, researchers fast-tracked the creation of a vaccine for Ebola, but not before 11,000 people had died

How do you solve a problem like REF selection? Research-active status may be defined by formal or informal means, but is there a realistic alternative?

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Higher education policy in the UK has long since passed the point at which even the estimable Laurie Taylor struggles to satirise it. If any further proof were needed, it can be found in the comment...
In the news story “Kept down by menial tasks? Black scholars and the ‘neoplantation’” (16 March), Lamar Johnson, an assistant professor in Michigan State University’s department of English, argues...
The article “Income-contingent loans ‘could solve US student debt crisis’” (14 March, www.timeshighereducation.com) contains a significant error. US federal education loans, such as the Stafford Loan...
Despite acknowledging the importance of contradictory examples in the study of the humanities, James Nikopoulos (Opinion, 9 March) remarks on a society’s skill sets relevant to the “passions of their...
The feature on Harry Collins (“Authoritative testimony”, 9 March) says: “Building on the role of government scientific advisers, Collins and [Robert] Evans propose a detailed set of mechanisms for...

Country’s publications in high-quality journals decline in relative and absolute terms

Sole remaining pro-Israel speaker claims ‘semi-hysterical’ reaction has harmed academic debate

V-c counters that institutions will ‘inevitably’ plan for overseas campuses after referendum