An early modern feminist
Liz Schafer explores why the work of the playwright Elizabeth Cary has been so marginalised

Liz Schafer explores why the work of the playwright Elizabeth Cary has been so marginalised

Austin Williams on eager-to-please students fired by a passion for knowledge

Full-time vocation - The university working week: from before sunrise to after sunset

Royal Institution provokes online backlash over decision to trademark title

Leeds Metropolitan University endured a hostile reception after revealing plans to change its name. After deciding that it has âoutgrownâ its Met tag, the universityâs options for new names are Leeds...

Parallel sectors would overcome problems of âone-size-fits-allâ funding, group argues

Europe-wide survey shows students donât understand plagiarism
Simon Underdown notes in his enthusiastic review of Peter J. Bowlerâs Darwin Deleted: Imagining a World without Darwin (Books, 9Â May) the authorâs conclusion that without Charles, âthe Darwin-themed...
I too have witnessed perverse university appointment decisions (âNo one should be hired on the basis of whether their face fitsâ, Opinion, 23 May). At one institution in south-east England, there...
Regarding âRace discrimination in academia âhas not improvedâ over past 20 yearsâ (News, 11 April). Despite the many steps taken to promote equality and diversity in the sector, no major improvements...
Times Higher Education recently encouraged responses to its cover feature âMy student nemesisâ (16Â May) with a Twitter hashtag, #myworststudent. Having dropped some ÂTwitter clangers in my time, I...
Drawing on personal experience, Adrian Furnham expresses concern over what he sees as peer-review ânightmaresâ and the âarbitrariness of journal decision-makingâ (âTake the rough with the smoothâ,...
âUnwanted side-effectsâ (30 May) is a thoughtful and balanced account of the issues arising from our research on mass drug administration programmes for neglected tropical diseases, but there is one...

Spiders star in scholarâs photographic study

Times Higher Education Awards 2013Still time to shineThe closing date for entries to this yearâs Times Higher Education Awards has been extended to midnight Sunday 16 June. Institutions, departments...