Appointments
University of GreenwichDarrick JolliffeA specialist in the psychology of crime and the development of criminal behaviour who has joined the University of Greenwich said he liked the idea of being...
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Multilayered intellect
Toby Miller did not take a straight path into academia - far from it, having been, among other things, a DJ, a ditch digger, a speech-writer, a bureaucrat, a security guard and a merchant banker. He...
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Name, rank and number
Christopher Bigsby can’t keep up with the proliferation of new universities
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Sandwich short of a picnic
Funding system must ensure it does not hamper institutions’ ability to offer work placements crucial to graduate employment
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From Where I Sit - More to Moocs than moolah
I spent some of the past semester trying to be an active learner on a Coursera massive open online course (Mooc) on modern poetry from the University of Pennsylvania. It was an impressive, well-...
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Major breakthrough in science of atoms - latest
One of our leading theoretical physicists, Dr T.P. Burlap, has come up with a radical idea for utilising the new “miracle material” graphene.In a paper published in the latest edition of The British...
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Another world's words
Is the use of corporate jargon a surprise, asks Keir Thorpe, when university managers are made to feel so insecure?
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Slow ethics will tackle moral winter
We need to calm our frenetic lives and let virtues such as integrity, patience and respectfulness prevail, reflects Ann Gallagher
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Trust exercises benevolence as actors enter new life stage
Matthew Reisz reports on the bursaries helping ex-thespians to pursue higher education goals
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10 January 2013
Multilayered intellect - What extra insight does a scholar gain from a varied career path?
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Grant winners
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCHHealth Technology Assessment ProgrammeAward winner: Joseph DiasInstitution: University Hospitals of Leicester NHS TrustValue: £2,284,684Scaphoid waist internal...
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Arthur Collis, 1916-2012
A distinguished academic authority on social work has died.Arthur Collis was born in Leyton, East London, on 13 November 1916, and won a scholarship to the local county high school. He began his...
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Utopian possibilities and obstacles (1 of 2)
Notwithstanding my huge respect for Ronald Barnett, I would like to take issue with his characterisation of what he calls "the public-good theorists" ("Head in the clouds, feet on the ground", 3...
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Utopian possibilities and obstacles (2 of 2)
Three cheers for Ronald Barnett's conception of the utopian university! It won't get very far, though, in today's down-to-earth, cynical, quantified, realistic, critically minded, academic arena -...
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To serve the public (1 or 2)
Jonathan Shepherd makes a number of strong points in his article calling for joined-up thinking in research for public services ("Appliance of social science", 3 January), but he also commits a...