'Hit' parade: editor's rallying impact anthem
The rise of journal impact factors has provoked many inarticulate rants from researchers and editors about the folly of trying to measure research quality numerically.But Peter Tyrer, editor of The...
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'Triple miracle' sees huge rise in EU funds for frontier research
Investment in innovation viewed as Europe's route to sustainable growth and jobs. Jack Grove reports
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'Three-week rush' may shrink Oxbridge chances for Northern Irish students
The Northern Ireland Executive has been urged by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service and the Student Loans Company (SLC) to clarify its position on tuition fees for 2012-13 as a matter...
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Plymouth plug-pulling draws watchdog's concern
Plymouth advised to tighten up procedures before ending correspondence courses. Jack Grove writes
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Dean criticised by tribunal is promoted
Board member resigns over the matter and dozens sign a petition in protest. Simon Baker reports
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News in Brief
AppointmentsA pair of engaging FellowsAnaesthetist Kevin Fong and medical historian Richard Barnett have been named as the Wellcome Trust's first engagement Fellows. The biomedical funder will...
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Researchers told to wake up and smell the cogency
Education scholars must showcase work or face obscurity, says Bera head. Matthew Reisz writes
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Tears, fears and a pricey bottle of Scotch: a day in the life of a lecturer
Teaching diarists wrap up the year and look ahead to a break, if not a rest. Sarah Cunnane reports
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STFC pledges to give academics stronger voice
The Science and Technology Facilities Council has agreed to reassess its membership to make sure the views of academics are adequately represented.
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Grant winners
ARTS AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCILFellowship Awards• Award winner: Karen Leeder• Institution: University of Oxford• Value: £88,657Spectres of the GDR: The haunting of the Berlin Republic• Award...
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The Pick - The Jameel Prize 2011
The Jameel Prize 2011LondonA mirror mosaic inspired by the feathers left behind by sparrows on the artist's balcony in Tehran; what looks like a piece of brown cloth lying on the floor, but turns out...
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21st Century: Art in the First Decade
Peter Hill considers an exhibition dedicated to art in the first decade of the 21st century and wonders just how innovative the past 10 years have been
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The Rattigan Enigma
Terence Rattigan was fascinated by what drives us and what makes our hearts ache, says Gary Day
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Diary
LondonHigh ArcticThis remarkable installation, displayed in the new Sammy Ofer Wing at the National Maritime Museum until 13 January 2012, was inspired by a trip to the Svalbard Archipelago...
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You're so vain!
"Absolutely right! Couldn't agree more! Spot on!"These were just a few of the enthusiastic reactions from Donald Ringling, our Head of Marketing and Promotion, to the recent proposal by Peter Reader...