As a discipline, we suck online
UCL lecturer tells digital humanities to sharpen up on the web or lose out. Sarah Cunnane reports
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#loveHE
This week's tweet of the week is:Howard Webb as #worldcup final official! His altitude training at @sheffhallam uni paid off then - @JoeMcAFieldTell us why you love the sector on Twitter @...
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Daytime TV: One kind of folks
Prejudice still prevails in Harper Lee's home town, finds Gary Day, who also ponders bovine romanticism
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The global challenge
As world league tables gain influence they need to reflect the multi-faceted nature of universities’ activities, says Seeram Ramakrishna
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Newcastle University - Wind of change
Flatulence among farm animals - a major source of greenhouse emissions - could be reduced by feeding them spicy food. Researchers at Newcastle University have found that the spices used to flavour...
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St Mary's University College - Look into their eyes
Students in the capital can now take a degree in hypnotherapy. St Mary's University College, Twickenham and the Brief Strategic Therapy and Clinical Hypnosis Foundation have launched a BSc (Hons) in...
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Write on!
"It's thumbs up for palaeography!" That was how Dr Jake Latimer, our Head of History (1735-1792 only), responded to the news that King's College London will create a new chair in the subject.Dr...
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The write and wrong stuff
There's no honourable way to plan a best-seller, says Felipe Fernández-Armesto
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Research intelligence - Request hits a raw spot
A ruling that FoI laws require him to share unpublished data has shocked a researcher, writes Hannah Fearn
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Leader: Members-only code is outdated
The academy needs to cast off its exclusionary conventions and make its publications accessible to non-specialists and the public
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From where I sit - Move up, move on or drop out
Having worked in the academy in various capacities and in three different countries, and having also taught and written on human resources management, I have found it painfully evident that...
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Arthur Rosenbaum, 1940-2010
A pioneering eye surgeon who proved highly effective at treating cross-eyed children but was subjected to abuse and attacks by animal-rights campaigners has died.Arthur Rosenbaum was born on 20...
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Spare us the league table moralising 1
In your editorial "Some very necessary measures" (8 July), you state: "Arguing that rankings compare apples and oranges is not an excuse to give students a lemon. Until universities themselves can...
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Spare us the league table moralising 2
Ellen Hazelkorn throws doubt on the validity of university league tables, but could have gone further ("Handle with care", 8 July).The impulse to measure is at root Gradgrindian and these days is a...