'Shared position' for advisers to be dropped
A controversial element is to be axed from proposed guidelines aimed at clarifying the relationship between independent scientific advisers and the Government.A first draft of the document, which was...
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News in brief
Funding cutsUnion supports administratorsThe UK's largest public sector trade union has warned that cutting administration jobs should not be seen as a pain-free option by universities seeking to...
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'Me' focus skews journal ratings
Personal bias raises questions over use of lists to judge academic excellence. Hannah Fearn reports
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Overseas briefing
United StatesScientists go to WashingtonRepresentatives of leading research universities have visited Capitol Hill to plead their case for more federal funding to rebuild neglected science facilities...
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American dreams inspired by the UK's fabled spires
Liberal-arts bodies echo Oxbridge's buildings, teaching and traditions. Jon Marcus reports
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Taxpayer beware: The hidden costs of public funding's helping hand
The academy should be brave enough to seek donations directly from individuals, rather than relying on the fruits of state coercion, says James Stanfield
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Daytime TV: Garlic? No thanks
What do lawyers and Dracula have in common? Gary Day finds little to intrigue beyond the grave
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Review wars
In an unprecedented UK move, Professor Lapping of our Department of Media and Cultural Studies has announced that he is to institute a libel action against Dr E. Stobart, the reviewer of his recently...
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Slip your intellectual leash
Cato, the feline friend of Dan Cohn-Sherbok, puts the cat among the pigeons and says don’t be a mutt, keep a moggie
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Practising what we preach
Malcolm Gillies on our duty to offer students ethical and intellectual models
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Research intelligence: Gifts for posterity
An oral history project is interviewing the stars of UK science and their unsung supporting acts. Zoë Corbyn writes
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Off Piste: Kin, kinder and kindness
Richard Larschan recalls a genealogical quest and how the generosity of strangers in a foreign land led to unintentional revelations
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Leader: Red tape: A form of distrust
As audit overloads academics, it also undermines their freedoms, impedes their work and damages their public standing
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From where I sit: boiling point
While the fatal shootings at the University of Alabama in Huntsville last month were shocking in themselves, they also must have prompted much pondering among academics about the stressful road to...