Grace Hopper and the Invention of the Information Age
Ursula Martin discovers much about an IT pioneer's work, but too little about her personality
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Labours Lost: Domestic Service and the Making of Modern England
Our most likely modern experience of live-in servants is with the nanny, subject of countless horror stories at dinner parties. Working and living in someone else's home puts both employee and...
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There's Something About Gödel: The Complete Guide to the Incompleteness Theorem
There is a story that in 1930 the great mathematician John von Neumann emerged from a seminar delivered by Kurt Gödel saying: "It's all over." Gödel had just proved the two theorems about the logical...
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Odds and quads
When General Charles Gordon was sent to evacuate Egyptian troops from Sudan in the face of a revolt in 1884, he decided instead to march to Khartoum and go on the offensive.Since the British...
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Podcasts: enhancing or replacing normal lectures?
Online lectures are no substitute for face-to-face contact, argues UCU. Melanie Newman reports
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'Academic individualism' to be reined in at the IoE
Review recommends behaviour change at all levels of the institute. Melanie Newman writes
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Jargon poses no real threat, finds new study
The academy has long fretted over the use of government buzzwords and business jargon when discussing the rarefied world of higher education.But it seems they can now stop worrying about the effect...
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How many will fall? Aberystwyth to wield axe
Up to 100 jobs are to be axed at Aberystwyth University following a major restructuring of its biology department.The university's Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences is in...
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Pressure grows on national bargaining
V-cs may copy London South Bank and opt for local pay deals. Melanie Newman reports
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King's chief warns of cuts twice as severe as those made by Thatcher
Rick Trainor tells staff 'wise heads' fear sector may suffer reductions of up to 30%, writes John Morgan
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A capital idea: what better way to boost your income?
Universities' London-based ventures cause unions to caution about conditions. John Morgan reports
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Welsh grant reduced to fund Assembly priorities
Welsh universities are facing a cut in recurrent funding of more than 3 per cent next year.In a letter to universities, the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales confirms that recurrent grant...
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The archipelago of excellence
Joint research service launched to support work in 'islands' and challenge elite. Zoë Corbyn writes
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News in brief
Science funding'Not possible' to reverse cutsAdam Afriyie, the Conservative Shadow Science Minister, has sought to clarify his comments that major science budget cuts are "inevitable" whichever party...
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University of Bath - Silicon sick
A robot that can be programmed to exhibit the symptoms of a range of medical conditions is being used to help train pharmacists at the University of Bath. The SimMan 3G robot, named "Simon", is life-...