Piled Higher and Deeper, by Jorge Cham – 2 July 2015
Comic conclusions on the world of doctoral study

Comic conclusions on the world of doctoral study
I worked as principal caseworker for the University and College Union branch at the University of Exeter for more than five years, handling more than 250 cases during that period. It is good to read...
It is a failure of common sense for a Russell Group university to dismiss one of its most successful and highly cited academics without exhaustively exploring the grounds for compromise (“Dismissal...
On 16 June, Alex Chisholm, chief executive of the Competition and Markets Authority, wrote a letter to Sajid Javid, the new secretary of state at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills,...
Nicole Westmarland’s heartfelt article about the challenges of widowhood struck a chord with me: both my mother and my sister lost their husbands when they were in their early forties and raised...
The proportion of academic posts held by those who are from black and minority ethnic backgrounds is reported as “dropping away” with respect to leadership and more senior positions (“In the minority...
It’s refreshing to hear that once upon a time, the pendulum swung in the other direction with regard to teaching and research (“Look back in wonder: the invention of academic ‘tradition’”, Opinion,...
Disappointing that in an issue generally highlighting the inappropriateness of Sir Tim Hunt’s comments on “girls” in laboratories, ߣߣƵ illustrated George Osborne and Vince Cable...

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