News in brief - 8 August 2013
Higher Education AcademyMarshall commands top jobThe deputy head of the Higher Education Academy has taken over its helm. Stephanie Marshall, who was formerly deputy chief executive (research and...
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Campus round-up - 8 August 2013
Source: Johan ReinhardGateway drugs to sacrificeChildren sacrificed by the Incas were sedated with alcohol and cocaine, archaeologists have confirmed. A team from the University of Bradford analysed...
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THE Scholarly Web - 8 August 2013
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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Appointments - 8 August 2013
University of MelbourneKaren Day“All ߣߣƵns abroad speak of ‘going home’: this is how it feels to me,” said Karen Day, who has been appointed dean of science at the University of Melbourne, her...
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David Solomon, 1923-2013
“A legendary figure at UCLA” who proved a pioneer in geriatric medicine has died
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Trouble next door
Owing to a common language and geographical proximity, but also because of low tuition fees and comparatively low entrance requirements, Austria’s universities are extremely popular with German...
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Grant winners - 8 August 2013
Economic and Social Research CouncilTransformative Research Call: ‘Transforming’ Social ScienceMaximum limit of £250,000; will run for 18 months.Award winner: Laura CramInstitution: University of...
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Students and scholars in tweet harmony
Sian Lawson on how to align expectations in the social media age
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Sporting fanatics
US universities feel the white-line fever
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Lucky for some
So, life has been good to those studying the humanities at the University of Oxford between 1960 and 1989, a survey shows (“Quids pro quo: see, the humanities pay”, News, 11 July). Now there’s a...
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Song remains the same
It was useful to know that “language learners who sing phrases in a foreign tongue can recall them better than those who simply speak them” (“Lyrical linguists”, Campus round-up, 1 August). The only...
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Criminalising protest
I take issue with a number of the points made by Geraldine Van Bueren in “Making waves” (Opinion, 11 July).It is inaccurate to say that Trenton Oldfield, the Boat Race protester, did not act...
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Model response
Warren Bebbington gives a refreshing account of delivering engaging and relevant undergraduate education in an environment of static resources and rising student numbers (“Enlightened response to the...
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Stop digging
I am grateful to ߣߣƵ for raising the issues I have with the University of Leicester (“Historian gets the hump over Richard III remains”, News, 1 August). However, I was surprised...
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Unexpected value
Your report on assigning a monetary value to blue-skies research is cause for both celebration and concern (“Priceless, but still worth pricing”, News, 11 July): celebration because of the increasing...