Students still unsure what constitutes cheating
Europe-wide survey shows students don’t understand plagiarism

Europe-wide survey shows students don’t understand plagiarism
Simon Underdown notes in his enthusiastic review of Peter J. Bowler’s Darwin Deleted: Imagining a World without Darwin (Books, 9 May) the author’s conclusion that without Charles, “the Darwin-themed...
I too have witnessed perverse university appointment decisions (“No one should be hired on the basis of whether their face fits”, Opinion, 23 May). At one institution in south-east England, there...
Regarding “Race discrimination in academia ‘has not improved’ over past 20 years” (News, 11 April). Despite the many steps taken to promote equality and diversity in the sector, no major improvements...
ߣߣƵ recently encouraged responses to its cover feature “My student nemesis” (16 May) with a Twitter hashtag, #myworststudent. Having dropped some Twitter clangers in my time, I...
Drawing on personal experience, Adrian Furnham expresses concern over what he sees as peer-review “nightmares” and the “arbitrariness of journal decision-making” (“Take the rough with the smooth”,...
“Unwanted side-effects” (30 May) is a thoughtful and balanced account of the issues arising from our research on mass drug administration programmes for neglected tropical diseases, but there is one...

Spiders star in scholar’s photographic study

ߣߣƵ Awards 2013Still time to shineThe closing date for entries to this year’s ߣߣƵ Awards has been extended to midnight Sunday 16 June. Institutions, departments...

Cuts to admin staff will harm brand, say Cass Business School academics

Source: Arts University of BournemouthExpress yourselfTwenty budding creatives have been crowned the winners of a university-developed art competition that “supersizes” the best entries on to...

Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere

Birkbeck, University of LondonMatthew InnesThe new vice-master designate of Birkbeck, University of London, said he felt both “flattered and excited” to have been appointed. Matthew Innes, a...

An international expert on nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) has died

Emily Wilding Davison famously stepped into the path of the King’s horse at the Epsom Derby on 4 June 1913