Victorian horror author re-emerges from the gloaming
An exhibition gives context and renewed attention to Richard Marsh, whose work outsold Dracula
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Grant winners - 23 May 2013
Action Medical ResearchResearch Project GrantsAward winner: Peter TaylorInstitution: University College LondonValue: £114,845Bacterial meningitis in newborn babies: harnessing the body’s natural...
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THE Scholarly Web - 23 May 2013
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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Appointments - 23 May 2013
Deakin UniversityGary SmithThe new deputy vice-chancellor for global engagement at Deakin University in ߣߣƵ said his immediate thoughts were that he “loved the brand” of the “worldly”...
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Geza Vermes, 1924-2013
A leading expert on the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Jewish background to the New Testament has died
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No laughing matter
Where have all the student satirists gone? wonders Sally Feldman
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Universities reject course-by-course costs breakdown
Full disclosure could break competition law, conference hears
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Shared services deals slowly take shape
Institutions consider projects to take advantage of VAT exemption
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News in brief - 23 May 2013
Efficiency savingsIn praise of super scrimpersUniversities saved £1.38 billion between 2005 and 2011 by sharing high-value resources and using innovative technologies, a report has found. Examples of...
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The QAA is hitting the right notes
Your leader of 16 May (“Nul points for agency standard”) may have got it right in relation to the UK’s dismal Eurovision performance, but it is wide of the mark concerning the Quality Assurance...
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Fulfilling work
The article “Disinfectant, disdain and disrespect” (16 May) paints a very narrow and negative picture of student employment at universities.At Birmingham City University, we have in the past year...
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Respect union democracy
The article “UCU Left’s call to go for growth decried as ‘gamble’ by opponents” (16 May) is correct to say that it will be delegates at the University and College Union’s congress who will determine...
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Neurons don't a man make
Annette Karmiloff-Smith’s cautionary remarks on the limitations of neuroscience in the field of psychology are to be welcomed (“Brain scans go deep, but you need intuition for light-bulb moments”, 16...
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An immersive art
One can only support the broad thrust of John Furlong’s piece on the dangers facing educational academia (“In pursuit of the truth”, 2 May). Probably the main difficulty facing this field is that...
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All-too-open invitations
I cannot be the only academic whose in-box is suddenly full of a new kind of invitation. I am urged to join the editorial board of an engineering journal in view of my “outstanding contributions in...