Female professor appointed
We are delighted to confirm that our university is to appoint its very first Professor of Female Representation.In a statement announcing the new position, our thrusting Director of Corporate Affairs...
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Creative reading
Creative writing is surreptitiously transforming English as a university subject, argues Nicholas Royle. But its inexorable rise could bring benefits, including a new form of ‘creative reading’,...
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Awards and promotions
University of LeedsPaul Stewart“I had a tear in my eye,” said the new dean of the School of Medicine at the University of Leeds of the moment he learned of his appointment, which will take him back...
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THE Scholarly Web - Hashtag hustings
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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Mexican region’s primary concerns
A powerful union, weak teaching and outmoded curricula are hampering progress. Matt Krupnick reports from Oaxaca
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Titans of sculpture’s natural splendour
A pairing of key works by Rodin and Moore points to their shared fascination with organic forms, writes Alexander Massouras
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Uneasy lies the head
ߣߣƵ’s annual pay survey shows that with a few exceptions, vice‑chancellors’ remuneration did not rise vertiginously in 2011-12 - a good thing politically. But despite reasonable...
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Alan Ryan - Political lottery: it could be useful
Alan Ryan asks if a lottery would result in better and more effective politics
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Cameron Neylon calls for greater precision in the use of open-access terminology
The terminology of open-access publishing is being misused: we must sort it out for the future, says Cameron Neylon
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David Nutt warns there’s a bad trip in store for UK science if commercial drug development doesn’t receive a shot in the arm
If more is not done to support commercial drug development, the UK’s renowned science base will suffer, argues David Nutt
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The sector needs public not private investment to meet public needs, argues Roger Brown
The public-private balance of funding sources needs to be adjusted to protect the public interest, says Roger Brown
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Analysis - Global benchmarks for student standards
How do you compare graduate quality internationally? David Matthews examines an OECD pilot project
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Art is no easy option
“It is parents’ sorry lot to ensure the well-being of their children.” This is a household saying in China, typically put into practice by the tens of thousands who accompany their kids to art...
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Buoyed by Brazil
Three institutions said to be planning local offices. Donna Bowater reports from Rio de Janeiro