Lose face, use voices
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...
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Better than cure
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...
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Making a hashtag of it
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...
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Tested to destruction
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”,...
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Learn from mistakes to get treatment right
“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...
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Outdoor lavatory becomes natural history laboratory
Spiders star in scholar’s photographic study
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News in brief - 6 June 2013
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...
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Business scholars make case to keep City University London staff
Cuts to admin staff will harm brand, say Cass Business School academics
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Campus round-up - 6 June 2013
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...
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THE Scholarly Web - 6 June 2013
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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Appointments - 6 June 2013
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...
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John A.S. Smith, 1927-2013
An international expert on nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) has died
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Odds and quads - 6 June 2013
Emily Wilding Davison famously stepped into the path of the King’s horse at the Epsom Derby on 4 June 1913
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News in brief - 6 June 2013
United StatesTransylvanian head kick bluesAcademics have given their university president a vote of no confidence, a move unprecedented in the institution’s history. Staff at Transylvania University...
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Grant winners - 6 June 2013
National Institute for Health ResearchHealth Services and Delivery Research ProgrammeAward winner: Jill ManthorpeInstitution: King’s College LondonValue: £348,729Service provision for older people...