Flawed psychology
Stephen Gibson acknowledges that there may be a “train wreck looming” for one subfield of social psychology but not for the field more generally (“This is bigger than social psychology”, Letters, 24...
Stephen Gibson acknowledges that there may be a “train wreck looming” for one subfield of social psychology but not for the field more generally (“This is bigger than social psychology”, Letters, 24...
Your recent coverage of open access has attracted a good deal of comment, not always well informed, on the arts and humanities realities (“High price of gold: how early career researchers will suffer...
Regarding Anthony Wilkes’ response to my work on the black and minority ethnic attainment gap (“Blaming the victims”, Letters, 7 February): I need to clarify that my research does not “blame” BME...
Strangely, Laurie Taylor did not mention the research excellence framework impact arising from Poppleton University’s discovery of Boudicca (“Waking the dead”, The Poppletonian, 7 February): after...
Robert Appelbaum discusses the perils of introducing conference speakers (“Present harms”, From Where I Sit, 7 February), but a choice introduction can - wittingly or otherwise - help to shape the...

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Global push complicated by mainland links

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This beam engine stands on the Loughborough University campus close to the students’ union. It was presented to the university’s forerunner, Loughborough College, by the London Metropolitan Water...

People take refuge in drama when the bombs rain down, and the arts aid rebuilding when the guns fall silent, says James Thompson, who has travelled to some of the world’s most violent regions, only...

Band Aid founder is latest high-profile guest lecturer at MBA college

A sideways look at the week’s big stories