An internationally prominent Japanese virologist has received a 10-year ban from publishing in any American Society for Microbiology journal after being found guilty of manipulating data.Naoki Mori,...
THE LEVERHULME TRUST• Award winner: Arwen Deuss• Institution: University of Cambridge• Value: £70,000Geography and seismology• Award winner: Daniel Lunt• Institution: University of Bristol• Value: £...
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University of ChicagoWilliam McDadeAn expert in sickle-cell haemoglobin has been appointed deputy provost for research and minority issues at the University of Chicago. William McDade, who is...
Credit: Paola Cognigni/Irene Miguel-AliagaScientists have devised a method of studying metabolism using the droppings of fruit flies. Researchers at the University of Cambridge, led by Irene Miguel-...
Government warned about a looming crisis in an economically vital area, writes Simon Baker
Concerns have been raised about the "level of control" being exerted by the government on the Higher Education Funding Council for England as an "arm's-length" public body.Newly published Hefce board...
Research councils plan to further concentrate funding on top institutions. Paul Jump reports
The Higher Education Funding Council for England is planning for a "worst-case scenario" of almost two dozen universities and colleges being "at higher risk" by the end of the first year of the new...
Students should help pay for funding injection; scholars must work harder. Hannah Fearn reports
Scientific Reports and success of PLoS ONE spell trouble for specialist journals. Paul Jump reports
The pen may be mightier than the sword, but that is not much use if it is kept under lock and key by university managers seeking to save cash by restricting stationery use.To the frustration of many...
The trials of the liberal arts preoccupied the MLA conference. Matthew Reisz writes from Los Angeles
For Lennard Davis, the Modern Language Association convention is "an annual gathering of the clans, a chance to take the patient's pulse in the relevant disciplines".In fact, said the professor of...
Universities and desperate job seekers hope their matchmaking efforts at the get-together bear fruit