My Eureka Moment: It's there - or is it?
Harry Collins' research in the 1970s led him to realise that when scientists were trying to detect gravitational waves, there was no way of verifying that the detector itself was actually working...
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Mind the gap
Widening participation is a site of 'moral panic', marked by uncertainties over data and the efficacy of public funding. Despite all this, the academy is striving to deliver on its promise: greater...
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25 February 2010
All set to fly? - Universities strive for new heights in widening participation
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Leeds UCU calls off one-day strike
Negotiations promise ‘groundbreaking’ process to manage organisational change. John Morgan reports
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Kin and scholarship meet in tale of child migration
LSE academic’s work on Empire Settlement Act draws on a family connection, reports Matthew Reisz
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Tara Brabazon: The potent pop soundtrack of our lives
Seemingly insubstantial Sixties chart hits never garnered critical kudos, but their power to move us remains undimmed, says Tara Brabazon
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Professor accused of using student’s work without consent
Psychologist ‘strenuously’ denies misconduct allegations. Melanie Newman reports
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MPs call for halt to public funds for homeopathy
Science committee says placebo effect is only benefit of alternative treatment. Zoë Corbyn reports
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The insecure scholar: One good deed deserves another
Mentors don’t expect their protégés to pay them back – they want them to pay it forward. But that’s difficult with no one to teach
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Academic quits bullying helpline over outing of No 10 staff
Lancaster professor says breach of confidentiality at the charity could put workers at risk. John Morgan reports
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Dons’ campaign secures disciplinary bodies’ future
Proposals to scrap Cambridge tribunal and ‘Septemviri’ oversight abandoned by management. Melanie Newman reports
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US faculty face more stringent checks in wake of shooting
The killing of three academics at the University of Alabama could lead to controversial criminal background checks of lecturers. Jon Marcus reports
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Published this week
ART AND DESIGN- Two Eyes of the Earth: Competition and Exchange in the Art and Ritual of Kingship between Rome and Sasanian IranBy Matthew P. Canepa, assistant professor of art history, College of...
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Book of the week: Heidegger: The Introduction of Nazism into Philosophy
A fresh look at an old controversy is revealing, finds Martin Cohen
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The War that Killed Achilles
Barbara Graziosi enjoys the clarity of a summary of the Iliad but finds some comparisons narrow