Scots to get cash for boosting economy
Task force promises universities more funds and freedom if they hit national goals, writes Tariq Tahir
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Deal to improve researchers' career prospects fails to gain UCU support
Concordat between v-cs and funders does not allay concern over fixed-term posts. Zoe Corbyn reports
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Institutions limit access to anti-cheat software
Lecturers fear that students use plagiarism detection software to 'beat the system', says Rebecca Attwood
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Students believe plagiarists are rarely caught
Students think their lecturers are reluctant to investigate plagiarism and that those who cheat are rarely caught, research suggests.
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External examiners under pressure to uphold marks and avoid criticism
E-mails give credence to the view that 'league-table culture' is eroding quality, says John Gill
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Grant winners
The British Academy2008 Postdoctoral FellowshipsForty-nine 2008 Postdoctoral Fellowships have been awarded by the British Academy across the humanities and social sciences, of which twelve are listed...
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Dresses to thrill
Tony Ryan, ICI professor of physical chemistry and head of the chemistry department at the University of Sheffield, stands beside one of a collection of “dissolvable dresses”, part of the “Wonderland...
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Hot papers in geosciences 2006-08
Data provided by Thomson Scientific from its Essential Science Indicators, 1 January 1998–29 February 2008
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Employers’ rights and obligations in relation to Armed Forces reservists
With Britain’s Armed Forces currently heavily committed in the ongoing conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, significant numbers of “reservists” have been mobilised for service in recent years....
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Goodbye, Bertrand Russell!
Hot on the heels of a newspaper report that New Hall Cambridge will be changing its name following the receipt of a very large donation, comes news that Poppleton will soon be saying farewell to one...
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A whole different ball game.
Felipe Fernández-Armesto considers why soccer will never score highly in the US
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Leader: Wobbles on the way to maturity
The spirit of revolution seems absent in today's students, but that's not to say that they're wholly apathetic and lazy
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Angus Calder 1942-2008
An academic who combined his teaching and research with work as an author, poet, critic, editor, journalist, historian and cultural commentator has died aged 66.Angus Calder studied English at the...
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Nottingham: why I have to speak out 1
It is with regret that I feel compelled to write to counter the assertions made by Sir Colin Campbell, vice-chancellor of the University of Nottingham, about the arrest and subsequent release of the...