Hot papers in agricultural and food sciences 2006-07
Data from Thomson Scientific’s Essential Science Indicators
Data from Thomson Scientific’s Essential Science Indicators
I am updating my institution’s equality and diversity policy, and I have seen references in the news to the term “discrimination by association”. What does this mean and does it apply to us? “...

Our new Director of Curriculum Development, Janet Fluellen, announced this week that she was giving serious thought to the idea of abandoning teaching at Poppleton.She explained to our reporter Keith...
Kevin Fong treasures the scary euphoria of an unexpected home birth
The low opinion academics have of the public will not change until scholars open themselves up to debate, says Dennis Hayes
David Leslie, the champion racing-car driver who died in a plane crash on 30 March, was well known to fans of motorsport. But he has been less celebrated for his role at Swansea Metropolitan...
Specialist team saves scholars time, widens funder base and doubles applications. John Gill reports
Sophie Goldsworthy in "What an academic publisher can do for you" ("Publish and be ignored", 24 April) argues that Oxford University Press promotes "scholarly integrity" in terms of how it "delivers...
I read "Publish and be ignored" with some amazement. It gives a highly selective, inaccurate picture of academic publishing in the UK. To talk of "the sad decline of British academic publishing" is a...
We hear from the Office of the Independent Adjudicator that complaints are increasing. One way to ensure that they go on increasing is to adopt the sort of overly formal student contract that some...
It was interesting to read the two articles about assessment ("Group says marking impedes learning" and "Learning is a two-way street", 24 April). The first stated that the Weston Manor Group (or at...
As a scientist, a Jewish atheist and a supporter of abortion rights, I have no brief for Cardinal Keith O'Brien. But every charge that Gerard Kelly makes of the Cardinal can be laid at the door of...
I think that there are one or two flaws in the National Student Survey ("Academics criticise HEA for flouting principles of academic freedom", 17 April). Please publish this - I would like to be...
The new-look ߣߣƵ works for me. In particular, I have appreciated the addition of an index of subjects and institutions, which has highlighted an interesting variation in subject...
I disagree profoundly, completely and absolutely with Simon Blackburn's provocative view that "the scientist" is a myth ("Reality check", 24 April).A scientist is someone who applies the scientific...