Librarians wielding lasers
Libraries are having a hard time in the copyright crossfire. First Erik Ringmar ("Liberate and disseminate", 10 April) invites everyone to scan the holdings of their university library and release...
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Battling the rule of thumb 1
I was pleased to read Frank Furedi's stand against texting ("It's a vxd question: why your lecture isn't as important as an SMS", 17 April) and saddened at stories of tutors choosing to ignore, or...
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Battling the rule of thumb 2
Sorry, Frank. Having watched an 18-year-old produce an A-standard philosophy essay while wearing iPod earphones, watching The Simpsons and texting a friend, I recommend you not to worry that a little...
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Kat measures the cream
Another week, another bunch of scientists strutting their stuff across your bibliometrics column ("Top 20 countries in clinical medicine based on citations per paper", 17 April). Complex beast, yes,...
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Chemistry alive and well
In the article "Fashion victims" (17 April), you state "the slump (in the numbers studying chemistry) had already caused departments in some institutions - Queen Mary, University of London, and the...
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HEA suspension shameful 1
What baleful news that the guardians of the research assessment exercise are being led to do a "Nixon" with the shredder ("Panels ordered to shred all RAE records", 17 April) and that a leading...
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HEA suspension shameful 2
As Lee Harvey's former research colleagues, we are shocked to hear that he has been suspended from the Higher Education Academy for sending a personal letter to ߣߣÊÓƵ (Letters, 6...
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Publish and be ignored
Lack of support, poor editing, negligible marketing: the alleged shortcomings of British academic publishing are increasingly leading authors to sign up with US and mainstream imprints. Matthew Reisz...
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Doing the right thing
Short ethics courses for members of medical and research committees are proliferating. But do they equip people with the tools needed to make what could be life-and-death decisions? Esther Oxford...
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The Book of the Week: Pacifism and English Literature: Minstrels of Peace
Catherine Belsey writes on the futility of war
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The Week in Books
The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing edited by Richard Dawkins, Charles Simonyi chair of the public understanding of science, University of Oxford. Oxford University Press, £20.00, ISBN...
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Palmistry's digital analogue
Chris McManus considers claims that finger-length ratios point to individual and sex differences
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Liberty of Conscience: In Defense of America's Tradition of Religious Equality
In Liberty of Conscience, Martha C. Nussbaum argues that threats to religious liberty are not unique to the US, but that its response to these threats since its colonial days is unique and presents...
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Top 10 Academic Bestsellers: Heffers, Cambridge
1. The Trouble with Physics: The Rise of String Theory, the Fall of a Science and What Comes Next by Lee Smolin Penguin, £8.99 ISBN 97801410183552. Affluenza by Oliver James Vermilion, £8.99 ISBN...
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In defence of the final human right
A review of euthanasia and end-of-life issues may help to spur legislative change, says Julie Stone