We can’t let schools become book-free zones
School libraries are suffering, and even closing, as resources are cut, staff ‘redeployed’ and the internet deemed more important to learning than printed matter and professionals who can sort the...
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I have heard that agency workers are to receive equal treatment to permanent staff. Is this correct?
For many workers and employers, agency working is an attractive and successful work model. However, for many years there has been debate within Europe and the UK about the extent to which agency...
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Top journals in molecular biology and genetics based on total citations
Data provided by Thomson Scientific from its Essential Science Indicators, 1 January 1997–31 October 2007
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Red is the colour
Red is the ColourOur Deputy Director of Logo Development, Roger Placement, reacted angrily to last week's news that De Montfort University has updated its logo by replacing the design's existing red...
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Emotional breakdown
Jennifer Doubleday, our Head of Personal Development, has asked us to publish a breakdown of the results obtained by those members of staff who recently completed the Part I practical component of...
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A contest no one can win
The flaw of rankings is that all universities have good points, says Alan Ryan
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Guest leader: A victory for all humanity
MPs have voted for common sense and common cause in passing the Human Fertilisation Bill intact, says Mary Warnock
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John Maurice Laing, 1918-2008
A philanthropist who financed the world's first chair of complementary medicine and continued to fund it even as research began to undermine his faith in the field, has been remembered at a memorial...
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Oxford rolls out campaign to tap alumni for £1.25bn
University needs greater wealth to pay for bursaries and staff growth, says v-c. Melanie Newman writes
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Academic ability is not fixed at birth 1
The Western preoccupation with IQ levels is one of the main reasons why we have such class bias in the English education system ("Elite institutions' class bias simply reflects 'meritocracy'", 22 May...
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Academic ability is not fixed at birth 1
I would like to make it clear that Bruce Charlton's views in the paper quoted in last week's ߣߣÊÓƵ (which has not been peer reviewed) in no way reflect either the ethos or the...
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A question of cash
Tim Birkhead writes that "academics, unlike people in other forms of employment, are not motivated primarily by money" ("If you don't like your job ... ", 22 May). He also says: "Research brings its...
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Critical scholars or quacks?
In his apologia for the University of Westminster's BSc courses in "complementary therapies", David Peters not only claims that students on these courses gain and exercise a critical ability to "...
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Heartless treatment
I read with interest your article on sexual relationships between academic staff and students ("Sex and the university", 22 May).In 2005, after more than 30 years' service as an academic, I was...