Degrees of fashion 2
The grading of student work is inherently and inevitably rough. In most circumstances it is more a matter of judgment than of measurement. Marks are less precise than the algorithms used for honours...
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The man behind the headlines
James Watson has decided views on Rosalind Franklin, Larry Summers, cancer, networking and 'the archaic crap' that is religion. He shared a few of them with Matthew Reisz in the Nobel laureate's only...
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Parallel lives
An academic and his undergraduate son at the same university offer their different perspectives on freshers' week. THE FATHER The relative peace of summer finally broke with a cloudburst of meetings...
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Prepare to be super-crunched
From banking to the wine industry to medicine, professional expertise and intuition are giving way to the more reliable outcomes of mass data analysis. The next target sector? Quite possibly yours....
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Embrace the path to perfection
Enhancing Evolution
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In the steps of Homo sapiens
The Origins of Man
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The vile ties that spawn unforgivable inhumanity
Purify and Destroy
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a comic quest: "My wife Norma had run off with Guy Dupree and I was waiting for the credit card...
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Loyal to 'The Daily Me'
Republic.com 2.0
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Put in a good word for God
Darwin's Angel
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Things past, seen through Mother's eyes
Madame Proust
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Final-salary pension in peril
Universities UK predicts stark choices in future retirement provision for academics. Melanie Newman reports. Academics may have to lose their final-salary pension schemes, according to a Universities...
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'Bridging the academic-clinical divide is such a key issue these
Lancaster's new professor of palliative care will focus on cancer pain management via research and clinical work. Mike Bennett's appointment as professor of palliative medicine at Lancaster...
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On the move ..
The Institute of Education has made a string of high-profile appointments. Mary Stiasny has been appointed assistant director of learning and teaching. She was previously director of education and...
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V-c seeks to end first-year exams
Gloucestershire plan would emphasise coursework and cut module choice. Melanie Newman reports. Gloucestershire University is consulting on "radical" plans to abolish exams for all first-year students...